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PASSERBY By Nestor Cuartero Sharon Cuneta couldn’t help but turn emotional as she issued an appeal to Filipinos to vote for her husband, former Senator Francis ‘Kiko’ Pangilinan. She said, “Maayos na ang buhay namin. Kung tutuusin, wala na sanang pulitika. Yet, our family is offering Kiko to once more serve the country. He’s more than qualified for the job, …

Parañaque, Philippines — On May 3, 2025, Araw Hospitality Group, the emerging hospitality powerhouse, hosted Araw Rising, its first Media Premiere. Held at Palacio de Memoria, the event was attended by media, partners, and representatives from the Department of Tourism. The hospitality group set out to redefine travel by introducing three groundbreaking initiatives: its CSR program Araw Aruga, the loyalty program Araw …

Forget Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra (PPO)—the primer orchestra of the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP)—for the moment and this time, let’s give way to another orchestra, the Manila Symphony Orchestra (MSO) which will look back this month on its nearly a century of music manufacturing from classics to pop. On May 24, 2025, MSO will kick off its “Music for …

Yllana Racing, in partnership with Okada Manila, brings back one of the country’s most anticipated racing events with the Okada Manila Motorsport Carnivale 2025, opening on May 4 in Parañaque City.  Set against the iconic backdrop of the Philippines’ premier integrated resort—and with racing action extending to the Boardwalk and Gardens, the seaside area just outside Okada Manila—this year’s edition …

Through ups and downs, Zsa Zsa Padilla stands-out for being an artist who continues to thrive in recording, film, television, and live concert stage. Zsa Zsa takes the stage once more to create an evening of magic with her upcoming concert, Zsa Zsa: Through The Years, happening May 17 at Samsung Performing Arts Theater in Ayala Malls Circuit Grounds, Makati. …

Filipino theater, TV and movie actor Bong Cabrera is too excited for being part of internationally renowned filmmaker Lav Diaz’s “Magellan” to premiere in the prestigious 2025 Cannes International Film Festival this month. “Excited for my first Lav Diaz film. I was so nervous on my first day of filming for ‘Magalhāes’ (the Portuguese lexicon for Magellan),” admitted Bong. According …

By Boy Villasanta Controversial and fastidious filmmaker Jade Castro is back to the grind. After being indiscriminately accosted in a bucolic town somewhere in Quezon Province early last year for a crime he surely wasn’t even an accomplice, Jade and three of his companions suffered, endured and languished a jail term that lasted for months. Castro was hailed by his …

Here’s a poignant narrative of two young guys in love but no histrionics, steamy bed scenes or sex acrobats elsewhere, just feel-good moments. As a matter of fact, their gayhood per se isn’t the source of the irony or conflict in the story but realizations of their little mundane thoughts as jealousy or self-consciousness which they easily dismiss. Main characters …

by Boy Villasanta The local entertainment industry is mourning once more. It is because of popular actor-director Ricky Davao’s death yesterday, May 1, 2025 to still unknown cause. Ricky’s demise was confirmed by Viva Entertainment through its Facebook page. “Pahinga ka na (Rest now), Sir Ricky,” wrote the social media arm of the entertainment company. Ricky, Frederick Charles Caballes Davao …

The Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) The Met: LIVE in HD – Season 10 explores the grandeur of Egypt in its fourth installment with Giuseppe Verdi’s Aida this May 6, 2025, at 5:30 p.m., at Glorietta 4, Cinema 1 in Makati City. Thrust into an empire war between Ethiopia and Egypt, Verdi’s Aida narrates a romance while unearthing faded …