The Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP) honored excellence in cinema once more, as it hosted another Film Ambassadors’ Night last February 27 at the reopened Manila Metropolitan Theater.
Here is great news for those fans who have lately been missing pop princess Sarah G. In one of their rare appearances together, Sarah Geronimo-Guidicelli and her husband Matteo Guidicelli will be performing in the online show Padayon. Not only them. They are part of the line-up of talented recording artists who have banded together to be part of this noble project.
President Rodrigo Roa Duterte (File photo) MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte has signed a law renaming Roosevelt Avenue located in Legislative District 1 of Quezon City as Fernando Poe Jr. (FPJ) Avenue. Under Republic Act No. 11608 signed by Duterte on Dec. 10, 2021 and released Thursday, the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) will issue the necessary rules, orders, and circulars to implement the provisions of this Act within 60 days from its effectivity. The Act, which originated in the House of Representatives, was passed by the House on September 9, 2020 amended by the Senate on Sept. 13, 2021, and which amendments were concurred in by the House of Representatives on Sept. 27, 2021. The original House and Senate bills initially sought to rename Del Monte Avenue (traversing Barangays Nayong Kanluran, Paltok, Paraiso, Del Monte, Damayan, Masambong, Talayan, Manresa, Siena, St. Peter, San Jose, and Amoranto). However, Catholic groups have protested against the renaming of
By the time this column sees print, it will have been almost one month since Super Typhoon Odette (Typhoon Rai) ravaged the southern islands of the country but while it’s true that the typhoon did make landfall last Dec. 16, it doesn’t feel accurate to speak of the typhoon in the past tense.