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Flicks and reruns: Unofficially Yours
While waiting for my volkswagen bug to be repaired at the neighborhood talyer, I went to a newly-opened burger joint (Backyard Burger) which was just a few blocks away then hied off to the...
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Davao City: the "Hollywood" of Mindanao
Shooting a scene at Quezon Park (City Hall) for Bagane Fiola's "Way to the Sunset" (2009)Having one of the most active filmmaking landscapes in the southern Philippines, Davao City could well position...
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A Cherry Afternoon
Just last week, the long-planned hush-hush shoot for Ms. Cherry Maning was a go. It was going to be a small affair limited to photographers with whom Ms. Maning was familiar with.Aside from shooting...
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Flicks and Reruns: Corazon ang Unang Aswang
Skylight Films is Star Cinema's indie division. This combination of mainstream appeal and the fresh experimental style offered by independent cinema is put to test in Skylight's second film Corazon ang...
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Dos Mestizos in Davao.
Paella de Mariscos (left) and Paella Negra (right)It began in the island of Boracay as a small hut serving Spanish dishes, four to five table set-up, frequented mostly by friends and acquaintances,...
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Trying out something new: Hannah and Ramir post-nuptials
It was a quickie wedding for Hannah Cano and Ramir Bargamento. As they had to depend on the availability of the solemnizing officer, no less than the legendary Davao City Mayor now current vice-mayor...
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Zia's music
Kung sinu-sino pang tinatawagan moNandito lang naman akoAt kung saan-saan ka pa naghahanapNandito lang naman akoAko na lang sanaTayo na lang dal'waSana nalaman mo palaAko na lang sana...
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Camp Manuel Yan: Army tourism
The 72nd Infantry Battalion HQ located in the camp's highest point at 900 feet above sea level.Traditionally army camps just like any military bases are critical facilities, highly restricted to...
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KC Concepcion
Born Maria Kassandra Cristina Cuneta Concepcion- KC Concepcion is a multi-hyphenated celebrity being an actress, singer, TV host, celebrity ambassador (National Ambassador Against Hunger for the UN's...
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A Night of Boxing: KA-POW in DAVAO
It started as a dare during an evening party...but the end product was a huge event which drew in Davao City's expatriate crowd along with their Filipino friends, family, supporters, employees,...
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photographers and pinoy romantic comedies
Coco MartinIn Star Cinema's newest romantic-comedy (Rom-Com) Born To Love You matinee idol Coco Martin plays a down-on-his-luck photographer who falls in love with a tour guide played by Angeline...
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Davao's Eligible Bachelors
A shoot for the Indulge (lifestyle) section of local business daily Edge Davao. My subjects-some of Davao City's eligible bachelors, the few times I was able to shoot male models. Here are some of the...
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flicks and reruns: Tambara
SynopsisTambara is an adaptation of Macario Tiu’s Balyan, the 2005 1st Place winner for Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Award for Short Story Bisaya Division.The story revolves around Lando, an elementary...
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Flicks and Reruns: Ang Mga Kidnapper ni Ronnie Lazaro
A fun, enjoyable buddy flick about six friends who decided to join Sineng Pambansa's National Film Competition. The troop is led by Bebot (Nonie Buencamino) a former OFW who creates a plan to make a...
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Davao Cinematheque
Finally Dabawenyos and cineastes in the region will get the chance to watch cinematic classics from the great golden ages of Philippine cinema and other seminal films from international cinema with...
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"Dark Knight Rises" in the eyes of a Dabawenyo viewer
In the Dark Knight, the middle film of Christopher Nolan's Batman trilogy, the cape crusader is framed up for the death of District Attorney Harvey Dent and is regarded as a fugitive.In Dark Knight...
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Three years and a photo exhibit
Photography without bounderies, where learning is fun and wacky -MCOM mottoFirst group picIt was in August 5, 2009 when...
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Flicks and Reruns: Bwakaw
Back in the 90s and the early 2000s, many Filipinos will equate Eddie Garcia as the quintessential action star, though already in his 70s and 80s he was able to headline several slam-bang action films....
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Flicks and Reruns: The Mistress
The narrative treatment of The Mistress was convoluted enough to take away much of the emotional impact from the film. The premise was promising, a mistress finds herself slowly being torn between...
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Flicks and Reruns: Ang Nawawala
Finally I was able to catch up and watch "Ang Nawawala" directed by Marie Jamora, the film which won the audience choice award during the 2012 Cinemalaya is a wonderful coming-of-age film that shines...
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