I graduated from the University of the Philippines at Los Banos in 1978.  That made me a Jubilarian this year. Yes, it was 30 years ago! So, I made it a point to take a leave from my work last October 10. Least you forget, October 10 (DOUBLE 10) is UPLB LOYALTY DAY! It is synonymous  to the Alumni Homecoming of other institutions, a time to pay respect to dear alma mater! I had great expectations weeks and days before 10-10. You...

    Last Wednesday, I was back working with the Production Staff of KOMIKS after a long while. Under the effective leadership of Tita Mae Santos, the Executive Producer, the same Production Staff that handled “Your Song” is also handling Komiks . Airing Saturday nights, 7:00 p.m , ABS-CBN Channel 2.     I got a call to play the role of the Chief of Police. It was Cath who informed me about my new...

    My immediate reaction when my columnist friend Ed Cruz of The Daily  Tribune texted me to make a review on KOLORETE was to say “no” since I think it would be preposterous for someone who is a part of a film as an actor to make a review on the film itself! It would be very impossible that I would not be biased in my review. However, after giving it some thought, I rationalized that it could be possible as...

My write up last Tuesday asking about the silence of the publicity about the 2008 Cinema One Originals Festival  which I also posted in our Philippine Cinema yahoogroup had reaped comments and information which I would like to share with you. From Manuel  Pangaruy mapangaruy@yahoo. com , he commented:      “sa schools lang ipapalabas? bakit kaya? baka walang nakuhang venue.       pero...

    I have been searching the net using both yahoo and google search for the Cinema One Originals 2008 for the past two weeks but I failed to come across a press release from Cinema One organizers themselves as to the details of the 2008 festival. While searching,  I was able to  open a poster for Kolorete, the entry where I have a major role as Padre Antarez, a friar. The poster was a photo entry of Jean Judith...