After three weeks of airing, ABS-CBN’s “MAY BUKAS PA” viewership rating nationwide based on TNS surveys is already hitting above 40%. In some areas in Mindanao, the viewership rating is above 50%.     I have mentioned that by way of expressing thanks for the untiring efforts of the staff, crew and cast, ABS-CBN hosted thanksgiving party last February 12 barely a week old then when the show...

The town of Bacolor, Pampanga was celebrating its town fiesta with a five-day festivities starting February 7 till February 11. As a result, our tapings for May Bukas Pa during the fiesta were cancelled.     Instead of the usual text messages from Cath Magdael, Associate Producer advising us on the calltime for our taping, I got a text message from Ms. Hazel Parfan another Associate Producer inviting me to join the May Bukas...

    Last Saturday, we learned that several scenes taken in the cemetery at the back of San Guillermo Parish Church had to be retaped. While the retaping was going on, some of the “priests” including Andre Tiangco, Tony Manalo David Chua and myself were huddled outside our airconditioned tent and we were exchanging horror stories.       Our hypothesis was that the scenes were retaped because...

We have been taping for five straight days, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays for the religoserye “May Bukas Pa” in Bacolor, Pampanga. Tapings were so tiring until last Thursday when the two taping units had to give the “12 priests” some breathing space: a long waiting period starting at mid afternoon. There were scenes lined up with only Santino (Zianjan Jaranilla) and Bro Jesus (Love) in the cemetery for the first...