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December 10, 2011
GMA-7’s “Spooky Nights” continues its horror Christmas features this Saturday

 

Last week, GMA-7’s “Spooky Nights” featured a horror presentation about a popular Filipino tradition during Christmas – the simbang gabi. This Saturday, the program makes viewers tense and jump in fear because of a parol or Christmas lantern.

“Spooky Nights Presents: Parol” is about siblings Aya, Elmer and Carol, who are portrayed by Diana Zubiri, Alden Richards andBianca King respectively. With them in this presentation are Louise Delos Reyes, Emilio Garcia, Lenlen Frial and Pen Medina.

Last week, GMA-7’s “Spooky Nights” featured a horror presentation about a popular Filipino tradition during Christmas – the simbang gabi. This Saturday, the program makes viewers tense and jump in fear because of a parol or Christmas lantern.

December 2, 2011
MMFF’s Blockbuster King Bong Revilla Jr. and Primetime Queen Marian Rivera team up on the big screen

Last year, Senator Bong Revilla and Marian Rivera were rivals. Their movies were both entries to the 36th Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF) and had successful box office standings.

For the very first time, two of the country’s biggest stars pair up on the big screen as Senator Bong Revilla Jr. and Marian Rivera top bill GMA Films and Imus Production’s Panday 2, an entry to the 37th Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF).

Last year, Senator Bong Revilla and Marian Rivera were rivals. Their movies were both entries to the 36th Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF) and had successful box office standings.

For the very first time, two of the country’s biggest stars pair up on the big screen as Senator Bong Revilla Jr. and Marian Rivera top bill GMA Films and Imus Production’s Panday 2, an entry to the 37th Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF).

November 26, 2011
MMFF’s Blockbuster King Bong Revilla Jr. and Primetime Queen Marian Rivera team up on the big screen

Last year, Senator Bong Revilla and Marian Rivera were rivals. Their movies were both entries to the 36th Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF) and had successful box office standings.

For the very first time, two of the country’s biggest stars pair up on the big screen as Senator Bong Revilla Jr. and Marian Rivera top bill GMA Films and Imus Production’s Panday 2, an entry to the 37th Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF)...

Last year, Senator Bong Revilla and Marian Rivera were rivals. Their movies were both entries to the 36th Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF) and had successful box office standings.

For the very first time, two of the country’s biggest stars pair up on the big screen as Senator Bong Revilla Jr. and Marian Rivera top bill GMA Films and Imus Production’s Panday 2, an entry to the 37th Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF).

August 17, 2011
"Poleteismo" immature and juvenile - says National Artist

MANILA, August 16, 2011— Artist Mideo Cruz’s “Poleteismo”, an art installation wherein he put a wooden penis on the image of Jesus Christ, cannot be considered as a work of art, a national artist said Tuesday.

Francisco Sionil Jose, a National Artist for Literature, criticized Cruz’s work which was exhibited at the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) as nothing but “immature” and “juvenile.”

June 30, 2011
Claudine Barreto celebrates birthday month in GMA-7’s Spooky Nights

Weekend TV viewers will see a different Claudine Barreto beginning July 2 in GMA-7’s Spooky Nights Presents: Nuno sa Feng Shui.

Weekend TV viewers will see a different Claudine Barreto beginning July 2 in GMA-7’s Spooky Nights Presents: Nuno sa Feng Shui.

In celebration of her birthday month, the Kapuso actress stars in the horror-comedy series as Mila, a woman cursed by a “nuno” since childhood. She may have a beautiful face but her hips and legs are just unusually and distractingly huge.

December 21, 2010
Merry Christmas!

“Simbang Gabi, simula ng Pasko sa puso ng lahing Pilipino,” thus goes a favorite carol, which resonates the joyous experience of Christmas in our country.

“Simbang Gabi, simula ng Pasko sa puso ng lahing Pilipino,” thus goes a favorite carol, which resonates the joyous experience of Christmas in our country.

Indeed, we greet each other “Merry Christmas.” Not ““Happy Holidays.” For with Simbang Gabi, it is back to the Church where we look for and find the true spirit of Christmas: the baby Jesus who was born in a manger. Everything else is just to help remind us of that inexplicable great mystery of God who became Man, like each one of us.

November 8, 2010
Barangay: Grassroots Democracy or Clan Politics?

Effectively empowered and mobilized to deliver basic services, the country's 42,025 barangays can serve as the community-based engines for democratic governance and development.