Vispop is back for its 10th year anniversary!

Immae Lachica 06/07/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines— Vispop is back for its tenth-year celebration!  After roughly five years since the last Visayan Pop or Vispop contest was held, Vispop’s co-founder and Cebuano music producer and composer Jude Gitamondoc finally opens this…

Be The Light: A song of hope

Immae Lachica 04/29/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines— Believing a song can unite a community and a nation, the Guang Ming Institute of Performing Arts has come up with a song with a strong message of hope amid the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)…

All-Cebuano cast, crew for ‘Monsters The Musical’

Cris Evert Lato-Ruffolo 10/17/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — There is much to be desired about Cebu despite the traffic gridlock that claws like monsters into each one’s lifestyle. The musical that is a collaborative endeavour of singer-songwriter Cattski Espina, writer-director Jude…

Vispop controversy: Artist Ko responds

Michelle Joy Padayhag 03/08/2019

Cebu City, Philippines — Days after Cebuano composer Jude Gitamondoc aired his side in the Visayan Pop Songwriting Competition controversy, Artist Ko responded with an official statement released on March 6, 2019. Artist Ko responded on three…

Medyo Maldito: Pun intended

Neil Iosif Ylagan 09/06/2015

Memes have dominated social media for the longest time. 9GAG posts spread like wildfire on Facebook and Twitter. Being the social media capital of the world, Filipinos too love to read and create memes—quotes and pictures that…

Muse of the Moment

Gerard Pareja, Rob Gonzales 10/19/2014

Every once in a while, a muse arrives in a literary circle. Often she’ll turn up multifaceted—a poet, a thespian, an instructor, a composer, an inspiration. Such is the case of Therese Marie Villarante. An active poet…

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