Bantayan’s ‘Isla Music Festival’ is out of tune

Atty. Ruphil Bañoc, Atty. Ruphil F. Bañoc 04/06/2017

There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens” (Ecclesiastes 3:1). I planned something unique for this year’s Holy Week. I intended to spend my meditation in Bantayan Island, Cebu, so…

Magpale says music fest should play religious songs

Izobelle T. Pulgo 04/03/2017

  If the Isla Music Festival in Santa Fe town, Bantayan Island pushes through, Vice Gov. Agnes Magpale said the participants should play religious songs to avoid offending the sensibilities of the residents there. Magpale said she…

Band of brothers

Cris Evert Lato-Ruffolo 03/11/2017

It was a rainy Thursday morning when five young men entered the playroom of The Center for Behavioral Support (CBS) located inside the Rafael Yu building on General Maxilom Avenue, Cebu City. They were told that a…

Reschedule music festival after Black Saturday, officials urged

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag, Nestle L. Semilla 03/09/2017

The parish priest of Sta. Fe town, Bantayan Island wants organizers of the Isla Music Festival 2017 lined up for the Holy Week to reschedule them after the Black Saturday Easter Vigil Mass. Fr. Roy Bucag, the…

The sound of (bamboo) music

Jheysel Tangaro 02/25/2017

Near the Cebu Metropolitan Cathedral in downtown Cebu City, passersby can hear music wafting through the air. The soothing sound comes from an instrument called the bamboo xylophone, locally known as “gabbang.” A closer look, and a…

REX SMITH: Still Taking Your Breath Away

Apple Ta-as 02/18/2017

AT 61, Rex Smith has more loveto share. Oozing character in a black leather jacket, semi-flared pants, and black pointed shoes, Rex stood out from a crowd of mall-goers that flocked to his pre-Valentine show at Ayala…

‘I’M DRUNK, I LOVE YOU’ GETTING INTOXICATED WITH ROMANCE, MUSIC AND FINDING LOVE

Apple Ta-as 02/09/2017

MOST parts of our lives are made out of “wait-for-it” moments, like queueing to buy your favorite chicken meal, standing for hours at the roadside to get a cab, or anxiously sitting in a restaurant hoping for…

Cebu Pop Music Festival list of winners

Izobelle T. Pulgo 01/14/2017

Songs about love dominate this year’s Cebu Pop Music Festival, with the winning pieces titled “Gugmang Maka..,” “Singgit Kabataan,” and “Good Luck na Lang.” The Cebu Pop Music Festival is a Bisaya song-writing contest that is the…

Ashley Go: A song in her heart

Hayde Quiñanola 12/11/2016

SHE held the ukulele, cleared her throat and began strumming the strings. There was a wistful tune that came out, a carefree, jovial song, the kind that makes you want to snap your fingers and jam along.…

Untwinkling

Francis B. Ongkingco 12/09/2016

Twinkle, twinkle, little star! How I wonder what you are. Up above the clouds so high. Like a diamond in the sky!” As you read the lines, the song’s creative melody begins playing in your childlike heart.…

Angelica, Jennylyn, Liza, Barbie, Jodi lead Walk of Fame Philippines honorees

Apple Ta-as 12/02/2016

EASTWOOD City has become even brighter as new celebrities were honored, marking the pathways with new stars at the 11th anniversary of Walk of Fame Philippines in Eastwood Libis last December 1. The new inductees were Liza…

ABS-CBN wins big at the PMPC Star Awards

Apple Ta-as 10/25/2016

SOME of the brightest stars on TV and the music scene gathered at the Resorts World Performing Arts last Sunday night for the 32nd Philippine Movie Press Club (PMPC) Star Awards for Music and TV. For this…

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