A co-founder’s take on the Vispop controversy

Michelle Joy Padayhag 03/04/2019

CEBU CITY, Philipppines — Differences on the direction of how the Visayan Pop Music Competition (Vispop) would go have been the main reasons of Vispop co-founder Jude Gitamondoc’s leaving the group organizing the event. Gitamondoc said in…

Vispop 2019 producers amid issue of Vispop co-founder’s leaving: Have faith in us

Michelle Joy Padayhag 03/04/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The new producers of the Visayan Pop Songwriting Competition 2019 assures the public that they will raise the standards of the competition.  Barney Borja, the Vispop project chairman, released an official statement through…

Visayan Pop songwriting competition is back

Michelle Joy Padayhag 02/28/2019

Cebu City, Philippines — The Visayan Pop Songwriting Competition is finally back after a year of rest.  Lorenzo “Insoy” Niñal, the Vispop Screening Committee Head, announced this in a press conference on February 27, 2019, at the…

12 finalist compete in 38th Cebu Pop Music Festival

Mich Padayhag 01/17/2018

Let’s give it up for our local artists! Listen to the best contemporary compositions at the 38th Cebu Pop Music Festival, happening tomorrow, Jan. 19, at the IC3 Convention Center in Barangay Mabolo, Cebu City. This year’s…

Human rights in the Age of Pop Culture

Raymund Fernandez 01/09/2018

Since 1967, we have come into the age of Popular Culture. This claim comes from the quaint perspective of a painter. 1967 was when Pop artist Andy Warhol caused the making of the painting “Brillo Box.” This…

Various K-pop groups to perform for Cebu Cover Gayo Awards

Doris Mae Mondragon 12/15/2017

VARIOUS K-pop cover groups in the Central Visayas will be participating in the third Cebu Cover Gayo Awards (CCGA) on Sunday, December 17 at the Plaza Independencia. The annual event is one of the major K-pop Cover…

Bailey May now a member of global pop group

Mich Padayhag 11/16/2017

FORMER Pinoy Big Brother (PBB) teen housemate Bailey May is now a member of a global pop group. ABS-CBN, in its Instagram account, yesterday announced that May is joining a group called, Now United. “Star Magic’s Bailey…

Lapu lass lives out K-Pop dream

Intern 05/06/2017

The danceable music of the Korean pop (K-pop) group Girls’ Generation fills the air in the small house of the Malahay family in Barangay Gun-ob, Lapu-Lapu City nearly every day. “Geuraeyo nan neol saranghae eonjena mideo~!” (That’s…

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…

Bigger precincts for Cebu City police

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 11/21/2016

THE Cebu City Council pushed for a bigger budget for repairs and improvement of the city’s 11 police precincts in yesterday’s budget hearing for the Peace and Order Program (POP) office. Councilor Jose Daluz III, who sits…

BFP, barangays told to share budget

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 06/25/2015

The acquisition of firefighting equipment from the Cebu City government had been a tug of war between the fire department and the city’s barangay fire brigades. A P96 million budget has been included under the city’s Peace…

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