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Ang Kwento Ni Mabuti
''Ang Kwento Ni Mabuti'' () is a 2013 Filipino drama film and the official entry to the first CineFilipino Film Festival. The film was the first collaboration of the award-winning actress Nora Aunor and the award-winning director Mes de Guzman. The film was shot entirely in Aritao, Nueva Vizcaya. The dialogue of the film is entirely in Ilocano, to give the film its authenticity with English subtitles. The film was also top-grosser of the first CineFilipino Film Festival. Cast * Nora Aunor as Mabuti de la Cruz * Sue Prado as Nelia * Mara Lopez as Lucia de la Cruz * Arnold Reyes as Ompong de la Cruz. * Ama Quiambao Amable Quiambao (January 19, 1947 – July 5, 2013), better known by her stage name, Ama Quiambao, was a Filipino film, television and theater actress in the Philippines. She was best known for her roles in the films ''Himala'' and ''Diablo''. ... * Josephina Estabillo as Guyang Review List of Festival Competed or Exhibited * 1st CineFilipino film Festival, Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nora Aunor
Nora Cabaltera Villamayor (born May 21, 1953), professionally known as Nora Aunor (), is a Filipino actress, recording artist, and film producer. Aunor has also appeared in several stage plays, television shows and concerts. She is known as Philippine cinema's "Superstar" and conferred as Philippine National Artist for Film and Broadcast Arts. ''The Hollywood Reporter'' called her "The Grand Dame of Philippine Cinema" for her performance in the movie ''Taklub'' and her contribution to the Philippine film industry. Aunor started her career as a singer, after winning a local talent search. She rose to fame in the following years as both a singer and actress. After her film debut ''All Over the World (1967)'', she transitioned into heavy drama with highly acclaimed performances in films such as ''Tatlong Taong Walang Diyos'' (1976), ''Minsa'y Isang Gamu-gamo'' (1976), ''Ina Ka ng Anak Mo'' (1979), ''Himala'' (1982), ''Bulaklak sa City Jail'' (1984), and '' Bona'' (1980). In the fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sue Prado
Marissa Sue Prado (better known simply as Sue Prado) is a Filipina character actress best known for her performances in Philippine New Wave films such as the 2013 film, ''Oro'' and ''Barber's Tales'', among other roles on Philippine film, television and theater. Filmography Online series Television series Film * ''Abadeha Neo-Ethnic Rock Cinderella'' (2007) - Abadeha (credited as Marissa Sue Prado) * ''No Way Out'' (2008) - Gina * ''Manila Skies'' (2009) * ''Thelma'' (2011) - Marie * '' Corazon: Ang Unang Aswang'' (2012) - Concha * ''Barber's Tales'' (2013) - Rosa * ''Rainbow's Sunset'' (2018) * ''Aurora'' (2018) * ''Dagsin ''Dagsin'' is a 2016 Filipino drama film directed by Atom Magadia. It was shortlisted as a potential entry by the Philippines for the Best International Feature Film at the 92nd Academy Awards. Cast * Tommy Abuel as Justino * Lotlot De Leon as ...'' (2019) References External links * 20th-century Filipino actresses Filipino film ac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mara Lopez
Mara Isabella Yokohama (born May 20, 1991), known professionally as Mara Lopez, is a Filipino-American actress and surfer. She is a member of Star Magic Batch 13. Early life Mara Lopez was born on May 20, 1991 in San Pablo, California, the daughter of beauty queen, Bb. Pilipinas Universe 1982 and actress Maria Isabel Lopez with Japanese ex-husband Hiroshi Yokohama. She is the older of two siblings. Her younger brother is five years younger. Career Acting Lopez made her acting debut in 2003, playing a younger version of her real-life mother Maria Isabel Lopez, in an episode in GMA's ''Magpakailanman''. In 2006 she was launched, along with 23 other aspiring actors and actresses, as a member of Star Magic Batch 13. She then starred in ABS-CBN's '' Sineserye Presents: Natutulog Ba Ang Diyos?''. In 2002, she played the lead role in the indie film ''Following Rosa'', a Sundance Film Festival entry. Yokohama was one of the castaways of '' Survivor Philippines: Celebrity Doubles Sho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Filipino People
Filipinos ( tl, Mga Pilipino) are the people who are citizens of or native to the Philippines. The majority of Filipinos today come from various Austronesian ethnolinguistic groups, all typically speaking either Filipino, English and/or other Philippine languages. Currently, there are more than 185 ethnolinguistic groups in the Philippines; each with its own language, identity, culture and history. Names The name ''Filipino'', as a demonym, was derived from the term ''Las Islas Filipinas'' ("the Philippine Islands"), the name given to the archipelago in 1543 by the Spanish explorer and Dominican priest Ruy López de Villalobos, in honor of Philip II of Spain (Spanish: ''Felipe II''). During the Spanish colonial period, natives of the Philippine islands were usually known by the generic terms ''indio'' ("Indian") or ''indigenta'' ("indigents"). However, during the early Spanish colonial period the term ''Filipinos'' or ''Philipinos'' was sometimes used by Spanish writers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aritao
Aritao, officially the Municipality of Aritao ( gad, Ili na Aritao; ilo, Ili ti Aritao; tl, Bayan ng Aritao), is a 2nd class municipality in the province of Nueva Vizcaya, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 42,197 people. The ethnic minority called Isinai (the same term for the local spoken dialect) were the original residents of this town. Aritao is from Bayombong and from Manila. Etymology The name Aritao came from the Isinai phrase ''Ari Tau'' "which stands for "''Our King''" (''ari'' means king and ''tau'' means our) which refers to the legendary Isinai Chieftain Mengal, a fierce and brave king who resisted Spanish conquest of the Isinai territories around Ajanas and Ynordenan (the areas comprising what is now most of Aritao). History The town of Aritao was previously called “Ajanas”. This name was later changed to Aritao, after an Isinay word “Ari-Tau”. In January 1767, the intrepid Fr. Manuel Corripio, a Spanish Missionary succee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nueva Vizcaya
Nueva Vizcaya, officially the Province of Nueva Vizcaya ( ilo, Probinsia ti Nueva Vizcaya; gad, Probinsia na Nueva Vizcaya; Pangasinan: ''Luyag/Probinsia na Nueva Vizcaya''; tl, Lalawigan ng Nueva Vizcaya ), is a landlocked province in the Philippines located in the Cagayan Valley region in Luzon. Its capital is Bayombong. It is bordered by Benguet to the west, Ifugao to the north, Isabela to the northeast, Quirino to the east, Aurora to the southeast, Nueva Ecija to the south, and Pangasinan to the southwest. Quirino province was created from Nueva Vizcaya in 1966. Etymology The name ''Nueva Vizcaya'' is derived from the name of the province of Biscay (called ''Vizcaya'' in Spanish, Bizkaia in Basque) during the Spanish colonial period. This can be seen in the right part of the seal, a representation of the heraldic of Vizcaya in Spain. History Spanish period The areas of present-day Nueva Vizcaya used to be part of the vast Provincia de Cagayan. Organized religi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ilokano Language
Ilocano (also Ilokano; ; Ilocano: ) is an Austronesian language spoken in the Philippines, primarily by Ilocano people and as a lingua franca by the Igorot people and also by the native settlers of Cagayan Valley. It is the third most-spoken native language in the country. As an Austronesian language, it is related to Malay (Indonesian and Malaysian), Tetum, Chamorro, Fijian, Māori, Hawaiian, Samoan, Tahitian, Paiwan, and Malagasy. It is closely related to some of the other Austronesian languages of Northern Luzon, and has slight mutual intelligibility with the Balangao language and the eastern dialects of the Bontoc language. The Ilokano people had their indigenous writing system and script known as ''kur-itan''. There have been proposals to revive the ''kur-itan'' script by teaching it in Ilokano-majority public and private schools in Ilocos Norte and Ilocos Sur. Classification Ilocano, like all Philippine languages, is an Austronesian language, a very expansive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SunStar
''SunStar'' (also written as ''Sun Star''), stylized as SUNSTAR (formerly SUN•STAR), is an English-language newspaper in the Philippines. The newspaper is based in Cebu City Cebu City, officially the City of Cebu ( ceb, Dakbayan sa Sugbo; fil, Lungsod ng Cebu; hil, Dakbanwa sang Sugbo), is a 1st class Cities of the Philippines#Legal classification, highly urbanized city in the Central Visayas Regions of the P .... Regional * SunStar Cebu * SunStar Davao * SunStar Manila SunStar DumagueteSunStar BacolodSunStar IloiloSunStar BaguioSunStar Cagayan de OroSunStar PampangaSunStar PangasinanSunStar TaclobanSunStar Zamboanga References External links * National newspapers published in the Philippines English-language newspapers published in the Philippines Companies based in Cebu City Publications established in 1982 {{Philippines-newspaper-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ama Quiambao
Amable Quiambao (January 19, 1947 – July 5, 2013), better known by her stage name, Ama Quiambao, was a Filipino film, television and theater actress in the Philippines. She was best known for her roles in the films ''Himala'' and ''Diablo''. Early life She was born ''Amable Quiambao'' on January 19, 1947 in Bacacay, Albay and had two siblings: Medgardo and Lui. Personal life She was married to former actor and bass-baritone opera singer Gamaliel "Gammy" Viray. The couple had only one son, Ishmael Viray. Her sister, Lui Quiambao-Manansala, is also an actress and her niece, Miriam Quiambao, was a former Binibining Pilipinas Universe winner and 1st runner-up at the Miss Universe 1999. She was also a former instructor of St. Paul University Quezon City for the students of AB Mass Communications. Theatre Quiambao began her career as a theatre actress. Her first play was "Ang Mga Tagahabi", directed by Rolando Tinio (an adaptation of The Weavers by Gerhart Hauptmann), when she was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Young Critics Circle
The Young Critics Circle - Film Desk is a society of film critics and an award-giving body for cinema in the Philippines. It was established in 1990 and had its first awarding in 1991.Young Critics Circle to hold awarding rites on June 27 - The Philippine Star (June 18, 2012). Retrieved June 28, 2012Himpapawid Wins Big at Young Critics Circle - ABS-CBN (October 16, 2011). Retrieved June 28, 2012. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2013 Young Critics Circle Awards
The Young Critics Circle - Film Desk is a society of film critics and an award-giving body for cinema in the Philippines. It was established in 1990 and had its first awarding in 1991.Young Critics Circle to hold awarding rites on June 27 - The Philippine Star (June 18, 2012). Retrieved June 28, 2012Himpapawid Wins Big at Young Critics Circle - ABS-CBN (October 16, 2011). Retrieved June 28, 2012. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Philippine STAR
''The Philippine Star'' (self-styled ''The Philippine STAR'') is an English-language newspaper in the Philippines and the flagship brand of the Philstar Media Group. First published on July 28, 1986, by veteran journalists Betty Go-Belmonte, Max Soliven and Art Borjal, it is one of several Philippine newspapers founded after the 1986 People Power Revolution. The newspaper is owned and published by Philstar Daily Inc., which also publishes the monthly magazine ''People Asia'' and the Sunday magazines ''Starweek'' and ''Let's Eat''. As part of the Philstar Media Group, its sister publications include business newspaper '' BusinessWorld''; Cebu-based, English-language broadsheet '' The Freeman''; Filipino-language tabloids '' Pilipino Star Ngayon'' and ''Pang-Masa''; Cebuano-language tabloid ''Banat'', online news portals Interaksyon (formerly with News5), LatestChika.com, Philstar Life and Wheels.ph, and TV/digital production unit Philstar TV. In March 2014, the newspaper was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
