Ruby Ruiz may have been possessed for real as they were shooting the film SAPI, showing in a theater near you on November 6, 2013.
Written
By Jude Bautista
Neither of them anticipated the horror they were about to witness. Broadcast journalist Dennis Marquez (Dennis Trillo) and Producer Meryll Flores (Meryll Soriano) try to calm down public school teachers Ruby (Ruby Ruiz) and Flor (Flor Salangga). Ruby had been possessed earlier in the week and both Dennis and Meryll promised to blur out her face in the video footage they took. In spite of the promise Ruby’s face was never blurred out and students in school where she teaches find out that she was possessed. Meryll suggests they review the episode together so they can talk about their complaints. Instead, the violent images trigger a reaction from Ruby.
Dennis Marquez (Dennis Trillo) interviews Flor (Flor Salangga). Horror film SAPI is showing in a theater near you on November 6, 2013.
The voices from the screen seemed to grow louder in Ruby’s head, whispering yet deafening. When her face is shown screaming, her whole body writhing, mouth frothing, the albularyo hits her with a broom UMALIS KA! UMALIS KA! Watching it Ruby is hanging on by a thread. But she still manages to speak. Ruby: Yan diba mukha ko yan? (Cries)
Ruby (Ruby Ruiz) is agitated seeing the episode where she is possessed on screen. Horror film SAPI is showing in a theater near you on November 6, 2013.
She slowly gets up from the conference table turning away not looking at the TV screen. She hides behind a shelf at the end of the conference room. Now Flor, Dennis and Meryll try to convince her to calm down and come out. After a few moments she emerges, eyes burning, she comes out screaming “Niloko niyo ko! Niloko niyo ko!”. In spite of being small and frail, she overturns the conference table. Meryll: “Kelangan natin ng pari tumawag kayo ng pari! (grabs her i-phone) Hello? Tita? Yes si Meryll ‘to. Do you know a priest? Merong sinasapian ngayon! Ngayon na!
Meryll gets mysterious text message. Horror film SAPI is showing in a theater near you on November 6, 2013.
In Brillante Mendoza’s SAPI, a spiritual possession becomes the focal point of a network war, where all forms of evil come out and almost everyone becomes a victim. Opening November 6, 2013 in a theater near you, the spine tingling film is a first in the horror genre for the internationally acclaimed director.
Dante Mendoza is set to receive the Order of Arts & Letters Rank of Chevalier from French Ambassador Gilles Garachon. Horror film SAPI is showing in a theater near you on November 6, 2013. Photo by Jude Bautista
Before 2013 ends, Dante will be receiving the Order of Arts & Letters Rank of Chevalier from French Ambassador Gilles Garachon. Mendoza joins an exclusive list of previous awardees which include: Napoleon Abueva, Arturo Luz, F Sionil Jose, Juvenal Sanso, Lucrecia Kasilag, Tikoy Aguiluz, Fides Asencio-Cuyugan and Lulu Tan Gan.
Dennis Trillo meets a girl who was possessed in real life as part of his research. Horror film SAPI is showing in a theater near you on November 6, 2013.
Mendoza is known for tackling complex issues in his films, SAPI is no exception. What seems to be coverage of spiritual possession turns into a tug of war between the top (fictional) TV networks: SARIMANOK BROADCAST NETWORK (SBN) and Phil Broadcasting Channel (PBC).
SBN Network bosses Racquel Villavicencio and Jon Achaval goes to the Lobby Lounge of Makati Shang Rila Hotel for a power meeting with their rival network PBC. Horror film SAPI is showing in a theater near you on November 6, 2013.
The film provides an insight into that unspoken world of network execs who control what a huge portion of the Filipino population gets to see on their TV sets. In one scene Racquel Villavicencio and Jon Achaval of SBN reach out to their rival Richard Manabat to negotiate the terms of their conflict. They enter the posh Lobby Lounge of Makati Shang Rila Hotel but the details of the settlement were excluded. Visually, the environs and the circumstances were more important than the contents of the meeting itself.
SBN Network bosses Racquel Villavicencio and Jon Achaval goes to the Lobby Lounge of Makati Shang Rila Hotel for a power meeting with their rival network PBC. Horror film SAPI is showing in a theater near you on November 6, 2013.
Corruption reaches all levels. It’s never just an individual or even a group of individuals but a whole system, a commentary on society as a whole. It was the same with KINATAY, which dealt with corruption in the police force or military. When a cop receives a bribe for a small traffic violation he is only the tip of the iceberg. Corruption in media isn’t just about paying off cameramen or a few reporters. Mendoza is able to show that the whole system breeds corruption. TV networks need audiences/ratings and the desperation to build that audience leads them to achieve it with whatever means necessary.
Dennis Marquez (Dennis Trillo) is assigned to Manila Bay at the height of a typhoon. Horror film SAPI is showing in a theater near you on November 6, 2013.
Baron Valdez (Baron Geisler) is a cameraman playing both sides of the network war. Horror film SAPI is showing in a theater near you on November 6, 2013.
Baron Geisler is cast as Baron Valdez a treacherous cameraman working both sides of the network war. He is reunited with Flor Salangga, the faithful friend of the possession victim. Salangga and Geiseler had worked in the Cinemalaya film JAY (2008) by Francis Xavier Pasion. JAY has a similar theme of media people manipulating the depiction of stories for their own ends.
Direk Brillante shoots on an overpass during heavy rains. Horror film SAPI is showing in a theater near you on November 6, 2013.
Horror in SAPI comes in different forms. Scenes shot in the middle of typhoons give Manileños a chilling reminder of Ondoy and floods ravaging the metro. Nature can be just as terrifying as demons who take possession of human bodies. For a great number of Filipinos SAPI or possession is a part of everyday reality and yet is a subject not dealt with often in the horror genre. It seems too close to home, too real for most of us.
Dante Mendoza shot during the height of not just one but several typhoons. Horror film SAPI is showing in a theater near you on November 6, 2013.
Direk Jim Libiran cast as TV reporter. He really did have an extensive experience in TV5 in real life as news producer before directing TRIBU. Horror film SAPI is showing in a theater near you on November 6, 2013.
Jim Libiran is also cast as a broadcast Journalist who touches on environmental issues of irresponsible waste management. Libiran is the multi awarded director of another Cinemalaya film TRIBU. Libiran in real life worked as a network news producer before delving into film. Roeder Camañag is memorable as Abdalap in action musical Dulaang UP’s Orosman at Zafira. Even though he is not able to show his incredible vocals or dance moves as he did in that musical, he easily inhabits a detail oriented Producer of Jim Libiran.
Roeder Camañag is cast as Jim’s frantic TV producer. Horror film SAPI is showing in a theater near you on November 6, 2013.
Mercedes Cabral is sexy even in an ordinary t-shirt. She has been cast in SERBIS, KINATAY, THY WOMB and now SAPI. She’s also in GMA Network’s KATIPUNAN with Sid Lucero as Andres Bonifacio.
The seductive Mercedes Cabral can truly claim to be Mednoza’s favorite actress having appeared in his most applauded work: THY WOMB, KINATAY, SERBIS and now SAPI. Cabral is also currently cast in GMA Network’s KATIPUNAN with Sid Lucero as Andres Bonifacio.
Mercedes Cabral is sexy even in an ordinary t-shirt. She has been cast in SERBIS, KINATAY, THY WOMB and now SAPI. She’s also in GMA Network’s KATIPUNAN with Sid Lucero as Andres Bonifacio.
Dante Mendoza’s achievement in SAPI is that he redefines what it is that scares us. He knows the most recent and deepest fears of Filipinos. He combines them all, the wrath of nature putting Dennis Trillo in Manila Bay during the height of a typhoon. Animals like boa constrictors become a metaphor for evil. Most of all, he shows us that we are blind from the darkness that resides in each individual. The worst most horrendous of them all is our failure to recognize and admit the potential for evil in each of us.
right: Meryll Soriano shoots with her i-phone 5 in between takes while Baron Geisler and Dennis Trillo receive their blocking instructions. Horror film SAPI is showing in a theater near you on November 6, 2013.
The faithful flock to Quiapo church in Manila in the hopes of gaining powers against the evil one. Horror film SAPI is showing in a theater near you on November 6, 2013.
PEP Editor Jo Dimaculangan with Direk Dante Mendoza. Horror film SAPI is showing in a theater near you on November 6, 2013.
Dennis Marquez (Dennis Trillo) is assigned to Manila Bay at the height of a typhoon. Horror film SAPI is showing in a theater near you on November 6, 2013.
from left: SOLAR UIP people-Ryan Estioco, Sunby Teng, Lulu Chua, Bing De Ramos of BLINK, SAPI director Dante Mendoza, Butch Ibañez of SOLAR UIP, Ivan Lobaton, Janika De Belen and Mark Suntay of BLINK. Horror film SAPI is showing in a theater near you on November 6, 2013.
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Janilyn Go-Yuching with daughter Janine. The St. Peter the Apostle School Alumni Association (SPASAA) organized themselves for a tree planting activity at the La Mesa Nature Reserve last August 19, 2012. Photo by Jude Bautista.
Written and photographed
by Jude Bautista
The devastation of Ondoy and Habagat recently made us all feel helpless. But with the simple act of tree planting we are able to at least directly affect the cause of floods for the long term. Trees are the best way to absorb carbon dioxide emissions, which they say is the great cause of global warming. The effects of global warming are the increased number of typhoons and prolonged droughts each year.
A steel tower allows one to see the growth of forest. The St. Peter the Apostle School Alumni Association (SPASAA) organized themselves for a tree planting activity at the La Mesa Nature Reserve last August 19, 2012. Photo by Jude Bautista.
SPASAA Pres. Rolinda Uy thanks members for their participation. The St. Peter the Apostle School Alumni Association (SPASAA) organized themselves for a tree planting activity at the La Mesa Nature Reserve last August 19, 2012. Photo by Jude Bautista.
Trees also absorb water in mountainous areas during the rainy season and help supply water to wells and dams during the dry season. That’s why Rolinda Uy of Batch 89 thought of organizing the St Peter the Apostle School Alumni Association (SPASAA) for a tree planting activity at La Mesa Nature Reserve. It became a family activity for some last August. Former SPASAA Pres. Mark Yuching and wife Janilyn brought the whole family and made it into a great learning experience. Youngest daughter Janine, planted 5 trees and was asking to plant more.
Mark Yuching with son Matthew. The St. Peter the Apostle School Alumni Association (SPASAA) organized themselves for a tree planting activity at the La Mesa Nature Reserve last August 19, 2012. Photo by Jude Bautista.
The trail is easy for anyone to walk. The St. Peter the Apostle School Alumni Association (SPASAA) organized themselves for a tree planting activity at the La Mesa Nature Reserve last August 19, 2012. Photo by Jude Bautista.
The La Mesa Watershed was the perfect venue to bring kids. On weekends it’s barely an hour’s drive from the metro. The terrain is easy to walk on. The nominal fee includes a short talk, equipment like trowels and seedlings to groups of various sizes. Foresters explain the process of reforestation and even add how fertilizers are made through vermicomposting; the process where biodegradable material is decomposed with worms.
Ashley Go handles the African Nightcrawler responsible for making the fertilizer. The St. Peter the Apostle School Alumni Association (SPASAA) organized themselves for a tree planting activity at the La Mesa Nature Reserve last August 19, 2012. Photo by Jude Bautista.
Nursery Supervisor Jose Pascual showed the fertilizer made from vermicomposting. The St. Peter the Apostle School Alumni Association (SPASAA) organized themselves for a tree planting activity at the La Mesa Nature Reserve last August 19, 2012. Photo by Jude Bautista.
Forester and Supervisor Abelardo Amadol said that during the Marcos era in 1976-86, the Manila Seedling Bank contributed a lot in preserving a lot of plant and tree species that would otherwise have been lost. These same seeds were used to repopulate the reserve. According to him before the Bantay Kalikasan project, the total plant species in the area were confined to only 8: Acacia Auriculiformis, Acacia mangium, Gmelina arborea, Mahogany (Sweitenia macrophylla), African Tulip (Saptodia Campanoulata), Eucalyptus and Teak (Tictona grandis). Today there are 82 different species planted in the La Mesa Forest Nature Reserve with an over all survival rate of 92.5%. He is proud of the fact that this is the first reforestation in the country to plant that number of Philippine plant species.
Forester and Supervisor Abelardo Amadol gives an intro to the La Mesa Nature Reserve. The St. Peter the Apostle School Alumni Association (SPASAA) organized themselves for a tree planting activity at the La Mesa Nature Reserve last August 19, 2012. Photo by Jude Bautista.
How and when La Mesa Watershed Park was started
An exhibit of photos and information are also part of the facility. To quote a short history of the project: “Illegal settlers used to occupy wide tracts of land. There were vast hillside clearings due to slash and burn farming activities causing denuded forests, threatened wild life, and soil erosion.
The trail is easy for anyone to walk. The St. Peter the Apostle School Alumni Association (SPASAA) organized themselves for a tree planting activity at the La Mesa Nature Reserve last August 19, 2012. Photo by Jude Bautista.
Both Government agencies and private institutions were alarmed because the source of water for over 12 million residents of Metro manila was in peril. The scenario might further worsen because it is the transit point of water coming from three watersheds, namely Umiray, Angat and Ipo.
In June 1999, Bantay Kalikasan of ABS CBN Foundation Inc. was quick to undertake the reforestation program of the 2,700 hectares La Mesa Watershed Area, the last forest of its size in Metro Manila.”
A steel tower allows one to see the growth of forest. The St. Peter the Apostle School Alumni Association (SPASAA) organized themselves for a tree planting activity at the La Mesa Nature Reserve last August 19, 2012. Photo by Jude Bautista.
Emily De Jesus Cruz and her boys. The St. Peter the Apostle School Alumni Association (SPASAA) organized themselves for a tree planting activity at the La Mesa Nature Reserve last August 19, 2012. Photo by Jude Bautista.
The Watershed Today
After years of tree planting by volunteers, non-government organizations and schools, the watershed has now gained large forest cover that contributes to the well being of the La Mesa Dam and more: “With the rehabilitation of the project La Mesa is now considered the “Carbon sink” as it absorbs 3% of the total carbon emissions of Metro Manila. The La Mesa Forest acts as a sponge for trapping water. In addition the watershed is also a living laboratory for field biology and ecology students and researchers. The project now serves as a model of a successful government-private partnership.
A steel tower allows one to see the growth of forest. The St. Peter the Apostle School Alumni Association (SPASAA) organized themselves for a tree planting activity at the La Mesa Nature Reserve last August 19, 2012. Photo by Jude Bautista.
“With the absence of threats posed by the illegal settlers, more wildlife could now be seen at La Mesa. Water quality has also significantly improved with less dissolves materials and less organic matter present in it.”
Get together with schoolmates and make them your family. The St. Peter the Apostle School Alumni Association (SPASAA) organized themselves for a tree planting activity at the La Mesa Nature Reserve last August 19, 2012. Photo by Jude Bautista.
From left: Imee, Ashley and Joshua Go bond with tree planting. The St. Peter the Apostle School Alumni Association (SPASAA) organized themselves for a tree planting activity at the La Mesa Nature Reserve last August 19, 2012. Photo by Jude Bautista.
Another SPASAA alum Peter Go brought his wife Imee and teen kids Joshua and Ahsley. They found out that planting trees is a great way to bond. If you’re single (like me), you can get together with old schoolmates and make them your family. Tree planting is a great activity you can do together benefitting not just your community but also the whole world and even succeeding generations.
Get together with schoolmates and make them your family. The St. Peter the Apostle School Alumni Association (SPASAA) organized themselves for a tree planting activity at the La Mesa Nature Reserve last August 19, 2012. Photo by Jude Bautista.
Get together with schoolmates and make them your family. The St. Peter the Apostle School Alumni Association (SPASAA) organized themselves for a tree planting activity at the La Mesa Nature Reserve last August 19, 2012. Photo by Jude Bautista.
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SAPI: Fear In All Levels
Ruby Ruiz may have been possessed for real as they were shooting the film SAPI, showing in a theater near you on November 6, 2013.
Written
By Jude Bautista
Neither of them anticipated the horror they were about to witness. Broadcast journalist Dennis Marquez (Dennis Trillo) and Producer Meryll Flores (Meryll Soriano) try to calm down public school teachers Ruby (Ruby Ruiz) and Flor (Flor Salangga). Ruby had been possessed earlier in the week and both Dennis and Meryll promised to blur out her face in the video footage they took. In spite of the promise Ruby’s face was never blurred out and students in school where she teaches find out that she was possessed. Meryll suggests they review the episode together so they can talk about their complaints. Instead, the violent images trigger a reaction from Ruby.
Dennis Marquez (Dennis Trillo) interviews Flor (Flor Salangga). Horror film SAPI is showing in a theater near you on November 6, 2013.
The voices from the screen seemed to grow louder in Ruby’s head, whispering yet deafening. When her face is shown screaming, her whole body writhing, mouth frothing, the albularyo hits her with a broom UMALIS KA! UMALIS KA! Watching it Ruby is hanging on by a thread. But she still manages to speak. Ruby: Yan diba mukha ko yan? (Cries)
Ruby (Ruby Ruiz) is agitated seeing the episode where she is possessed on screen. Horror film SAPI is showing in a theater near you on November 6, 2013.
She slowly gets up from the conference table turning away not looking at the TV screen. She hides behind a shelf at the end of the conference room. Now Flor, Dennis and Meryll try to convince her to calm down and come out. After a few moments she emerges, eyes burning, she comes out screaming “Niloko niyo ko! Niloko niyo ko!”. In spite of being small and frail, she overturns the conference table. Meryll: “Kelangan natin ng pari tumawag kayo ng pari! (grabs her i-phone) Hello? Tita? Yes si Meryll ‘to. Do you know a priest? Merong sinasapian ngayon! Ngayon na!
Meryll gets mysterious text message. Horror film SAPI is showing in a theater near you on November 6, 2013.
In Brillante Mendoza’s SAPI, a spiritual possession becomes the focal point of a network war, where all forms of evil come out and almost everyone becomes a victim. Opening November 6, 2013 in a theater near you, the spine tingling film is a first in the horror genre for the internationally acclaimed director.
Dante Mendoza is set to receive the Order of Arts & Letters Rank of Chevalier from French Ambassador Gilles Garachon. Horror film SAPI is showing in a theater near you on November 6, 2013. Photo by Jude Bautista
Before 2013 ends, Dante will be receiving the Order of Arts & Letters Rank of Chevalier from French Ambassador Gilles Garachon. Mendoza joins an exclusive list of previous awardees which include: Napoleon Abueva, Arturo Luz, F Sionil Jose, Juvenal Sanso, Lucrecia Kasilag, Tikoy Aguiluz, Fides Asencio-Cuyugan and Lulu Tan Gan.
Dennis Trillo meets a girl who was possessed in real life as part of his research. Horror film SAPI is showing in a theater near you on November 6, 2013.
Mendoza is known for tackling complex issues in his films, SAPI is no exception. What seems to be coverage of spiritual possession turns into a tug of war between the top (fictional) TV networks: SARIMANOK BROADCAST NETWORK (SBN) and Phil Broadcasting Channel (PBC).
SBN Network bosses Racquel Villavicencio and Jon Achaval goes to the Lobby Lounge of Makati Shang Rila Hotel for a power meeting with their rival network PBC. Horror film SAPI is showing in a theater near you on November 6, 2013.
The film provides an insight into that unspoken world of network execs who control what a huge portion of the Filipino population gets to see on their TV sets. In one scene Racquel Villavicencio and Jon Achaval of SBN reach out to their rival Richard Manabat to negotiate the terms of their conflict. They enter the posh Lobby Lounge of Makati Shang Rila Hotel but the details of the settlement were excluded. Visually, the environs and the circumstances were more important than the contents of the meeting itself.
SBN Network bosses Racquel Villavicencio and Jon Achaval goes to the Lobby Lounge of Makati Shang Rila Hotel for a power meeting with their rival network PBC. Horror film SAPI is showing in a theater near you on November 6, 2013.
Corruption reaches all levels. It’s never just an individual or even a group of individuals but a whole system, a commentary on society as a whole. It was the same with KINATAY, which dealt with corruption in the police force or military. When a cop receives a bribe for a small traffic violation he is only the tip of the iceberg. Corruption in media isn’t just about paying off cameramen or a few reporters. Mendoza is able to show that the whole system breeds corruption. TV networks need audiences/ratings and the desperation to build that audience leads them to achieve it with whatever means necessary.
Dennis Marquez (Dennis Trillo) is assigned to Manila Bay at the height of a typhoon. Horror film SAPI is showing in a theater near you on November 6, 2013.
Baron Valdez (Baron Geisler) is a cameraman playing both sides of the network war. Horror film SAPI is showing in a theater near you on November 6, 2013.
Baron Geisler is cast as Baron Valdez a treacherous cameraman working both sides of the network war. He is reunited with Flor Salangga, the faithful friend of the possession victim. Salangga and Geiseler had worked in the Cinemalaya film JAY (2008) by Francis Xavier Pasion. JAY has a similar theme of media people manipulating the depiction of stories for their own ends.
Direk Brillante shoots on an overpass during heavy rains. Horror film SAPI is showing in a theater near you on November 6, 2013.
Horror in SAPI comes in different forms. Scenes shot in the middle of typhoons give Manileños a chilling reminder of Ondoy and floods ravaging the metro. Nature can be just as terrifying as demons who take possession of human bodies. For a great number of Filipinos SAPI or possession is a part of everyday reality and yet is a subject not dealt with often in the horror genre. It seems too close to home, too real for most of us.
Dante Mendoza shot during the height of not just one but several typhoons. Horror film SAPI is showing in a theater near you on November 6, 2013.
Direk Jim Libiran cast as TV reporter. He really did have an extensive experience in TV5 in real life as news producer before directing TRIBU. Horror film SAPI is showing in a theater near you on November 6, 2013.
Jim Libiran is also cast as a broadcast Journalist who touches on environmental issues of irresponsible waste management. Libiran is the multi awarded director of another Cinemalaya film TRIBU. Libiran in real life worked as a network news producer before delving into film. Roeder Camañag is memorable as Abdalap in action musical Dulaang UP’s Orosman at Zafira. Even though he is not able to show his incredible vocals or dance moves as he did in that musical, he easily inhabits a detail oriented Producer of Jim Libiran.
Roeder Camañag is cast as Jim’s frantic TV producer. Horror film SAPI is showing in a theater near you on November 6, 2013.
Mercedes Cabral is sexy even in an ordinary t-shirt. She has been cast in SERBIS, KINATAY, THY WOMB and now SAPI. She’s also in GMA Network’s KATIPUNAN with Sid Lucero as Andres Bonifacio.
The seductive Mercedes Cabral can truly claim to be Mednoza’s favorite actress having appeared in his most applauded work: THY WOMB, KINATAY, SERBIS and now SAPI. Cabral is also currently cast in GMA Network’s KATIPUNAN with Sid Lucero as Andres Bonifacio.
Mercedes Cabral is sexy even in an ordinary t-shirt. She has been cast in SERBIS, KINATAY, THY WOMB and now SAPI. She’s also in GMA Network’s KATIPUNAN with Sid Lucero as Andres Bonifacio.
Dante Mendoza’s achievement in SAPI is that he redefines what it is that scares us. He knows the most recent and deepest fears of Filipinos. He combines them all, the wrath of nature putting Dennis Trillo in Manila Bay during the height of a typhoon. Animals like boa constrictors become a metaphor for evil. Most of all, he shows us that we are blind from the darkness that resides in each individual. The worst most horrendous of them all is our failure to recognize and admit the potential for evil in each of us.
right: Meryll Soriano shoots with her i-phone 5 in between takes while Baron Geisler and Dennis Trillo receive their blocking instructions. Horror film SAPI is showing in a theater near you on November 6, 2013.
The faithful flock to Quiapo church in Manila in the hopes of gaining powers against the evil one. Horror film SAPI is showing in a theater near you on November 6, 2013.
PEP Editor Jo Dimaculangan with Direk Dante Mendoza. Horror film SAPI is showing in a theater near you on November 6, 2013.
Dennis Marquez (Dennis Trillo) is assigned to Manila Bay at the height of a typhoon. Horror film SAPI is showing in a theater near you on November 6, 2013.
from left: SOLAR UIP people-Ryan Estioco, Sunby Teng, Lulu Chua, Bing De Ramos of BLINK, SAPI director Dante Mendoza, Butch Ibañez of SOLAR UIP, Ivan Lobaton, Janika De Belen and Mark Suntay of BLINK. Horror film SAPI is showing in a theater near you on November 6, 2013.
November 4, 2013 | Categories: Cinemalaya, Film, People, TV | Tags: Abdalap, action musical, Andres Bonifacio, Arturo Luz, Baron Geisler, Baron Valdez, boa constrictors, Brillante Mendoza, Broadcast journalist, cameraman, Cinemalaya, commentary, Corruption, Dennis Marquez, Dennis Trillo, director, Dulaang UP’s, environmental issues, evil, F. Sionil Jose, Fides Asencio-Cuyugan, Filipinos, floods, Flor Salangga, Francis Xavier Pasion, French Ambassador, Gilles Garachon, GMA Network, horror, i-phone, internationally acclaimed, Jay, Jim Libiran, Jon Achaval, Juvenal Sanso, KATIPUNAN, KINATAY, Lobby Lounge, Lucrecia Kasilag, Lulu Tan Gan, Makati Shang Rila Hotel, Manila Bay, Mercedes Cabral, Meryll Flores, Meryll Soriano, Napoleon Abueva, network war, Ondoy, Order of Arts & Letters, Orosman at Zafira, possessed, possession, Producer, public school teacher, Racquel Villavicencio, Rank of Chevalier, ratings, Richard Manabat, Roeder Camañag, Ruby Ruiz, SAPI, SERBIS, Sid Lucero, Thy Womb, Tikoy Aguiluz, treacherous, TRIBU, typhoons, waste management | 1 Comment