The last week of “The First Reel: Philippine Film Festival” in Berlin highlighted five short films and a full length film by emerging Filipino filmmakers. Week two of the film festival opened with Rina Tsou´s “Chicharon”, Sari Estrada´s “Asan si Lolo Me?”, Trinka Lat´s “April Fool´s”, Martika Ramirez Escobar´s “Pusong Bato” and Chris Costello and Mihk Vergara´s “Ang Maskot”. All short films have earned distinction from local and international award-giving bodies and were very warmly received by ... Read more

The Philippines bagged two Silver and three Bronze medals at the recently concluded 8th Cheerleading World Championships (CWC) held at the Max Schmeling Halle in Berlin, Germany from 21-22 November 2015. This year´s Team Philippines was composed of the University of the Philippines (UP) Pep Squad, the Quezon City Performing Arts Development Foundation, Inc. (PADFI) and Ballet Philippines. Team Philippines garnered silver in the Junior Cheer Dance Doubles and Cheerleading All Female ... Read more