The learning continues for the talents of GMA Artist Center as international acting coach Anthony Vincent Bova returns to the Philippines to provide a new round of workshops. After his visit last February, the New York City professional acting teacher and his co-teacher, actress Anna Feleo, will be conducting the ‘Empowerment’ training, which focuses on the “emotional & psychological alignment for peak performance” of the artists. (Photo Courtesy of GMA) Bova will ...

SAN JOSE— On Thursday, July 12, the Santa Clara Valley Water District received a first-place award for Excellence in Communications, awarded by the National Association of Flood and Stormwater Management Agencies (NAFSMA). Under the category of individual item, the water district’s annual floodplain mailer was recognized as an exemplary communication piece for flood awareness. Following a winter of record-setting rainfall which resulted in historic flooding along Coyote Cr...

By Harvey I. Barkin Some may think Alysia Beltran is just paying lip service to the more open casting opportunities in theater than Hollywood. She’s playing the gypsy Esmeralda in The Hunchback of Notre Dame though August 5 at the Victoria Theater. But that’s only after she got to play Connie Miller in last year’s 1940s Radio Hour at the San Jose Musical theater. She says this role is her favorite among her previous shows (Miss Saigon and Bae Makiling in 2016, and...

As I See It By Elpidio R. Estioko Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao is a champion again! He proved that all his critics were wrong! Days before his fight with undefeated WBA Bantamweight Champion Lucas Matthysse, many of his detractors were predicting he will lose the fight. Their main reason was the fact that he is already old. He is 39 years old, almost 40 considering that his birthday is on December, and his opponent is 35 years old, slightly younger than him by 4-5 years. He...

By Macon Araneta i FilAm Star Correspondent AT least 12 journalists, the highest number in the first two years in office of any Philippine president, were killed during the administration of President Rodrigo Duterte, National Union of Journalists (NUJP) Chairperson Nonoy Espina disclosed last July 23. Leading the protest action during the third SONA of Duterte, Espina also mentioned the President’s threat in June 2016 against local journalists. “Just because you’re ...

By Lara Climaco i FilAm Star Correspondent Filipinos can expect faster internet service at a lower cost by 2020 rather than soon because it will take at least 55 days to hurdle legal technicalities on the bidding for the third telco slot and about a year for the New Major Player (NMP) to make its presence felt in the market. This was the timeline revealed by Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) Acting Sec. Eliseo Rio Jr. during a press briefing...

By Corina Oliquino i FilAm Star Correspondent MANILA –In its media advisory ahead of President Rodrigo Duterte’s third State of the Nation Address (SONA) on July 23Amnesty International Philippines said the current administration has presided over a “disturbing regression on human rights that has left the Philippines a more perilous place than when Duterte came to power.” “President Duterte came to power on the back of a strongman image and a promise to be tough on law ...