Manila: “Gates of Hell,” — No, It’s Hell Itself!


The first salvo against the novel “Inferno” by Dan Brown (released May 14, 2013 by Doubleday) was fired by Metro Manila Development Authority, (MMDA) Chairman Francis Tolentino, for depicting erroneously Manila as “Gates of Hell.” After all government officials were fast tracking Manila as a fun center of commerce and trade, not as a center…

Is Dolphy A National Artist Material?


Friends and admirers of the late Rodolfo V. Quizon, aka, Dolphy want the Cultural Arts group to confer the national artist award for cinema for the dead comedian.  The effort seeks only to highlight the “smallness” mentality which the Filipinos have never outgrown. The comedian, dubbed as “Comedy King” of the Philippine Cinema had chalked up…