Leading digital services provider PLDT and Directories Philippines Corporation (DPC) have officially opened the 33rd DPC-PLDT Visual Arts Competition (VAC 33) with the theme, “Creating Legacy, Creating the Future.”

VAC 33 invites Fine Arts students, 18 to 24 years of age and enrolled in school year 2018-2019 at any accredited Philippine tertiary school with a Fine Arts program. A cash award of P100,000, among other prizes, awaits the winner.

All entries must be submitted through the schools. Fine Arts colleges, schools and departments nationwide are urged to select as many as five oil or acrylic paintings by their students as official entries to VAC 33.

Fine Arts students are challenged to visualize legacy in a new light. As explained by the VAC 33 organizers, “One is never too young to think about legacy. In a rapidly changing world that is increasingly being driven by younger generations, we need to be more aware of the impact that our day-to-day life decisions—and the values we hold dear—will have on the future shape of our society and the sustainability of our planet.”

Aside from adherence to the theme, submitted paintings will be judged on the basis of visual composition, originality and their suitability as cover of the print telephone directories of PLDT (White Pages) and DPC (Yellow Pages).

All entries must be submitted by 4pm of March 1, 2019 at the DPC Main Office, 2322 Don Chino Roces Avenue Extension, Makati City.

Full competition mechanics can be downloaded at www.visualarts.ph.

A fresh aspect of this year’s VAC is the introduction of a tandem DPC-PLDT Visual Arts Forum (VAF) Series. “The VAC has always been about supporting young Filipino artists in their formative years in the academe,” explained Chiqui Abad, Head of Home Customer Care at PLDT. “The companion forum series we are launching early next year is an exciting new avenue by which PLDT and DPC would like to deepen this advocacy and our engagement with Fine Arts schools and students nationwide.”

Conceived as a three-part forum series on salient art topics, featuring well-known artists and resource persons, the inaugural VAF will be hosted by a Metro Manila-based school in January 2019. Two other forums will be held in Cebu and Davao in January or February 2019.

Fine Arts students and faculty of the host school and neighboring schools will be invited to participate in each forum. To enable other schools nationwide to join the discussion online, each talk will be livestreamed via Facebook Live powered by PLDT broadband facilities.

If you're an avid fan of mangas and animes I'm pretty much sure that you have already stumbled into the character of Alita. She's one of the admired character who's capable of breaking not only the hearts of her admirers with her angelic face but also the bones of different villaneous chatacters in the story.

Just this month, I was one of the few who were able to have a glimpse of its footages on the big screen. Take note on IMAX. It's a rare opportunity.

Alita: Battle Angel is quite familiar because I was able to have a few reads if its manga and was abke to watched its anime. Honestly, when I saw the footages it's a but different from the anime. So it raised my curiosity to watch the film this coming February.


So not to spoil or something but one of the changes were the middle part when she engaged as an athlete. And of course some few things to make the movie a must watch.

We'll have it watch on its play date and see what the movie is all about.

Orange is perhaps one of the colors that is very much warm in the eyes and appealling just like this movie entry for the Metro Manila Film Festival titled as "The Girl In The Orange Dress". A combination of two primary colors, the red and the yellow, that brings visibility, warmth, and happiness. Just as how Director Jay Abello described during the bloggers conference.



Of course every color always also does have its good and bad interpretation just like how Jericho Rosales and Jessy Mendiola explained about the perks and the negative side of being a celebeity. As how it was also portrayed in the movie The Girl In The Orange Dress celebrities experience the good and bad moments.



The brief of the movie 'The Girl In The Orange Dress' tells the story of a celebrity and a girl who tries to go out of the paparazzi scene to avoid stories of how a girl ends up in a hotel with a celebrity. 



Starring Jessy Mendiola and Jericho Rosales
With Ria Atayde, Hannah Ledesma, and Sheena Halili. Written and directed by Jay Abello
From Quantum Films, Star Cinema, and MJM Productions.

Watch how it ends up thus December 25 in cinemas.

What makes Fantastica fantastic? Well, there are few reasons why Fantastica, Star Cinema's entry to the Metro Manila Film Festival 2018, is fantastic to watch this December 25. Aside from being one of the comedy film entry, the movie is in store some great laughs watch out for. We all know that Vice Ganda does her movie only once a year and she dedicated that in the film festival. This is her way of giving joy, fun and laughter to her fans and to every one.






Reasons why Fantastica is fantastic? Well, let us first get the brief story of the movie.


Fantastica revolves around Bellat that is played by none other than Vice Ganda, who wants to rebuild their carnival called "Perya Wurtzback" to save it from bankruptcy. The perya also serves as their home - Bellat, her mother Fec, which is played by Jaclyn Jose, and her adopted brothers Daks (Ronnie, Pepe (Edward) and Junjun (Donny).

But because of debts, the family gets on verge of being evicted from their land by the family of Bellat's former best friend, Dong Nam, which is played by Dingdong Dantes, until an old friend, Prince Pryce portrayed by Richard Gutierrez, comes and offers a deal - to help him find the lost princesses of their magical land named "Fantastica".  The lost princesses are played by Rapunselya played by Loisa, Maulan which is portrayed by Maymay, and Ariella played by Kisses.




In their preparation for their return to "Fantastica," everyone realizes that the portal needs to be opened and it can be done by gathering ten thousand "palakhak" (clap+laughter), and the only way to do such is to re-launch "The Perfect Show" that "Perya Wurtzback" was once known for.

So the question is will they fulfill everything and save the once dubbed "the happiest place on Earth"?


It's fantastic because...

• Vice Ganda only does a movie once a year. 
• Vice Ganda is MMFF's trademark of happiness and joy. 
• Two hunks from different networks, Richard Gutierrez and Dingdong Dantes joins Vice Ganda. 
• Three of today's hottest love teams also joins in this fantastic movie, Donny and Kisses (DonKiss), Maymay and Edward (MayWard), and Loisa and Ronnie (LoiNie)
• Vice Ganda's first time to have two leading men. 

So what do you think? Are these reasons enough to convince you to watch the movie on December 25?  If it is don't forget to watch "FANTASTICA" on Christmas Day.

A different take, a different style, and a different way of showing the perspective of life and its flavors. This is what Sylviahera is all about. All natural, all raw and spontaneous cooking and travel.

Sylvia Sanchez takes on a new venture in her career as she invades the digital world by letting everyone knows that she's not left behind in the world wide web of social media. A look back into her childhood experiences and fondest memories, she'll be showing first her roots and the dishes that she grows with. This is more of a vlogger type take for Sylvia. A new style of presenting the way of learning about life together with the different spices of every journey of our souls on this world. She will try to bring the viewers and be part of the travel as they visit one place after the other.


Together with her trustee luggage, which comes with a single burner stove, she will explore the gift of nature, the culture and the people behind in every delicious dishes in the country. Her adventures will be unscripted and spontaneous in exploring the local scene.
During the blogcon Director Dante Nico Garcia gave an introduction and insight about this new venture. He even shared that everything is as spontaneous as Ms. Sylvia's character. Everything is done without the glamorous make up. Simplest as possible as it is. Direk Dante also gave a glimpse of the first episode.


Ms. Sylvia also shared that every dish in that episode were taken from her childhood memories and activities in the province. She even shared daw she made sure that her kids will experience the things that she experienced.


Sylviahera is under the direction of Dante Nico Garcia which will officially start on December 25 at exactly 12:01 AM  5:00PM. The first episode will be released on Youtube under Casa Nieves TV. After the release of the first episode they will have a weekly inject about the dishes that viewers might want to learn how it was cooked or even the ingredients.


This coming December 25 watch Sylviahera in Youtube as Sylvia Sanchez invites everyone to come with her as she reminisce her childhood in Butuan.