This year's Golden Horse Film Awards were announced on Saturday (27 Nov), and the films Revolution Of Our Times and The Falls, as well as actors Chang Chen and Alyssa Chia, were among the big winners. (Check out the full list of winners here.)
Here are photos of the awards attendees and their outfits:
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After a train smashed into a microbus in Bangladesh, a video of young men singing to music inside a vehicle circulated in Facebook posts that claimed it showed the final moments of passengers before the crash. However, the video was posted on TikTok two days before the collision in Chittagong in July 2022. One of the men in the video told AFP the clip had "no connection" to the incident."Video recovered shortly before the train accident in Chittagong! How close death is," reads a Bengali-languag
THE Lapu-Lapu City Government gave out a total of P150,000 as reward money to barangay and police officials for their anti-illegal drugs campaign.Mayor Junard "Ahong" Chan said on his Facebook page Monday, August 8, 2022, that P50,000 was given to Barangay Caw-oy, while P100,000 was handed over to the Lapu-Lapu City Police Office (LLCPO).Barangay Caw-oy received the award for being declared a "drug-cleared" barangay in the city."Hatagan gayud og pasidungog ug financial reward ang mga barangay ng
The campaign for Kenya's presidential election has officially closed but the relentless and dangerous flow of disinformation continues online, as keyboard warriors battle to discredit rivals by sharing fake rigging claims, experts say.Campaigners for the frontrunners, Deputy President William Ruto and veteran politician Raila Odinga, are circulating dozens of posts claiming that their opponent is engaged in "vote rigging plots", said Benedict Manzin, a sub-Saharan Africa analyst at UK-based inte
THE Philippines’ first quarter economic growth rate was slightly lowered to 8.2 percent from the 8.3 percent gross domestic product (GDP) expansion announced earlier this year, the Philippine Statistics Authority said Monday.In a statement, the PSA said the preliminary distributor in the downward revision of the GDP were the adjustments in the real estate ownership of dwellings, manufacturing as well as the wholesale and retail trade, repair motor vehicles and motorcycles.Despite the slight down
A MOTORCYCLE-FOR-HIRE driver was shot dead in Sitio Mabugnao, Barangay Guadalupe in the City of Carcar past 12 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 7, 2022.The fatality, identified as Leo Barcenas Sabayton, was believed to have been killed by the person transacting with him over illegal drugs.Police identified Sabayton, 36, as a drug personality from Sitio Graje, Guadalupe.Officer Elmer Abesia, investigator at the Carcar City Police Station, said a male Mabugnao resident had heard a series of gunshots.The resident
GMR-Megawide Cebu Airport Corp. (GMCAC) has collaborated with Cebu Alliance of Tour Operations Specialist Inc. (Catos) in efforts to bring back tourists to Cebu.The private airport operator recently engaged about 50 tour operators from central and southern Philippines through the “Balik Cebu” (Come Back to Cebu) virtual product update as Cebu gears up for the expected increase in the number of tourists.The Cebu tourism industry is showing positive signs of recovery from the effects of the pandem
The United States and China trade barbs against each other after Washington criticized Beijing for suspending their climate crisis cooperation. Will the tension between two superpowers ever deescalate?
This should be an awkward month for Ferdinand Marcos Jr. On Aug. 21, 1983, former senator Benigno “Ninoy” Aquino Jr. was shot while being escorted by military men down to the tarmac of the airport that now bears his name. His lifeless body would later be seen sprawled on the tarmac near another bullet-peppered body, that of Rolando Galman who was shot somewhere but brought to the airport in a van earlier.I remember my late father muttering “patay na (he’s dead)” and shaking his head while listen
DOZENS of makeshift structures encroaching the three-meter easement along the Kinalumsan River in Barangay Mambaling, Cebu City were demolished by the Cebu City Government on Monday, August 8, 2022.Raquel Bohol-Arce, head of the Cebu City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (CCDRRMO), said at least 40 structures were affected by the demolition.Arce, however, said that 25 of these structures were already abandoned by its owners after being paid by the Department of Public Works and High
A GERMAN national was found dead inside his house in Purok Avocado, Barangay Pandacan, Pinamungajan town, midwest Cebu on Monday at 11:30 a.m., August 8, 2022.John Pryke, 75, was already dead when found by his friend, Jomar Nalzaro Estrella, 31, married, of Barangay Butong, Pinamungajan and plant operator of Global Business Power Corporation, which is based in Toledo City.Estrella immediately reported the matter to the police.Major Vincent Zozobrado, chief of Pinamungajan Police Station, ruled o
THE Naga City Government in southern Cebu will increase the salary of its job order (JOs) workers from P318 to P400 per day starting next month.Mayor Valdemar Chiong announced in a flag-raising ceremony in front of the City Hall on Monday, August 8, 2022, that the P82 daily wage hike of JOs will help them cope with their daily expenses."I think they are very happy about that. Mao nay mahitabo starting sa month of September," Chiong said.The City Government has 400-500 job order employees, some o
The Philippine National Volleyball Federation has deemed the champion of the ongoing Premiere Volleyball League (PVL) Invitational Conference will be representing the country in the upcoming Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) Cup for Women that starts in two weeks at the PhilSports Arena in Pasig City.The Philippine National Volleyball Federation (PNVF) made the ruling on Sunday morning to field the PVL Invitational champion, instead of a 14-member national team that had 12 players from the Na
Tencent Games Philippines looked back on the time they launched a Filipino-themed event for PUBG Mobile. What’s next for the mobile game?
Graphic footage of a man killing a deer has been viewed thousands of times in social media posts that claim it shows a politician named Anil Upadhyay who is purportedly a member of India's ruling party. But the video has previously circulated in posts that identify the man as a Bangladesh-born Australian -- not an Indian politician. A spokesman for India's Bharatiya Janata Party told the AFP he was "not aware" of any Anil Upadhyay holding office for the party."BJP MLA Anil Upadhyay. He is curren
THE amount of rainfall that poured down in Cebu in August this year has exceeded the greatest daily rainfall recorded in the same month 40 years ago.Last August 3, 2022, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) Visayas recorded 107 millimeters (mm) of rainfall, which is equivalent to 535,000 drums of water per square kilometer.Pagasa Visayas weather bureau chief Al Quiblat told SunStar Cebu Monday, August 8, that this has surpassed the 96.6 mm rai
President Marcos's version of drug war will try to "preserve human life". Will this approach work?
AROUND 137 families composed of 624 individuals living in five barangays in Barili town were affected when heavy rains that occurred on Thursday, Aug. 4, 2022, and Friday, Aug. 5 caused the Dikeside River in the town to overflow and flood the villages.Following the flooding in the southwest Cebu town, Barili Mayor Pablo John “John-John” Garcia IV ordered town officials to immediately provide relief to the affected households.In a statement, Garcia said the heavy rains that occurred for two strai
Since the Ironman 70.3 event started in Cebu in 2012, I’ve had the opportunity to join seven of the nine races.Last Sunday, I was part of the relay team as a biker to Dr. Ronald Eullaran (swimmer) and Jourdan Polotan (runner).How was my experience?In the past, I’ve tried many Ironman routes: We climbed three bridges—the Marcelo Fernan Bridge, the old Mactan-Mandaue link named Serging Osmeña Jr. Bridge and, on the first edition in 2012, the Cansaga Bay Bridge.We battled the headwinds in the South
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and several Senators belting out a karaoke song during Senator Sonny Angara's birthday bash appear to be not in tune with the times.
THE Cebu City Government will begin its massive clearing operations on Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2022, in a bid to recover the three-meter easement of rivers and waterways.Mayor Michael Rama ordered the destruction of at least 2,000 structures along rivers in the city as he wanted to prevent casualties during heavy rains, following the Thursday night, Aug. 4 downpour that caused flooding and the overflowing of several rivers in the city, including Kinalumsan River in Barangay Mambaling, whose raging w
