Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
A polarizing and controversial figure in the Philippine film industry, Yap is openly gay and Roman Catholic, despite his opposing views on the church's teachings. [3]Yap was declared persona non grata by the Quezon City Council for an episode of VinCentiments where the Seal of Quezon City was defaced and actress-comedian Ai-Ai delas Alas portrayed as Quezon City mayor Joy Belmonte in a ...
On June 22, 1994, during the 1994 Manila Film Festival awarding ceremonies in Manila, Philippines, hosts, actress and beauty queen Ruffa Gutierrez, her brother—actor Rocky Gutierrez, actress Nanette Medved, and Mauritian beauty queen Viveka Babajee read an erroneous set of winners for the Best Actor and Best Actress categories, which included Gutierrez herself, in a manner that raised ...
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filed criminal charges against Kapa-Community Ministry International and its executives, citing an investment scam. [7] [8] President Rodrigo Duterte was the first government official to announce the legal actions, doing so on June 8, 2019, when he ordered the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) to shut down Kapa.
When asked on the absence of these awards, Board of Jurors chairman Alejandro Roces stated that none of the entries during that year were deserving of the awards. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Furthermore, this film festival is different from the Manila Film Festival (MFF) that took place earlier that year, which was marked by a scandal over the recipient of the ...
Date Branch Department Party People Involved Summary Source 1946 Executive: Office of the President: Liberal: Manuel Roxas: Surplus War Property scandal- disposed $90 billion of surplus war property held by the United States government in the final year of World War II, which caused a huge corruption scandal that led to the rise of the leftist HUKBALAHAP and for Roxas's approval ratings to ...
The Philippines-born tech chief graduated from Harvard Law School at just 19 years old, having left high school at 14 and graduated from Hawaii Pacific University with a degree in computer science ...
Nominated an Emmy Award for the coverage of Filipino WWII soldiers who fought under the US flag. [84] Natasha Brown: Won 3 Emmy awards for her excellence in reporting at KYW. Cher Calvin: Won 9 Emmy awards for news journalism at KTLA. [85] Katherine Creag: Won an Emmy award for her individual reporting and as part of a news team of WNBC. Manny ...
ESPN apologized and returned several Emmys after it was discovered that the organization used fake names to gather more awards. “Some members of our team were clearly wrong in submitting certain ...