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Hotel Sogo extends help to communities in CamSur

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Hotel Sogo continues to care as it ramped up its effort in helping the country’s indigent communities by reaching out to several communities in Luzon. Recently, it donated school supplies to over 300 school children in Triangulo Elementary School - Diversion Road, CBD II, Barangay Triangulo, Naga, and Oroc-Osoc Elementary School - Oroc-Osoc, Caramoan, Camarines Sur. Hotel Sogo also distributed long sleeve shirts and black out tarp cover from Hotel Sogo’s collateral materials for use as cover for tourist and fishing boats to 200 fisherfolks from Brgy.Paniman, Caramoan Camarines Sur. For more information about Hotel Sogo, check out  https://www.hotelsogo.com.

It’s Family, for Vanya, Sonia, Masha and Spike.

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Repertory Philippines opening salvo for 2017 is a riot for comedy, a thrill of hilarious yet with a heart and something to ponder after watching, that is Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, based from a play written by Christopher Durang.  The said play is based on the characters by created by Russian playwright Anton Chekov, it was awarded as Best Play in Tony awards 2013. It is a powerhouse casting starting with highly acclaimed stage, movie and TV actress Cherrie Gil, that really surprise me, she can be really good in throwing punchlines, and does well in making you laugh, she play Masha with all honesty, it is tailored made for her. Other main cast include Roselyn Perez as Sonia, Michael Williams as Vanya, Joaquin Valdes as Spike, Naths Everett as Cassandra, and Mica Pineda as Nina. This is under the direction of Bart Guingona, and a guaranteed trademark that you can’t go wrong if it’s Bart’s work, it is such an entertaining one indeed. The play is a stor...

The Normal Heart, beating in Manila this July 2015.

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The Cast of #TheNornalHeartMNL With the rising cases of AIDS and HIV in the Philippines, it’s still one of the most unheard topic and stories in the news or even in Social Media, but the warnings and all precautionary measures are all broadcasted or should I say in archives. In this timing, the AAI/ The Necessary Theater is now bringing in Manila the 2011 Tony Award winner for Best Revival of a play, the Normal Heart who will have limited show in Carlos P. Romulo Theater starting July 3, 2015. it is written by playwright and activist Larry Kramer, about Ned Weeks, an openly gay founder of a prominent HIV advocacy group, set in 1981 in New York City. Topnotch Theater Actor Bart Guingona will direct and act as Ned, along with Richard Cunanan, Topper Fabrigas, TV/Movie Actor Tj Trinidad, Roselyn Perez, Red Concepcion, Nor Domingo and Jef Flores. Gungona on a presscon last June 9, 2015 in Café 1771 in Ortigas Center, said that Normal Heart is about activism, its strength ...