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Miss Philippines North America 2025: Application is Now Open!!!

Are you the next queen??? Miss Philippines North America is the Accredited Partner of Miss Universe Philippines. Apply online now! https://www.mphilippinesna.com/general-clean This serves as your guide to the Pre-Pageant Digital requirements of Miss Philippines New York Tri-State.  Some reminders:  This presentation is meant to guide the candidates and their teams in executing the digital requirementsContinue reading “Miss Philippines North America 2025: Application is Now Open!!!”

“Bona” 2nd Screening at 62nd New York Film Festival

The second screening of Bona was held on September 30,2024 at Francesca Beale Theater at 12:45pm. Two former presidents of the Fil-Am Press Club of New York were there to cover the event. (Don Tagala for ABS-CBN and Marivir Montebon for OSM Media) The audience was again dominated by non-Filipinos and as the movie ended,Continue reading ““Bona” 2nd Screening at 62nd New York Film Festival”

‘BONA ” Conquers NYC

The restored 1980 NV Productions Film of National Artists Lino Brocka and Nora Aunor was screened at the 62nd New York Film Festival last September 28, 2024 at the Walter Read Theater. The fully packed screening (dominated by non-Filipinos) was indeed a welcome sight to the staunch Noranians, some flew from California and Canada, whoContinue reading “‘BONA ” Conquers NYC”

“Bona” at 2024 New York Film Festival

 fierce work of quasi-neorealist melodrama that melds pop cinema instincts and political indignation, Lino Brocka’s 1980 feature endures as a lively, searing parable on the plight of Filipino women under the Marcos dictatorship. The great Nora Aunor stars as the titular heroine who falls for a womanizing B-movie actor (Phillip Salvador) and abandons her abusiveContinue reading ““Bona” at 2024 New York Film Festival”