"Pinocchio" Children's Musical Opens on August 16

Wazzup Pilipinas! In celebration of its 22 years of producing well-loved musicals for children of all ages, Repertory Philippines Theater for Young Audiences proudly announces a richly imaginative offering with the staging of “PINOCCHIO” - the story of a familiar wooden puppet who wants to become...

The Secret Behind Better Ingredients, Better Pizza

Wazzup Pilipinas! Papa John’s offers sumptuous pizzas that will definitely score a high five. Do you ever wonder why Papa John’s is one of the best Pizza Restaurants? Here are at least five reasons why: 1) The Dough - When was the last time you ordered pizza, which came with real dough (and...

Ross Del Rosario Awarded as Best Choice Influential Social Media Evangelist

Wazzup Pilipinas!I never thought your friendly neighborhood pambansang blogger will be recognized for my efforts in social media. All along I was thinking of Wazzup Pilipinas to emerge as leading and influential. The announcement came in as a surprise, and of all the days, it came on a weekend when...

Wazzup Pilipinas Bloggers as Special Guests of Radyo Inquirer

Wazzup Pilipinas!We will be having a radio show soon at Radyo Inquirer DZIQ 990 AM. But before we set foot on that next chapter of our lives as a blogger,  we are guesting first on Vigattin Radio show to talk about our life as a blogger and to introduce our upcoming radio show that will be anchored...

@MsCrisAlbert : Happy Birthday to the Woman Behind FILA Philippines

Wazzup Pilipinas!Happy Birthday to the woman of style and substance, of sole and soul,  - no other than Cris Albert, President and CEO of Fila Philippines.Cris Albert may seem like a girl with fairy princess dreams, or perhaps a carefree sprite with tireless energy, or maybe a queen with whimsical...

ABS-CBN Welcomes Superbook as an Official Kapamilya

Wazzup Pilipinas! It’s official! The well-loved animated series Superbook from the 80’s and 90’s along with its new reimagined version is now a Kapamilya after the recently concluded contract signing held at the ELJ Towers, ABS-CBN Compound in Quezon City. “Of course, we are very happy that finally...

Max’s New Promos Heighten Excitement and Support for Team Gilas Pilipinas

Wazzup Pilipinas!Mouthwatering comfort dishes and an exciting game of basketball form the perfect pair as the Philippine National Basketball Team (Gilas Pilipinas) gears up to make history at the most prestigious international basketball competition in Spain slated for August this year. Global Filipino...

Haja Party: The 90s Pop and Kpop Clash

Wazzup Pilipinas!A lot has happened since the last time we held an event in 2012. Now that we are better and stronger, we are bringing it all back to where we began. The date and venue is set! Welcome to Haja Party – The 90s Pop and Kpop Clash! Move over STEP OFF (Dance Pinoy Kpop), it’s time we...

Yahoo on the Road Reaches Out to Over 20,000 Students

Wazzup Pilipinas!As part of this year’s Yahoo Celebrity Awards, Yahoo Philippines launched Yahoo on the Road, which toured various universities in Metro Manila bringing the fun and excitement to fans and students. This was extremely successful as over 20,000 students took part in the festivities...

FILA and ART Launch Party

Wazzup Pilipinas! Fila Philippines, Technomarine PH, Assurant BPO, IPM-CDC Waste Management, ATAT & Foil A Car Manila invites you to the official launching of the premier Superbike Team in the Philippines, A.R.T. (ATAT Racing Team) ART (ATAT Racing Team) is the racing division of ATAT (Any...

European Acrobats Take Resorts World Manila’s Bar 360 Stage

Wazzup Pilipinas!The country’s premier one-stop, nonstop lifestyle destination Resorts World Manila (RWM) continues to thrill audiences with performances from some of the world’s best acts. This July, the integrated resort offers nothing short of heart-stopping moments as international acrobats take...

Yahoo on the Road Bus Tours Metro Schools Makes Second Stop at Lyceum University

Wazzup Pilipinas!As part of the 4th Yahoo Celebrity Awards, Yahoo Philippines brought the fun and excitement of the Celebrity Awards around different colleges and universities in the Metro. Yahoo on the Road is a special bus where students experienced Yahoo’s latest products, take photos at the Flickr...

Sandara Sends Shoutouts to Gerry’s

Wazzup Pilipinas!Korean superstar Sandara Park, known as Dara or Sandy to thousands of fans, named Gerry’s as her restaurant of choice. Recently, Sandy who was in Singapore visited Gerry’s at Cuppage Road and on her Twitter account wrote: “Ang sarap talaga ng Gerry’s!” Dara, who became popular in...

TripAdvisor Awards Resorts World Manila’s Maxims Hotel

Wazzup Pilipinas!Resorts World Manila’s (RWM) all-suite Maxims Hotel has been awarded the 2014 Certificate of Excellence by popular international travel website TripAdvisor. The win signifies that Maxims Hotel has consistently earned outstanding feedback from TripAdvisor travelers from all around...

Performance Artist Explores Female Power and Beauty Through Poetry and Visual Expression

Wazzup Pilipinas! Performance poetry artist, advocate and educator Kooky Tuason presents a fresh look at female empowerment in her new coffee table book Picket Lines: Dialogues Between Eves, Among Eves and For Eves, which features 100 photos of women with poems written on their bodies. The book...

Wazzup Pilipinas: Can You Handle Awesome?

Wazzup Pilipinas!Hindi po ako ipinanganak na mayaman ang mga magulang. Hindi rin po ako guwapo kaya kalimutan na ang pag-aartista. Hindi rin po ako pwedeng basketbolista dahil maliit lang po ako, hindi rin po ako napaka-talino para makaimbento ng isang miracle drug na cure for cancer. Hindi rin...

Repertory Philippines Theater for Young Audiences Announces Cast of Pinocchio

Wazzup Pilipinas!In celebration of its 22 years of producing well-loved musicals for children of all ages, Repertory Philippines’ Children’s Theater proudly announces a richly imaginative offering with the staging of “ PINOCCHIO ” - the story of a familiar wooden puppet who wants to become a real...

Tanghalang Ateneo's 36th Season All Set to Open with "Middle Finger" on August 1

Wazzup Pilipinas! Tanghalang Ateneo, the longest-running theater company of the Loyola Schools of the Ateneo de Manila University, celebrates its 36th season with the theme “Navigating Identities”. The company aims to stage plays that center on man’s exploration and need to find himself and his...

Jean Marc Cordero as Apolinario Mabini in "La Revolucio Filipina"

Wazzup Pilipinas! Jean Marc Cordero discovered dance through theater arts. As a Theater Arts major at the Philippine High School for the Arts, he performed the lead in the dance-drama Ang Hatol ng Guhit na Bilog, which was collaborated on by Agnes Locsin, Shamaine Buencamino, and Biag Gaongen, and...

Kleptomaniacs Rap Musical Opens on July 11

Wazzup Pilipinas!Wow ! A rap-through musical ? Yes, yes, yes ..... Presented by the CCP and Tanghalang Pilipino, this original Filipino musical is inspired by the Napoles scandal. This will highlight the struggle of a group of young Filipino student leaders to check and police their own ranks against...

Dani Girl All Set to Open on July 11

Wazzup Pilipinas! The Sandbox Collective will be mounting the Off-Broadway musical, Dani Girl, a heartwarming and uplifting tale of a young girl’s battle with leukemia. Told from a child’s perspective, this provocative new musical by Michael Kooman and Christopher Dimond, winners of the 2010 Jonathan...

Celia Diaz Laurel's "The Colors of My Life" Coffee Table Book Launch

Wazzup Pilipinas!Celia Diaz Laurel is an artist par excellence, prolific stage actress, writer, poetess, set and costume designer for more than six decades. Just recently, a treasure trove of her artworks on different subjects were launched via a coffee table book aptly titled ‘The Colors of My...

Manhid: The Pinoy Superhero Musical

Wazzup Pilipinas!What price is our freedom? The Ballet Philippines season ends with the cult dance rock musical Manhid, co-presented by Tanghalang Pilipino. Set in an alternate present day Philippines where the EDSA revolution failed, this musical features heroes and villains with superpowers,...

Vigan as New 7 Wonders Cities

Wazzup Pilipinas!The 21 Official Finalists that have been voted through to the next round of the New 7 Wonders Cities campaign are: Bangkok, Barcelona, Beirut, Chicago, Doha, Durban, Havana, Istanbul, Kuala Lumpur, La Paz, London, Mendoza, Mexico City, Mumbai, Perth, Quito, Reykjavik, Saint...

Put Down the iPad and Spin the Globe

Wazzup Pilipinas!Any dad knows the challenge of trying to come up with new bedtime stories for his children. After exhausting every variation of bunny, frog, knight and princess stories he could come up with, Edward Moldenhauer took notice of the globe on a dresser. He got the idea of asking his...

Chef Jessie's Top of the Citi: Fine Dining That's Truly Meant to Be On Top

Wazzup Pilipinas! Last time I've met Chef Jessie was at her 100 Revolving Restaurant in Eastwood. My family and I had a wonderful time dining on the sumptuous buffet dishes at her restaurant while enjoying the spectacular 360 degree view of Metro Manila. My family and I will often laugh at each...

Fluid: A Reinterpretation of Palanca Award-Winning Play All Set to Open on July 24

Wazzup Pilipinas! The De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde’s Technical Theater Program Batch 111 proudly presents a reinterpretation of the Palanca Award-winning play, “ FLUID ”. Written and directed by Floy Quintos, the comedy is about young Filipino contemporary artists struggling...

Epson Supports 'Portraits of Love' Event For Kids With Cancer

Wazzup Pilipinas!Last June 27, a group of volunteers brought smiles to the faces of children afflicted with cancer through the “Portraits of Love” charity event. Organized by renowned photographer Pilar Tuason and in cooperation with the Kythe Foundation, the event gave the children a magical day...

My MINI and Me: Driving the MINI Cooper S in Metro Manila

  Wazzup Pilipinas! I was destined to drive the MINI. That's for sure! Of all the luck in the world, I had to be given the opportunity to be among the first ones to test drive the Mini for more than 24 hours around the streets of Metro Manila. I took it home with me on the night of the first...

“Dancing In The Light” Multi-Media Concert All Set on July 24

Wazzup Pilipinas!“Dancing in the Light” is a multi-media concert that interprets profound truths through the arts. The words of wisdom of spiritual leader and life coach Dadi Janki come alive through theatre, dance, music, video and sculpture. This one-woman show is performed by Marge Enriquez,...

Bambike Ecotours of Intramuros: The Coolest Way to Tour Intramuros

Wazzup Pilipinas! "Bambike Ecotours Intramuros is an exciting and educational ecotourism activity in the heart of Manila’s old walled city of Intramuros. Guests will be riding through the streets on bamboo bikes that have been handmade by Gawad Kalinga villagers here in the Philippines. Tourists...

Icon Manila 2014: Makes Me Wish I Followed My Dreams

Wazzup Pilipinas!I am a frustrated artist. I loved to draw during my younger years. I even had my own line of characters similar to the popular groups back when I was still studying. Name all the cartoons and I had my own version patterned after them. My own superhero team, my own transforming robots,...

NBA 3X Philippines: DeMar DeRozan, Wesley Johnson, Raptors Dance Pak and Slamson the Lion

Wazzup Pilipinas! Basketball fanatics had another awesome NBA experience with the return of the NBA 3X here in the Philippines. Presented by Sprite, boys and girls of all skill levels - with an open division for men and women - were able to participate and vie for top honors and bragging rights...

International Film Expo 2014: Opportunities for Partnership and Growth for Filmmakers

Wazzup Pilipinas! The International Film Expo 2014 with a theme of  "Your Film Corridor to Asia" was held at the SMX Convention Center of the Mall of Asia Complex in Pasay City last June 27 to 29, 2014. The event is one of the premier film expositions that brought together the world’s most...

Tanghalang Ateneo Proudly Presents 36th Season Line-Up of Productions

Wazzup Pilipinas! Tanghalang Ateneo’s repertoire of plays is daunting: world classics, Filipino originals, and documentary texts turned into theater pieces. Its productions are noted for thought, generosity, and energy, while its lingua franca on stage is both Filipino and English.  The...

Nominate Wazzup Pilipinas to the Globe Tatt Awards as Best Lifestyle Blog

Wazzup Pilipinas! Please nominate our blog to the Globe Tatt Awards 2014 as the Best Lifestyle Blog/Microblog. Please vote for Wazzup Pilipinas and let us all share the recognition - because we are a community, and our community is one! We are Wazzup Pilipinas! Nominations are open until July...

Cebu BRT Hailed by Foreign and Local Advocates

Wazzup Pilipinas! The Department of Transportation and Communications’ (DOTC) push to modernize urban mobility by introducing the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system to the country has garnered praises from foreign and local advocates of democratized, sustainable, and environmentally-friendly transport...

DOT Partners with Cruise Lines International Association to Develop Cruise Ports, Itinerary, and Guest Experience

Wazzup Pilipinas! The Department of Tourism (DOT) sees strong interest from international cruise lines increasing their ports of call and expanding visits to more islands in the country. Speaking before guests and industry stakeholders during the Philippine Cruise Industry Workshop...