VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Bato did not get the highest number of votes in Metro Manila as he claims
De la Rosa placed sixth in Metro Manila.
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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Does Metro Manila have the ‘world’s largest homeless population’?
Militant group Kalipunan ng Damayang Mahihirap (Kadamay), a group fighting for free housing for the poor, says Metro Manila has the most number of people without homes in the world.
The Metro Manila they know
“Everything was much simpler in the olden days…” These words by Gaby Gloria describe her grandmother’s Antipolo. They also reflect the theme that holds together the 14 essays in the new anthology The Manila We Know, published by Anvil as part of its place and memory series.
A UK film of John Arcilla makes it to Oscar derby
By PABLO A. TARIMAN “METRO MANILA” — which is UK’s official entry in the Oscar foreign language category in Hollywood — opens in the city October 9 with Filipino actors among them, John Arcilla and Jake Macapagal. Just like in his last Hollywood film, “Bourne Legacy,” Arcilla plays the role of a security
