The Filipino Heritage Festival opened April 30, and on May 14, 8 p.m. and May 15, 3 p.m. and 8 p.m., it will present at the CCP main theater the Philippine Ballet Theater’s “Darangen ni Bantugan”, ...

MANILA, Philippines — Contrary to allegations that Filipinos’ “FlipTop” battles were a rip-off from American rap, even before rap was born, Filipinos are already “rapping” through “Balagtasan” in the ...

Jose Corazon de Jesus (Huseng Batute), the writer who penned the Tagalog lyrics to the song “Bayan Ko,” was the same person who took part, along with Florentino Collantes, in the very first balagtasan ...

NEW YORK—About two weeks ago, three Tagalog poets of note strode into town, fresh from an appearance at the first annual Filipino-American International Book Festival in San Francisco the beginning of ...

For a mambabalagtas, verbal joust and poetry are so much more than a way to express complex emotions and stories. While it was born as a form of entertainment during the bleak era of American ...

Make this your preferred source to get more updates from this publisher on Google. Filipino rap battle league FlipTop has acquired many fans, mostly from the youth sector. Its Youtube account already ...