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Twenty years after its quiet release on a debut album by a 22-year-old Filipina singer, “Para Sa Akin” has become a national love song. The track, the centerpiece of Sitti's 2006 album Café Bossa, has now amassed nearly 60 million streams on Spotify alone - 59,647,110 and counting - and continues to gain new listeners two decades after it first played on Philippine radio. Across all streaming platforms, Sitti's catalog has crossed 80 million total streams, with her music reaching listeners through more than 829 active playlists and a combined playlist reach of 10.6 million. On Sunday, May 17, 2026, Sitti returns to the stage at the Newport Performing Arts Theatre for Sittiscape—a one-night anniversary concert celebrating 20 years of Café Bossa, the album that made Bossa Nova a part of mainstream Filipino musical life.  The concert is conceptualized and creative-directed by Liza Diño, with stage direction by Ice Seguerra, musical direction by Bobby Velasco, and choreography by D...

The Department of Health (DOH), the Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP), and the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) have joined forces to release guidelines for the resumption of production work and activities in the film and audiovisual industry amid the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) crisis.   The "Joint Administrative Order (JAO) No. 2020-001 on the Health and Safety Protocols for the Conduct of Film and Audiovisual Production Shoots and Audiovisual Activities During COVID-19 Pandemic" was signed with immediate effectivity on June 7, 2020 by FDCP Chairperson and CEO Liza Diño-Seguerra, DOLE Secretary Silvestre Bello III, and DOH Secretary Francisco Duque III.   "These guidelines, drafted in consultation with professional guilds and stakeholders, prioritize the health and safety of our film and audiovisual workers as they slowly resume operations," said Diño-Seguerra. "As the film and audiovisual industry is part of the country'...