At least 51,000 of the 57,000 or over 90% of voters registered for the Local Absentee Voting (LAV) were able to cast their vote for the 2025 Philippine elections, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) ...

MANILA, Philippines — Votes from local absentee voting (LAV) are crucial and may spell victory for a senatorial candidate lagging behind the 12th slot, according to the Commission on Elections.

That’s the bold claim made by multiawarded independent filmmaker Lav Diaz in his latest work, “Magellan”—a film set to premiere at the prestigious Cannes Film Festival this May.

QUEZON CITY, (PIA) — Local absentee voting (LAV) has started today, April 28, allowing government employees and other qualified individuals to cast their votes ahead of the upcoming May 12, 2025 ...

One auteur who remains humble and low-key is Lav Diaz. But the greatness of the man goes beyond his choice of his simple daily get-up—black bucket hat, black long-sleeved shirt, and denims. He riddles ...

Sales agency Luxbox has come on board Lav Diaz’s historical drama “Magellan,” which stars Gael García Bernal. The film will have its world premiere in Cannes Film Festival’s Premiere section.

Award-winning Filipino filmmaker Lav Diaz’s nine-hour film about the 16th-century Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan is set to premiere at the Cannes Film Festival next month. The festival ...

LOS ANGELES, USA – Lav Diaz’s Magellan (Magalhaes), starring Gael Garcia Bernal as the titular Portuguese explorer, will debut in the Cannes Premiere section of the 78th Cannes Film Festival ...

Veteran director Lav Diaz also stars in the flick alongside Timothy Granaderos (13 Reasons Why) and Enchong Dee (GomBurZa). Marietta Subong also stars. The film follows a group of travel vloggers ...

Earlier this year, Filipino filmmaker Lav Diaz had a near-death experience, and not for the first time. He was editing his new film, Magellan, when he began vomiting blood. “I almost died from ...

Washington County’s elected leaders voted unanimously Tuesday to adopt new oversight measures for the county’s embattled sewer agency and offered their first public comments since an Oregonian ...

GRINDELWALD, Switzerland — Decorated filmmaker Lav Diaz teased his upcoming movie about Ferdinan Magellan starring Gael Garcia Bernal could premiere at this year's Cannes Film Festival.