Parokya ni Edgar during their early years with the late Bella Tan, Universal Records lady boss and other UR executives. Photo courtesy of Rick Olivares During the 37 th Awit Awards at the Music Museum ...

We Filipinos have this quirk: We say something profound and so quickly downplay it through humor. Whether it’s the “joke” or “charot” or “eme” tacked at the end of a sentence, or—and this seems to be ...