"Boy! Boy!" The audience was responding loudly to the emcee’s provoking question whether the winner will be a boy or a girl for this year. It was an intimate frenzy of excitement and anticipation that is expected to build up from the usual rapport of the Filipino audience with its favorite master of ceremony - Dennis Sun, Editor-in-Chief & Creative Director of Jeepney Press, the brain parent of UTAWIT, and prime Filipino show host. The event flourished from one competitive performance to th...

Sometimes, it's great to have a good name. And Queen Santos should thank her mom for giving her a name that best fit her, a queen! And a queen she was last October 12, 2008 as various Filipino groups from different parts of Japan came to Tokyo to witness and celebrate Filipino and Japanese music, international and cultural friendship, and an event for a charitable cause. Queen reigned supreme besting the other 10 contestants representing their respective regions from all around Japan and were...