MANILA, Philippines — Returning actor Jao Mapa explained why he chose an erotic-thriller film in his comeback bid to showbiz. During the virtual press conference of his upcoming movie “Paraluman,” Jao ...

After six years of absence in the show business, Jao Mapa is making his comeback through the digital film Xerox Copy. Was it his attitude towards his career that made actor Jao Mapa take a long hiatus ...

UAAP Commissioner Andy Jao is again tapping the same association of officials that handled the 2011 season. Jerome Ascano UAAP commissioner Andy Jao said the Basketball Referees Association for ...

“Your home is your office now. You really have to adjust,” said ‘90s actor Jao Mapa as he described the currently changing landscape of local show biz. Jao claimed to have embraced change by ...

MANILA, Philippines — Returning actor Jao Mapa compared actors from the 1990s to those from today. During the virtual media conference last Saturday for his upcoming Viva movie “Paraluman,” Jao said ...

During the ’90s, a young actor dared to dream of becoming the next big star of his generation — an artist whose gift was not only acting, but also singing and a view of the world from a painter’s eye.

Forty years ago, on a Sunday in May, Frank Jao, a 27-year-old Vietnamese refugee, moved into a small apartment in Whittier. Only weeks earlier, he and his wife, Catherine, had escaped Saigon on the ...