IT WAS theater directors, Anton Juan and Tony Mabesa, who first alerted me to a raw but distinctive talent: Rene Requiestas. Rene was polite when he was introduced to me—but, immediately, I sensed a ...

He made us laugh in movies like Starzan, Pido Dida, Elvis and James, Long Ranger and Tonton, and many of the biggest comedy hits of the early ’90s. It’s hard to believe that it’s been 10 years since ...

IT WAS in the mid-’70s when Tony Mabesa, Alex Cortez and Anton Juan worked with the newly established drama group of Imee Marcos’ Kabataang Barangay. The trio was raving about the raw comic talent of ...

A beauty queen and a character actor became the latest victims of so-called "riding in tandem" motorcycle-riding robbers, one of the suspects the victims described as resembling a deceased comedian.

MANILA, Philippines — An actor became a high-profile victim of a street robbery in San Juan City after two men riding together on a motorcycle—one of them being described as a “Rene Requiestas” ...

Renato "Rene" Requiestas (January 22, 1957 – July 24, 1993) was one of the top Filipino comedians of the late 1980s up to the early 1990s. Requiestas was known for his sidekick roles alongside other ...