May Bukas Pa
| May Bukas Pa | |
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Promotional poster
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| Genre | Drama |
| Created by | ABS-CBN |
| Developed by | ABS-CBN |
| Directed by | Jerome C. Pobocan Jojo A. Saguin |
| Starring |
Zaijan Jaranilla Dominic Ochoa Albert Martinez Dina Bonnevie Tonton Gutierrez Jaime Fabregas Precious Lara Quigaman Maja Salvador Rayver Cruz Lito Pimentel Liza Lorena Ruben Gonzaga Ogie Diaz Arlene Muhlach Badjie Mortiz |
| Ending theme |
"May Bukas Pa" by Kyle Balili and Erik Santos |
| Country of origin | Philippines |
| Original language(s) | Filipino, English |
| No. of episodes | 263 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Roselle Beeegee-Soldao |
| Location(s) |
Metro Manila Bacolor, Pampanga |
| Running time | 30-45 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Dreamscape Entertainment Television |
| Release | |
| Original network | ABS-CBN |
| Picture format | NTSC (480i) |
| Original release | February 2, 2009 – February 5, 2010 |
| External links | |
| Website | |
May Bukas Pa (lit. There Is Still Tomorrow) is a Philippine drama series which started long-airing from February 2, 2009 to February 5, 2010 for one year. It is the highest-rated show of all time according to Kantar Media Philippines
Most of the scenes in May Bukas Pa are taped in San Guillermo Parish Church Barangay Cabambangan & Municipal Hall of Bacolor in Barangay Calibutbut of the 4th class municipality of Bacolor, Pampanga.
Santino (Zaijian Jaranilla), an orphan adopted by priests, has a supernatural friend called "Bro"(Jesus). Santíno and Bro have a series of adventures in the fictional town of Bagong Pag-Asa, where they help others with their problems.
Found abandoned as an infant in a cemetery, Santino was adopted by a group of priests in a small town, who all pitch in to raise him as their own.
Santino was kidnapped by an unknown man in the middle of the night. It was revealed that the man is Olegario Pineda, a criminal who Mario have imprisoned years ago. Mario suspects that Olegario kidnapped Santino to take revenge, however, this is not the real reason. As the two journeys to an unknown location, Olegario tells Santino that he needs him to heal his son who has a brain tumor thus allowing his son to only have a shorter life. Olegario and Santino successfully made it to town of Sta. Maria where Santino could finally heal his son. In these events, Olegario was taken over by the police as they arrive, he was numerously shot by another policeman even though Santino begs that he is a good person. Later, Santino grants his promise to Olegario that he would heal his son.
Meanwhile, after being held in an orphanage, Santino runs away after learning that a couple would want to take him just to make money on his healing abilities. As Santino runs away, he meets Lolo Berting, a rice cake vendor who helped him find his way home. As Santino lives with the old man, Santino slowly learns that Berting has mysteries of his own. His son, Jojo, has despised him for leaving him and his mother alone til his mother died. Santino then makes Berting's son realize that he has to forgive his father because everyone also needs to be forgiven.
Julia because of her mom's recent memory loss, causing her entire career, life and love life to be ruined. She feels depressed and tired about problems coming her way. Her life then changes after meeting Santino.
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