{"id":226863,"date":"2016-05-03T06:06:03","date_gmt":"2016-05-02T20:06:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=226863"},"modified":"2016-05-03T06:06:03","modified_gmt":"2016-05-02T20:06:03","slug":"pinoy-artist-help-promote-saipan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/pinoy-artist-help-promote-saipan\/","title":{"rendered":"Pinoy artist to help promote Saipan"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Filipino artist Khalil Ramos visited Saipan to shoot footages that will be used for a promotional video by an airline company. (Jon Perez)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Filipino artist Khalil Ramos visited Saipan to shoot some footage that will be used in videos co-owned by his production outfit, New Age Creatives, for a client that wants to promote the Marianas as an ideal get away.<\/p>\n

Ramos is a contract artist of Star Magic, Philippine broadcast giant ABS-CBN\u2019s talent arm. He traveled with McCoy Tarnate, a cinematographer and lighting director at ABS-CBN productions.<\/p>\n

They first went to Guam, arriving on April 29, to shoot the sites and places to go in the CNMI\u2019s southern island neighbor then spent two days on Saipan\u2014May 1 and 2.<\/p>\n

The 20-year-old singer-actor said the footages that they took would be turned into an in-flight video for an airline. Their client required them to produce a short travel video and they thought of Guam and Saipan in the Marianas.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe first went around Guam to shoot some of the places there then here on Saipan. We also toured Saipan to see its sites,\u201d said Ramos, who learned about the island through a friend. \u201cThere are a lot of things to do around here and see historical sites.\u201d<\/p>\n

He and Tarnate rode the Deepstar Submarine yesterday to see Saipan\u2019s underwater world filled with World War II wrecks and a wide variety of fish living in the coral reefs. The submarine goes underwater at a depth of 100 feet.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was my first submarine ride and the trip underwater was very relaxing. We have a lot of good footages for the promotional video,\u201d said Ramos, who is studying to move behind the camera.<\/p>\n

\u201cI want to learn new things. I\u2019m still young so why not study filmmaking. Plus I get to apply what I learned from my production company,\u201d added Ramos, who has made his fifth trip outside the Philippines this year.<\/p>\n

His job with his co-owned production company has brought him to Korea, Japan, New York, and recently to Guam and Saipan.<\/p>\n

He knew that there\u2019s also a large Filipino community here on Saipan. \u201cI really wanted to come here on Saipan for a long time. I\u2019ve heard about the place and the people. It is a simple island with a lot of friendly people.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve met a lot of people, Filipinos and locals. I love the people here and they are always smiling. There a lot of happy people and this is a happy place,\u201d said Ramos, who was discovered after placing second in the reality talent show Pilipinas Got Talent aired in ABS-CBN.<\/p>\n

He was first known as a singer but moved to acting and starred alongside stars Kathryn Bernardo and Daniel Padilla in the drama series Princess and I. He is also the host of Filipino Ka, Sabihin Mo\u2014a show for learning about Filipino culture and language.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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