Are both Lino Brocka and Abiola Abrams from the Philippines?
Abiola Abrams Abiola Abrams (born July 29, 1976) is an American TV host, Internet personality, personal coach, motivational speaker and author. Her advice columns on topics such as relationships and self-worth include "Intimacy Intervention" on Essence.com and "Abiola’s Love Class" on MommyNoire.com. She is the author of the self-esteem advice guide "The Official Bombshell Handbook: The 13 Sacred Secrets of Feminine Power" and "Dare", a love story retelling of "Faust" set in the hip hop world. Abrams is also the creator of a lifestyle blog and web video series at AbiolaTV.com.
APO Hiking Society The Apolinario Mabini Hiking Society, later popularly known as APO Hiking Society, or simply APO, was a Filipino musical group. The group had its fledgling beginnings in 1969 at the Ateneo de Manila high school, with 15 members: John Paul Micayabas, Lito de Joya, Sonny Santiago, Gus Cosio, Renato Garcia, Chito Kintanar, Kenny Barton, Bruce Brown, Butch Dans, Kinjo Sawada, Ric Segreto, Goff Macaraeg, Doden Besa, Jim Paredes, and Boboy Garovillo. The group's name was created from the acronym AMHS representing their school with a witty twist having an irreverent reference to the paralyzed Philippine revolutionary intellectual and hero, Apolinario Mabini, and later shortened to "Apo", an Ilocano term for a wise man or a Tagalog term of grandchildren, and later re-branded to "APO" (all caps). Contrary to popular belief, the "Apo" name was not a reference to the Philippines's highest peak, the potentially-active stratovolcano Mount Apo.