Lourd Ernest Hanopol de Veyra (; born February 11, 1975) is a

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musician, emcee, poet, journalist, TV host, broadcast personality and activist who became famous as the vocalist of the

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band

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Life and career

Education

De Veyra went to Quirino Elementary School for grade school and to

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for high school. He then graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism from the

University of Santo Tomas The University of Santo Tomas (also known as UST and officially as the Pontifical and Royal University of Santo Tomas, Manila) is a private, Catholic research university in Manila, Philippines. Founded on April 28, 1611, by Spanish friar Migue ...

Early musical career

When the

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band Dead Ends ended their four-year hiatus, he became one of the band's guitarists in 1994, sharing guitar chores with the band's leader and founder Al Dimalanta, making Dead Ends a four-piece band. The band then recorded their comeback and final album, the influential ''Mamatay sa Ingay'' (1995); it had a sound different from their past materials, having more of a crossover-

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approach. Dead Ends disbanded in 1996 (because of Jay Dimalanta's passing), after which de Veyra briefly became a member of Al Dimalanta's new band Throw (band); the band also included de Veyra's brother Francis, who played the bass. Lourd de Veyra is the nephew of singer/guitarist Mike Hanopol.

Television

De Veyra was one of the hosts of '' Sapul sa Singko'' and is in '' Aksyon'' on TV5, and in ''Tayuan Mo at Panindigan'' and ''Wasak'' on

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. He was the main host of the action documentary show ''Lupet'' until its relaunch in early 2011. In 2013, de Veyra hosted another show for TV5 called ''

History with Lourd ''History with Lourd'' is a 30-minute documentary show about history lessons. It airs every Saturday at 10:00-10:30 PM on TV5 and AksyonTV. Overview Lourd de Veyra gives his own brand of history lessons and trivia in ''History with Lourd: Tsismi ...

''. In 2017, he hosted comedy science program

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which broadcast across

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on Discovery Channel. Since 2019, Lourd hosted a late night commentary talk program "Wag Po!" aired originally on TV5 and currently aired on One PH.

Books

De Veyra has published three books of poetry: ''Subterranean Thought Parade'', ''Shadowboxing in Headphones'' and ''Insectissimo''. ''This is a Crazy Planets'' is a collection of essays from his Spot.ph blog ''SuperPanalo Sounds!'' is his first novel. In 2014, de Veyra released a compilation of his speeches entitled ''Lourd de Veyra's Little Book of Speeches'' and a book entitled ''Espiritu'' at the 35th Manila International Book Fair.

Awards

He has thrice been a recipient of a

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- A third prize in essay (English division) in 1999, a second prize in the same category in 2003, and a first prize in teleplay (Filipino division) in 2004.

Awards and nominations

Sources

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