Unique booster of PH and US brands
A US Census Bureau report puts Filipinos near the top among all American consumers. The data shows the median income of a Filipino household in America is $81,929 while the rest of the nation is...
View ArticleA millennial in the US-Philippines Alumni Exchange Program
Intelligent, good looking and packed with strong leadership qualities, Julliano Fernando Ariño Guiang could have easily landed a job in any of the Philippines’ major television networks. Nevertheless,...
View ArticlePH hosts Asean art exhibit
As the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) concludes the commemoration of its 50th anniversary, the Philippines marks the historic occasion by hosting a contemporary art exhibition featuring...
View ArticleFormidable team brings ‘Ang Huling El Bimbo’ to life
Resorts World Manila’s (RWM) upcoming theater production Ang Huling El Bimbo promises to be another breakthrough production as it tells a story of friendship anchored on the most iconic OPM rock songs...
View ArticleWriters’ group behind Virgin Labfest to resume sessions
THE Writers’ Bloc Inc., an independent group of emerging and established playwrights led by Palanca Hall of Fame inductee Rody Vera, is inviting interested parties to attend its regular reading...
View ArticleChocolate
BY REIL BENEDICT S. OBINQUE WHEN the jeepney driver started his vehicle’s engine, Ondong was thinking about the bar of chocolate. Through the tiny spaces between his fellow passengers’ heads, he...
View ArticleFast facts on PAL’s A350-900 XWB
• An all-new design utilizes the latest technology for improved operational performance. It has a long-range capability of up to 8,000 nautical miles (14,800 km) and a quieter cabin with up to four...
View ArticleThe answer to The Times’ ‘fun challenge’
During the media briefing at the Airbus headquarters on July 13, The Manila Times noted from the press handouts that there was more than one reason to celebrate the delivery of Philippine Airlines...
View ArticleLife is a feast with Stephanie Zubiri-Crespi
Carla Bianca Ravanes-Higham Stephanie Zubiri-Crespi is the woman every little girl dreamt of becoming in the early 2000s. Her beautiful face helped launch many products but it was her achievements that...
View ArticleSEAGULLS AT 20
Saving lives is never easy. When Seagulls Flight Foundation, Inc. started in 1998, it was a humble effort of advocates who dedicated their lives to the possibility of recovering from addiction....
View ArticleBreaking the bud of a ‘Rose’
By Mauro Gia Samonte First of two parts (Disclaimer: This narrative is a creative interpretation of real-life events, and thus contains fictional elements and other embellishments. No disrespect or...
View ArticleHow to pick up a plane
Yes, you read that right. I really meant to use the verb “to pick up” rather than, say, “how to catch a plane,” in case Edsa’s a deadlock and you’re late for your flight; or “how to ride a plane,” in...
View ArticleBuwan ng Wika
NI MARK ANGELES Isang paslit ang nag-usisa, Ano ang Buwan ng Wika? Wari ba’y ibig matalos— Lampas sa pagdaraos Ng parada ng kasuotan At sabayang bigkasan— Kung bakit kostumbre Ang pagliban sa klase....
View ArticleGovernment officials laud Vitug’s ‘Rock Solid’
FORMER and current government officials, led by Vice President Ma. Leonor “Leni” Robredo, praised journalist Marites Dañguilan Vitug and her latest book, Rock Solid: How the Philippines Won Its...
View Article‘Dear Universe’: Letters to the Age of Innocence
Dear Universe (Spark Books; 144 pages; 2018) is Pierra Calasanz-Labrador’s collection of 50 poems “on love, longing, and finding your place in the cosmos.” It bears Anvil Publishing’s Spark Books...
View ArticleA Filipina in a man’s world
CARLA BIANCA RAVANES-HIGHAM Prior to moving to the United States, I never quite understood what it was like to be treated differently because you were a woman in the boardroom. Ever since my career...
View Article8 local lifestyle companies join France’s major interior design fair
Eight Philippine export companies belonging to the fashion, furniture and furnishings sectors are joining Maison & Objet, considered the sourcing event for interior design and related industries,...
View ArticleIndustry veterans to lead communication design talks at ‘Create PH’
The Center for International Trade Expositions and Missions, the export promotion arm of the Department of Trade and Industry, has partnered with the Communication Design Association of the Philippines...
View ArticleBreaking the bud of a ‘Rose’
BY MAURO GIA SAMONTE Last of two parts (Disclaimer: This narrative is a creative interpretation of real-life events, and thus contains fictional elements and other embellishments. No disrespect or harm...
View ArticleLove takes on all forms in ‘Onanay’
Beginning August 6, love takes on all forms as GMA Network debuts its newest heart-warming primetime series, “Onanay.” Onanay tells the unique story of Onay, a woman born with achondroplasia or a bone...
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