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A working woman for a better country
It makes sense to assume that children spend far more time with their families than anyone else, and thereby tend to absorb and develop their parents, siblings and immediate relatives’ beliefs, habits,...
View ArticleIP crafts on view at NCCA Gallery
The NCCA Gallery banners indigenous arts and crafts in its Schools of Living Tradition (SLT) Exhibit on view at the NCCA Building until October 29. The exhibit is part of the back-to-back, nationwide...
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Dayaw gathers hundreds of IPs in Capiz
Roxas City, Capiz hosted this year’s biggest gathering of indigenous peoples in Dayaw International Indigenous Peoples’ Festival held from October 8 to 10. Led by the National Commission for Culture...
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Celebrating a decade of ManilArt
Now on its 10th year, the highly anticipated ManilArt continues to promote the work of veteran and up-and-coming Filipino artists with the support of galleries both here and abroad. With the theme,...
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Fashion as core in self-love promotion
CARLA BIANCA RAVANES-HIGHAM I don’t know about you but I really love getting dressed. There’s just something about putting on your favorite piece of clothing that gets you fired up for the day, which...
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‘World Pandesal Day’ benefits urban poor
Heritage bakeshop distributes 70,000 pieces of bread in Quezon City To pay tribute to the Filipino’s foremost baked good, World Pandesal Day — the country’s take on World Bread Day — was launched in...
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Anna Burns wins Booker Prize with ‘Milkman’
Britain’s Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall (left), presents the 2018 Man Booker Prize for Fiction to British writer Anna Burns during the award’s 50th year at the Guildhall in London on October 16,...
View ArticleCCP to launch ‘Ani 40’ literary journal
AS part of its celebration of October as National Indigenous People’s Month, the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP), through its Intertextual Division, will launch its Ani 40: Katutubo literary...
View ArticleYou Did Not Ask to be Born
BY RODRIGO DELA PEÑA JR. but admit that you still wanted it: life, the world opening to an explosion of light, your amniotic mouth saying yes, your hunger a beacon for your mother’s breast, the milk...
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Three wordsmiths and their winning works
(From left) Rodrigo dela Peña Jr., Mark Angeles and Allan B. Lopez. (Photos by Alvin I. Dacanay) FIFTY-FOUR writers won in the 68th Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature earlier this month. Of...
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On going beyond the ‘successes of the past’
For families whose forerunners have made significant contributions in shaping a nation’s history, there is plausibly no higher calling than to serve the public. As it should be, they consider the...
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Nora Aunor excluded anew, says to forget about the award
Fans and supporters of Nora Aunor strongly reacted when the new roster of National Artist awardees came out on October 23, with her not among the seven to be conferred the honor and title the following...
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Seven outstanding Filipinos conferred the Order of National Artists
President Rodrigo Duterte conferred the Order of National Artists on seven outstanding Filipinos at the Rizal Hall of Malacañang Palace on October 24. He was assisted by Cultural Center of the...
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Redefining Failure and Finding Life with Noelle Rodriguez
CARLA BIANCA RAVANES-HIGHAM Three years ago, Noelle Rodriguez was in the middle of a unique enterprise in BGC called LiFe, a two-story boutique yoga studio and cafe overlooking greenery with...
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Hemingway stories to come out in 2019
NEW YORK: Two Ernest Hemingway stories written in the mid-1950s and rarely seen since will be published next year. The director of Hemingway’s literary estate, Michael Katakis, told the Associated...
View ArticleSightseeing in Korea
One would think a kingdom so strong it lorded over a huge peninsula would have left an intact castle to remind later generations of monarchical power. But in Half-Moon Castle in Gyeongju, what the...
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Visayan National Artists seen to boost regional literature
New National Artist for Literature Resil Mojares (right) poses with President Rodrigo Duterte after being conferred the title during the awarding ceremony in Malacañang on Oct. 24, 2018. (Malacañang...
View ArticleLove for the country, love for God
With his company’s storied rise to the top, Mapecon CEO Gonzalo “Jun” Catan, Jr. has made sure through the years to pay tribute to all those who helped him overcome adversities by giving back to his...
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How love built his golden company
Much has been written about the 57-year-old history of legacy company Mapecon, more formally known as The Manila Pest Control Company, owned and established by innovator and entomologist Gonzalo Catan,...
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Radio Veritas bags PLMun’s Most Outstanding Stakeholder award
With the success of providing communication students the opportunity to showcase their talents and creativity and take part in the evangelization program, Radio Veritas 846 received the Most...
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