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Storywriting School to hold workshop on writing for kids
THE Storywriting School of the Sunshine Place: Senior Recreation Center is inviting aspiring writers to participate in its workshop on writing stories for children next month. Sunshine Place describes...
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But I am at a loss where to begin. With a yen for a bullet-proof heart. To begin in the face of revulsion, in the face of the one who leaves. What shards of truth bounce back from a double-sided mirror...
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McEwan tells android tale in Machines Like Me
LONDON: Ian McEwan is fascinated by artificial intelligence. His new novel, Machines Like Me, features a lifelike android with access to all human knowledge who writes haiku poetry. In real life, the...
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For love of Bam and country
“Feeling ko ako yung embodiment of ‘love is blind’,” chuckled Fatima “Timi” Gomez-Aquino, the better half of Senator Paolo Benigno “Bam” Aquino 4th. This girlish confession came about when The Sunday...
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Graffiti artists gather in QC
Over 60 international and local graffiti artists gathered for the International Meeting of Styles (MOS) at the parking grounds of the Anonas LRT City Center in Quezon City on April 26 to 28 showcasing...
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Museo de Intramuros
– a house of period art collections A grand showcase of Filipino artistry developed from merging indigenous and foreign craftsmnaship Literally meaning “within the walls” in Spanish, Intramuros or the...
View ArticleGenSan mounts successful SOX summer writing camp
SOX Writers, in partnership with the Philippine Board on Books for Young People (PBBY) and NCCA, conducted the SOX Summer Writing Camp from April 29 to May 2 in General Santos City. The inaugural SOX...
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International Dance Day celebrated in Capiz
The National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) led by Chairman and National Artist Virgilio Almario and National Committee on Dance led by Shirley Halili-Cruz once again organized “Dance...
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‘Hadestown’ leads Tony Award nominations with 14 nods
NEW YORK: “Hadestown,” singer-songwriter Anaïs Mitchell’s Broadway debut, earned a leading 14 Tony Award nominations followed by the jukebox musical “Ain’t Too Proud,” built around songs by the...
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Kyra Luthi raises awareness on abuse via #BreakingSilence
CARLA BIANCA RAVANES-HIGHAMDomestic violence is a taboo issue that most Filipinos do not discuss in the open. Although we have grown leaps and bounds from the ‘80s where women were not encouraged to...
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Zenaida Erispe is her name
IT was not until she retired in April this year that I came to know her surname. Zeny and I have been colleagues in a newspaper office for 10 years (since 2009) but we seldom socialized, except during...
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Women writers rule Umpil awards
(Front row, from left) Awardees Gina Marissa Tagasa, Bathalad’s Richellet Chan, Lilia T. Tio, Grace D. Chong, Alice M. Sun-Cua, Ester T. Tapia and Dinah T. Roma pose for photos with (back row, from...
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A dutiful son and devoted doctor of Olongapo
Laws and advances have been made toward the improvement of healthcare in the Philippines but many issues that need to be addressed still remain in order to genuinely achieve a high quality and cost...
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Isabela hosts National Heritage Month kick-off
The National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) in partnership with The Filipino Heritage Festival Inc. (FHFI) and the provincial government of Isabela spearheaded the kick-off ceremony of the...
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‘Binondo, A Tsinoy Musical’ returns in July
After its successful staging in 2018, “Binondo, A Tsinoy Musical” is set to return for a limited rerun in July. In 2018, the original Filipino musical has earned six trophies from the Aliw Awards —...
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Taguig City mothers intensify fight against cervical cancer
Supported by the Department of Education (DepEd) and Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG), the Department of Health (DoH) recognizes the integral role of mothers in helping their...
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The gift of life that comes only from a mother
CARLA BIANCA RAVANES-HIGHAMOne of my favorite childhood memories involves me waking up early one morning, going to the kitchen, and announcing to my mother that I did not feel like going to school. As...
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Mother’s Day an important occassion for OFWs
Survey shows spike in remmitance every year toward second Sunday of May Mother’s Day was first celebrated in 1908 when Anna Jarvis held a memorial for her mother, Ann Reeves Jarvis who died in 1904, at...
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‘The End of the End of the Earth’: Birds and beings on the planet
ONE subject comes up frequently in The End of the End of the Earth: Essays (Farrar, Strauss and Giroux; 2018), Jonathan Franzen’s latest collection of essays: how to live responsibly in the face of our...
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Music devotees religiously do confession, Chanted before a box of sing-along. But it rarely leads to the singer’s redemption, For it’s like buying absolution for a song. Chanted before a box of...
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