‘Blood’: Stories that ‘bleed’ you dry
WHY is it when people think of blood, they often view it through a masculine lens? Take influential American novelist Ernest Hemingway, who once declared that “there is nothing to writing. All you do...
View ArticleYoung fashion designer on the rise
At just 21 years old, De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde (DLS-CSB) AB Fashion Design and Merchandising graduate Joan Kate Bondoc was selected to be one of 174 featured Filipino fashion designers to...
View ArticlePH delegates in Asian civilization conference
Delegates from the Philippines, through NCCA), participated in the celebration of the Conference on Dialogue of Asian Civilizations led by the People’s Republic of China on May 15 to 22 in Beijing. The...
View ArticleFilipino folk dancers join Thai King coronation
The Bayanihan National Folk Dance Company joined the people of Thailand in the Arts and Cultural Performance in Celebration of the Royal Coronation Ceremony of His Majesty Maha Vajiralongkorn, led by...
View ArticleNCCA, CCP pay tribute to 7 new National Artists
Seven exemplary individuals who were conferred the National Artist Awards by President Rodrigo Duterte in Malacañang in 2018 were given a tribute at the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP). Visual...
View ArticleSolar light for better living
CARLA BIANCA RAVANES-HIGHAMJenny Lin Granados Maaño Ngai is one of those people who command the room with their radiance. The former beauty queen, crowned Miss Mabalacat 1998, has not aged a day and...
View ArticlePH youth group wins People’s Choice award in UN SDG Action Campaign
A Philippine youth organization won the People’s Choice award in the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Action Campaign held last month at the World Conference Center in Bonn,...
View ArticleCCP selects 10 fellows for VLF 15 program
THE Artist Training Division of the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) is pleased to announce the 10 fellows accepted to the Virgin Labfest (VLF)15 Writing Fellowship Program, which will run from...
View ArticleMoyes’ Peacock Emporium reminds us to live in the now
SUZANNA Peacock’s marriage can only be described as stagnant. After financial troubles require her and her husband to move back to her hometown, she welcomes a much-needed distraction by opening up a...
View ArticleSunday Spread
Sunday spreads like butter On warm pandesal, first of five From the brown paper bag. He took the second one out, Hacks it in half with bare fingers From the same hands that gather Garbage from our...
View ArticlePinoy writers mourn, pay tribute to Palanca
MEMBERS of the Philippine writing community expressed sorrow over and offered tributes to Clinton Palanca, the award-winning fictionist, essayist and food critic whom many consider as among his...
View ArticleContemporary artist from PH to the world
It has been almost 10 years since the Senate passed a resolution congratulating and commending Filipino artist Nasser Lubay for winning second in the Celeste Prize 2009 art competition held at the Alte...
View ArticleIntramuros: An open canvas for everyone
The Walled City lines up 121st Independence Day activities Literally meaning “within the walls” in Spanish, Intramuros was synonymous to the City of Manila, the capital of the Philippines, during...
View ArticlePH Ballet Theatre heads to West Coast
Philippine Ballet Theatre, the resident ballet company of the Cultural Center of the Philippines, will be touring California this June to proudly present a glimpse of Filipino artistry and world-class...
View ArticleHighlighting indigenous flavors
A successful — and delicious — installment of the 9th Tam-awan International Arts Festival (TIAF) took place at Tam-awan Village in Baguio City from May 22 to 26, featuring indigenous cuisine and...
View ArticleWaking up in Vegas
CARLA BIANCA RAVANES-HIGHAMLas Vegas is known for a lot of things: casinos, bright lights, extravagant shows, outlet malls and its excessiveness. When my husband invited me to go on his work trip, I...
View ArticleFedEx, TNT restore earthquake-hit high school
Global transportation company FedEx together with TNT Philippines jointly mounted CSR activities at Sapang Uwak High School in Porac, Pampanga after it was damaged in the 6.1 magnitude earthquake that...
View ArticleLamoiyan takes part in DepEd’s Brigada Eskwela
Personal hygiene and home care products manufacturer Lamoiyan Corporation donated over half a million worth of goods to schools nationwide as company representatives joined the Brigada Eskwela national...
View ArticleBatangas students get brand new library
Students and teachers in Looc, Batangas, will now have access to more learning and educational resources with a brand new library turned over in time for the new school year to the Looc Elementary...
View ArticleBohol’s Agi writing workshop: The pathways for our literature
WORDS are among our simplest of comforts, but when wielded differently, these are also a source of division and displeasure. That is why, in the recent Agi Creative Writing Workshop — organized by...
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