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Building new classrooms with ‘Hope and Care’
Every day, thousands of Filipino children still go to school without a proper classroom. Some even have to walk several kilometers just to reach school only to find themselves studying in cramped...
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Jasmine Curtis Smith, Marc Nelson lead back-to-school outreach
Nine-year old Shane wakes up every day at 4 a.m. so she can prepare herself and take the hour-long hike just to be in school. Unfazed by the daily, dusty and daunting trail, Shane is determined to...
View Article36th National Children’s Book Day at the CCP
THE Philippine Board of Books for Young People (PBBY) will officially recognize the best work by children’s book authors, illustrators and publishers at the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) on...
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Big Bad Wolf Book Sale goes to Pampanga
(From left) Narissa dela Peña, Big Bad Wolf Books country manager; Luis Oquinena, Gawad Kalinga executive director; and Jacqueline Ng, Big Bad Wolf Books co-founder, pose with some of the books...
View ArticleDesconocido
I do not know you beyond your body The rest belongs to another dimension Inaccessible: The edge of a painting behind you in the picture, The dry leaves in your garden, The old couch you grew up with....
View ArticleVelocity
If we claim how I’m falling for you, You’d be acrobats without nets, Thrusters shed having achieved Escape, while I’m going for tin soldier, A sheet of plastic wrapped around it, And strings, then a...
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‘Black Leopard, Red Wolf’: An ambitious epic tale
by Jonathan Elderfield Black Leopard, Red Wolf (Riverhead Books; 2019) by Marlon James is a serpentine, epic tale set in a fantastic realm of evil monsters and villains and flawed heroes. At its center...
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Thriving NU scholars
Christian Acosta Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering Batch 2014 Family background: The son of a former OFW and a former government employee, Acosta was uncertain if his parents could afford to...
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Solid partnerships
Henry “Tatang” Sy, Sr. ’s vision to educate young Filipinos would have not been possible if not for the strong and enduring partnerships the SM Scholarship Foundation, Inc. has made with various...
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Fulfilling Tatang’s legacy
SM Foundation, Inc. continues Henry Sy Sr.’s promise to give deserving students a brighter future When business mogul Henry Sy Sr. passed away in January this year, an entire nation paid their respects...
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CCP holds Asia-Pacific performing arts summit
A first in Asia and the Pacific, the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) is bringing together arts and business sectors from the region and other parts of the world for a four-day summit in...
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Iranian calligrapher lauds Filipino artists’ ‘love for country’
Witnessing the Filipino painters’ uniqueness at an exhibition, an Iranian artist commended their love for country as these arts represented their national identity. “I love all artists, also Filipino...
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captures diverse facets of the Walled City
Spearheaded by The Manila Times in partnership with the Intramuros Administration and the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA), the painting exhibit titled “Intramuros on Canvas” saw a...
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Getting ‘reborn’ @ 30
CARLA BIANCA RAVANES-HIGHAMA funny thing happened to me on the night of my 30th birthday — a parking lot boom hit me in the head and it was like a rebirth of some sort, like life literally knocking me...
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Pride March gathers thousands to promote world free of bias
An estimated crowd of 70,000 from all walks of life gathered on June 29 at the Marikina Sports Complex in Marikina City to celebrate Pride Month — shining on colorful journeys of the LGBT+ (lesbian,...
View Article‘Broken Islands’ launch at DLSU
AWARD-WINNING author Criselda Yabes’ second novel Broken Islands, recently released by the Ateneo de Manila University Press, will be launched at De La Salle University (DLSU) in Manila on July 13,...
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Pride Lit comes out, unveils new books
Pride Lit’s four new books during their launch late last month. (Contributed photo)AS the first Filipino popular literature imprint focused on championing LGBTQ+ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender...
View ArticleNetsuke
How small can a world be reduced to, this toggle by which a cord is threaded and knotted for something to be hung? It looks simple enough: a rabbit with coral-black eyes, legs tucked out of...
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‘Mabuhay’: A 40-year love affair with the Philippines
IF there is a problem plaguing travel writing these days, it is that too many people fancy themselves as travel writers. They seem to think that merely highlighting the appeal of a particular...
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Ruffa Gutierrez tells her story
Showbiz scion, actress and beauty queen Ruffa Gutierrez celebrated her 45th birthday this year in the most unexpected way. A celebrity since her teenage years, the daughter of veteran actor Eddie...
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