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Top hotelier and genial expat reminds Filipinos of love for Asia’s World City
Dalip Singh is the multi-awarded general manager of Kowloon’s well-known threecluster hotel at Harbour City — Marco Polo Hongkong, Gateway and Prince . COVER PHOTO BYJOHN ORVEN VERDOTE Hong Kong has...
View ArticleCCP brings regional music camp to Bohol
The Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) through its Cultural Exchange Department (CED) and the Philippine Madrigal Singers (MADz) through the Andrea O. Veneracion Sing Philippines Foundation Inc....
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Minervina Singson – Ilocos musical giant at 100
Greatly associated with music, the name Minervina Dario Singson is a famous one in Ilocos Sur. The fact that she can still play the piano with bent fingers due to arthritis, sends everyone in awe,...
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No better Christmas gift than live theater
Sometimes finding the perfect Christmas gift can be hard, especially if the consideration is something meaningful, special and unique for family members and friends. A fun and colorful retelling of the...
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FilipinoArt.ph: An online marketplace for Filipino visual artists
FilipinoArt.ph, an online marketing platform dedicated to showcase and sell original artworks by local artists across the Philippines, was launched via a physical exhibition titled “Sariling Sining”...
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Ambassador Jose Antonio’s view of the world
As the founder and executive chairperson of the Century Properties empire, it is difficult to even think what goes on in the daily life of Jose “Joey” Antonio. Best known for starting the Century...
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Leadership and the Asian woman
CARLA BIANCA RAVANES-HIGHAM It was this year that I have decided to dig deeper into the definition of leadership and studied faithfully what it takes to be a good leader. It was especially important...
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Thousand tongues and hundred sign languages in one platform (Part 1)
Max Sucquit Jr. Imagine a single individual who speaks fluently in 10 major languages used around the world. Such remarkable speaker is called a polyglot. Today it’s a rarity for anyone to speak in...
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A festive 2020 for CCP
In 1969, the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) was formally launched with the premiere of “The Golden Salakot: Isang Dularawan.” It was established by the government to preserve and develop the...
View ArticleThe Walk Toward Home on a Holiday Season
It was almost six in the evening, and a fruit vendor by the street reached for me, an orange in her hand like a globular hue of summer in December — Barato na’ni! I said sorry and continued walking....
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‘The Guardians’: Suspenseful thriller with potent themes
IN John Grisham’s latest novel, The Guardians (Doubleday; 384 pages; 2019), a former priest named Cullen Post works for an organization called Guardian Ministries that scours court transcripts and...
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Murakami marks anniversary of debut
In this photo from Shinchosa, author Haruki Murakami (right) speaks on stage next to author Mieko Kawakami in Tokyo on Dec. 17, 2019. (AP photo) TOKYO: A monkey that confesses he steals women’s...
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‘Finding Chika’: Bittersweet, moving memoir about family
By Rasha Madkour THE author of the bestselling Tuesdays with Morrie has a new memoir in which he again shares lessons learned from someone dear to him who dies. This time, though, instead of an old...
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Parade of Floats and Gabi ng Parangal
Besides the all-Filipino run at the cinemas itself, the public also looks forward to two main events during the Metro Manila Film Festival. The first is the Parade of Floats which will officially open...
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‘Mission Unstapabol: The Don Identity’
Cast: Vic Sotto, Pokwang, Jake Cuenca, Wally Bayola, Jose Manalo and Maine Mendoza Director: Mike Tuviera Screenplay: Don Santella, Michelle Ngu and Aloy Adlawan Producers: APT Entertainment Inc. and...
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‘Sunod’
Cast: Carmina Villarroel, Mylene Dizon, Freddie Webb, Susan Africa, Kate Alejandrino, Krystal Brimner, Rhed Bustamante and JC Santos Director: Carlo Ledesma Screenplay: Anton Santamaria Producers:...
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‘Culion’
Cast: Iza Calzado, Jasmine Curtis-Smith and Meryl Soriano Director: Alvin Yapan Screenplay: Ricky Lee Producers: Shandii Bacolod and iOptions Ventures Corp. Synopsis: In the 1940s, Anna, Doris, and...
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‘Mindanao’
Cast: Judy Ann Santos and Allen Dizon Director: Brillante Mendoza Screenplay: Honee Alipio Producer: Center Stage Production Synopsis: Mindanao tells the story of Muslim woman Saima Datupalo (Santos)....
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‘Miracle in Cell No. 7’
Aga Muhlach and Xia Vigor Cast: Aga Muhlach, Bela Padilla, Xia Vigor, John Arcilla, Tirso Cruz 3rd, Joel Torre, JC Santos, Mon Confiado, Jojit Lorenzo and Soliman Cruz Director: Nuel Crisostomo Naval...
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‘Write About Love’
Miles Ocampo and Rocco Nacino Cast: Miles Ocampo, Rocco Nacino, Joem Bascon and Yeng Constantino Director: Crisanto Aquino Screenplay: Crisanto Aquino and Janyx Regalo Producer: TBA Studios Synopsis:...
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