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Veteran actor Arcilla is in-demand as ever
From an exclusive interview by The Sunday Times Magazine Editor Tessa Mauricio-Arriola from this section’s online program “The Manila Times CSI: Celebrity, Style, Inspiration,” available on The Manila...
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Metro Manila Film Festival Digital Edition
In just a few days, the world will be celebrating Christmas in very different ways. Here in the Philippines for one—the country known for having the longest holiday celebration—the contrast from...
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Ghost of the Çáturaṅṅ: Of lost skills, tradition and language
After a momentary spurt of popularity following the Fischer-Spassky match in 1972, chess had been in the doldrums for decades. Lately, the genie is out of the bottle once again as the game gains a...
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‘Wikaharian:’ Promoting reading and numeracy through arts and culture
The Knowledge Channel Foundation Inc. (KCFI) and the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) is proud to launch “Wikaharian,” a new series of video lessons to promote reading and numeracy...
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Artbox for wellness, aesthetics and charity
While the Covid-19 pandemic posed economic and patronage challenges in many sectors, particularly in the entertainment and art industries, it also brought out ideas that not only offer aesthetics but...
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Meet the ‘Madiskarteng Boss’ awardees: 20 small businesses who have maximized...
This year, small businesses and online entrepreneurs continued to flourish, given that more people need to financially survive the impact of the pandemic. Starting an online business also drives owners...
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Lazada throws support behind local creators
With Filipinos increasingly consuming content from online channels, a new realm of opportunities have also opened up for content creators to make a living in the digital space. This has sparked a boom...
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Arjo Atayde aces acting
Arjo Atayde. PHOTO COURTESY OF STAR MAGIC FROM HOME Actors’ children who want to follow their parent’s successful path in showbiz usually find it both boon and bane to carry their famous lineage. Arjo...
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How Philippine Cinema responded to the Covid-19 crisis
Almost 10 months ago, I had one of the biggest surprises of my life when The Manila Times Chairman Emeritus Dr. Dante A. Ang offered to me this Sunday Times Magazine column while we were having a...
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Healthy, beautiful celebrity babies born amid the pandemic
While there 2020 was filled with natural disasters and man-made turmoil around the world, life—brand new that is—kept the darkness from overpowering beautiful beginnings that spark hope for humanity....
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Prominent personalities who tested positive for Covid-19
The year 2020 was nothing but challenging to everyone as the world grapples to this new year with the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19). More than 1.6 million people have perished...
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Loyalists and transferees post ABS-CBN shutdown
While The Manila Times News Section has thoroughly broken down the year that saw the end of ABS-CBN’s public broadcast over free television and radio across the country, The Sunday Times Magazine...
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How the pandemic drove celebrities to become entrepreneurs
Celebrities are often seen as the epitome of success and inspiration. Living life purely on their passion for acting and performing, many Filipino TV and movie stars have historically gone for rags to...
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Penguin Random House SEA publishes Thumboo biography
Singaporean author Nilanjana Sengupta explores one of the most brilliant minds in her country’s cultural landscape with The Votive Pen: Writings on Edwin Thumboo (Penguin Random House Southeast Asia;...
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Murakami urges politicians to speak sincerely about virus
In this Nov. 3, 2018, file photo, Japanese novelist Haruki Murakami signs his autograph on his novel Killing Commendatore during a press conference in Tokyo. Murakami said politicians need to reduce...
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Publishing saw upheaval in 2020, but ‘books are resilient’
This Jan. 2, 2021 photo shows people reading books in a library with a mirrored ceiling in Shaoyang in China’s central Hunan province. AFP PHOTO NEW YORK: Book publishing in 2020 was a story of how...
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CCP artistic director Chris Millado’s fearless forecast for 2021
As 2020 drew to a close, I interviewed Chris Millado, artistic director of the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP), and asked his thoughts for 2021. For Chris Millado, 2021 looks brighter for the...
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Philippine Cinema: 5 trends to watch out for in 2021
The columnist at the QCinema Special Edition Opening in November. The hybrid festival that had socially distanced outdoor events along with online screenings, is setting the trend for 2021 film...
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Flowing into 2021
Witnessing life unfold on social media on the last few hours of 2020 was interesting to see. The collective optimism that thundered through numerous posts reminded me why I love New Year’s Eve. The...
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How fleshly pleasures can ruin men
A wealthy man of this world usually enjoys every pleasure his heart could desire — exotic food, expensive clothes and material possessions, entertainment, sports, travel, and beautiful women. But do...
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