The heart of Kapuso
Tessa Mauricio-Arriola “This book tells the story of my life, so far.” Thus begins the preface to GMA Network chairman and chief executive officer Atty. Felipe Gozon’s self-penned narrative of his...
View ArticleDaydreaming with ‘The Daykeeper’
CARLA BIANCA V. RAVANES Carla Bianca V. Ravanes IT’S that time of the year when the weather is a bit cooler, when Michael Buble is played endlessly on the loop, and when strangers next to you in line...
View ArticleHURRICANE POEMS FOR A LARK
ALBERT B. CASUGA1. Who Has Seen the Wind? Always the uninvited guest, the wind pushes through the porch into the house, and scatters leaves collected in its wake, like a shower of crackling seeds freed...
View ArticleBest publications in 2014 recognized
Manila Critics’ Circle (MCC) and the National Book Development Board (NBDB) presented and recognized the best of Filipino publications in the 33rd National Book Awards on November 18 at the Marble Hall...
View ArticleCacnio’s brass work gets spotlight
Internationally-acclaimed brass sculptor and Ten Outstanding Young Men Awardee for 2006 Michael Cacnio brings his spectacular creations to the National Com-mission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA)...
View ArticleThe artist is dead
KATRINA STUART SANTIAGO KATRINA STUART SANTIAGO Buen Calubayan’s creativity is not one that is easy. One says that with a wariness—if not a weariness. One has a sinking feeling after all that the...
View Article‘#ShowYourStripes’ supports ‘Bahay Bulilit’
DOING good is always in style. McDonald’s Philippines has launched the ongoing #ShowYourStripes project, where a P100 purchase of limited-edition red and white striped socks will help the company’s...
View ArticleTwo ‘Cusina Idols’ for 2014 named
Culinary Students Division winner Kimberly Jane Solejon ARMED with their cooking skills and fueled by their passion for good food, a cooking enthusiast and a culinary student bested other finalists at...
View ArticlePH’s homegrown ‘French Baker’ turns 25
Businessman Johnlu Koa toasts French Baker’s 25th anniversary, while celebrating his Asia-Pacific Entrepreneurship Award—a first for the Philippines THE French Baker, a proudly Filipino company that...
View ArticleArtist Jovan Benito recalls Filipino
The artist and her ‘Makulay, Makabuluhan at Makasaysayan ang Pasko sa Pan de Manila’ tapestry, whose vivid scenes are featured in various Christmas packagings Christmas—Filipino-style—is truly...
View ArticleThe education advocate for Filipinos in Italy
By Lea Manto-Beltran, Senior Staff Writer and Sheila Mañalac, Staff WriterWITH over 180,000 Filipinos living in Italy, the European country is now home to the largest population of overseas Filipino...
View ArticleChristmas Lanterns, Stars and Street Urchins
Rosa Maria M. MagnoLight from star Patterns partnered With Chistmas lanterns Turn street urchins Into glow-worms Glimmering in hand-me-down Shirts with Christmas patterns, The urchins o-stare the stars...
View Article‘Snows of Yesteryear’ by Elmer Ordoñez
What may well be a bildungsroman is Elmer Ordonez’s Snows of Yesteryear (University of the Philippines Press, 2014) in two parts, “A Family in War” and “A Sentimental Education”—based on the...
View ArticleUE Buklod Sining pays tribute to Filipinas
Buklod Sining, University of the East’s (UE) prime organization for artists who aim to promote social consciousness through the creative arts, celebrates its 25th anniversary with PinaEba: Filipina sa...
View ArticleGearing for 2015 Arts Month
The National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA), the Philippine government’s overall grants-giving, policy formulating and implementing body for the promotion, development and preservation of...
View ArticleNecrological service for late National Artist Imao
The National Commission for Culture and the Arts and the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) will hold a necrological tribute for the late National Artist for Visual Arts Abdulmari Asia Imao...
View ArticleCollecting moments
CARLA BIANCA V. RAVANESCarla Bianca V. Ravanes THE Christmas season has always held a special place in my heart even if Christmases of my childhood were not grand celebrations. From an early age, my...
View Article‘Change for the Better’ campaign launched
“THE year 2015 is harvest time—harvesting all what is good about the Filipino to transform our country into a great nation,” is how Dr. Mina Ramirez, phenomenological sociologist and president of Asian...
View ArticleFilipino designer, local leather brand wow Asia Fashion Week
A COLLABORATION between Filipino designer Jeffrey Rogador and iconic gentlemen’s label McJim Classic Leather had a very successful showing at this year’s Mercedes Benz Stylo Asia Fashion Week in Kuala...
View Article‘MI Kids Can!’: New gen of social entrepreneurs
Multiple Intelligence International School (MIIS) in Quezon City happily achieved its continuing mission to raise a new breed of leaders through its “MI Kids Can” project at the #4GreenPH Bazaar at...
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