Gloria Diaz: Life as a beauty queen
THE UNIVERSE first discovered the Filipina’s beauty with Gloria Diaz. At the young age of 19, she exuded the grace and confidence that won her the Miss Universe crown in1969. Now at 62, she maintains...
View ArticleThe language of food
On a recent trip to Legaspi, I was to attend a dinner with academics who were guests and speakers at the 3rd International Colloquium of the Bicol University Graduate School. As soon as we reached the...
View Article‘WELCOME TO THE BIRDS’: Get to know the Black-winged Stilt
Not all tourists who visit the country are human. We welcome the Black-winged Stilt who just arrived in the Philippines. It contrasts itself with black wings and long pink legs which make it easy to...
View ArticleECO-SYSTEM FOR A GREENER LIFESTYLE
(Easy and very simple tips for eco-friendly lifestyle; but enough to help conserve the treasures of nature.) A couple of weeks more and Christmas Day is here. Most of us are probably scurrying for last...
View ArticleA laid-back escape to Burdeos
IT was around 7 a.m. and the sun was already blazing above our heads. We were en route to Burdeos, a municipality in the Polilio Group of Islands. Our purpose was to conduct Participatory Resource...
View ArticleThe Solitude of the Dead
The picture said it all harking back to what auden had written about the nature of suffering— how it can take place “While someone else is eating or opening a window or just walking dully along” the...
View Article‘Booklatan’ teaches children the importance of reading and playing
Over 300 parents and their children benefitted from Booklatan sa Valenzuela, a whole-day reading appreciation event held recently at Valenzuela City Astrodome. The said activity was organized by Save...
View Article‘Mabini Art’ exhibit opens at CCP
THE Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) presents the first in-depth exhibition on “Mabini Art,” a genre in Philippine painting that developed in the 1950’s. The Mabini Art Movement opened on...
View ArticleFilipino sculptors give the ‘Gift of Life’ through their art
Filipino camaraderie shone once again in the recent “Alay Sining 6,” a sculpture event held from November 19 to 21 at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Makati City. Spearheaded by Rotary Club Makati West...
View ArticleA return to GREAT BRITAIN
It was the one time business tycoon Ramon Ang and I had something in common. The date was November 4, 2013, when the president and chief operating officer of Philippine Airlines (PAL) led a 36-strong...
View ArticleAnyone, everyone can help
It is commendable to see massage therapists giving their services for free during the relief operations for evacuees of Typhoon Yolanda. It does not take just money or goods but the intangibles like a...
View ArticleMost loyal PH visitors
Every year, millions of tourists enter the Philippines to take advantage of our beaches and fresh seafood—and we’re not just talking about humans. Coinciding with the local Christmas season beginning...
View ArticleA ‘Forest and Climate Protection’ project researcher
5 a.m.—I woke up and thanked the Lord for another beautiful day. I fixed my sleeping bag and washed up before going to the campsite kitchen for some hot coffee. 5:30 a.m.—I did my early morning ritual...
View ArticlePLANT FORESTS WITH NATIVE TREES
Haribon Foundation on ‘Yolanda’ aftermath Super Typhoon Yolanda lashed parts of Visayas and Southern Luzon in the Philippines weeks ago, and is one of the world’s strongest storms ever in recorded...
View ArticleTARP CENTO
Last semester, two months ago, my students at UP Los Baños had to write 101-word short stories for an activity in our Humanities course. They chose the best among these, decked them with collages and...
View ArticleNCCA prepares for a grand Philippine Arts Festival 2014
The National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) goes full throttle in the preparation for a grand, national fete of the arts, designed to engage everybody in the edifying and enriching...
View ArticlePROJECTS OF HOPE
PENINSULA MANILA STAGES CHARITY CONCERT The Peninsula Hotels recently launched Hope for the Philippines, a four-pronged initiative in each Peninsula hotel across Asia and the United States running...
View Article1st ‘Superbook’ fun run raises ‘Yolanda’ fund
RUN and help our kababayans in need with the first-ever Superbook benefit fun run dubbed “Ready . . . Gizmo . . . GO!” happening on Saturday, December 14 at the Bonifacio Global City. Warm up starts at...
View ArticleAyala Malls Christmas shares joy to earthquake and typhoon victims
In the wake of the 7.2-magnitude earthquake and the super typhoon that ravaged and affected millions of Filipinos in the Visayas, the Ayala Malls group of companies pledged to make its Christmas...
View ArticleManila Concert Choir: SINGING FOR LOVE OF GOD, COUNTRY AND MUSIC
With passion and pride, the Manila Concert Choir (MCC) staged Sabihin Mo Ikaw ay Pilipino concert to celebrate its 62 years of choral singing, as well as to commemorate 150 years of the revolutionary...
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