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A psychologist asked me my dream last night. I never told her about you, that you colonized my subconscious, paralyzing me until I wake up. I surrender to the idiopathic pain when I realize you are...
View ArticlePhilippines to host Asian Composers’ League Festival and Conference
Eighteen years after the last Philippine hosting, the 33rd International Festival and Conference of the ACL returns in time with the ASEAN integration. The 2015 Festival-Conference of The Asian...
View ArticleNCCA reveals finalists for GADTimpalak 2015
The first NCCA GADTimpalak (Gender and Development Contest), a project of the NCCA Gender Focal Point System (NCCA-G,FPS) received a total of 104 entries for the three categories. Among all the...
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Nutcracker, other concerts; Doy Laurel remembered
ROSALINDA L. OROSARosalinda L. Orosa With a cast of almost 100 and with “Golden Boy of Ballet” Joseph Phillips and Veronica Ylagan in the lead, the Philippine Ballet Theater headed by President Sylvia...
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‘Oratura’ becomes ‘Performatura’
CHRISTINA ALPAD, STAFF WRITERFestival director Vim Nadera versus Mike Coroza in a ‘balagtasan’ in 2013 CCP opens unique festival for oral literature Orature is coined by Ugundan linguist Pio Zirimu...
View ArticleBeing LA Mumar
CARLA BIANCA V. RAVANESAS a spectator of a thousand basketball games in my lifetime, not one game is the same. You see basketball, no matter where you are in the world, has the ability to break down...
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Feeding program fights hunger in Mindanao
Martin bettelley, WFP Philippines deputy country director; and Teck Huack “TH” lim, Pizza Hut and Taco bell chief operating officer; lead the ongoing commitment to fight hunger among Filipino children...
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Teaching kids the importance of proper nutrition
LEA MANTO-BELTRAN, SENIOR STAFF WRITERralph Geronimo of Mondelez Philippines’ logistics department THE Food and Nutrition Research Institute (FNRI) of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST)...
View ArticleCremation in the Bible
Following a Catholic priest’s guide, The Sunday Times Magazine picked up the following biblical verses that discuss earthly body and its mortality. In the Old Testament, Genesis 3:19 says, “You will...
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Cremation
CHRISTINA ALPAD, STAFF WRITER PHOTOS BY RUY MARTINEZAre Filipino Catholics ready to embrace it? Death. Mortality. Demise. At least once a year, as the living remember and honor their dearly departed,...
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CCP’s 3rd Metro Opera in HD season opens with ‘The Merry Widow’
Renee Fleming as Hannah and Nathan Gunn as Danilo The Cultural Center of the Philippines opens its 3rd season of the Met Opera in HD at Greenbelt 3 on November 10 with the Met Opera production of Franz...
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Cultural relations of PH, China reinforced
National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) Chairman Felipe de Leon Jr. and Chinese Ambassador to the Philippines Zhao Jianhua paved way in strengthening the ties of the Philippines and China...
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More facts on Nick Joaquin
ROSALINDA L. OROSARosalinda L. Orosa Tony Joaquin discloses the following little-known facts about his uncle Nick Joaquin, National Artist for Literature, who is generally regarded as the greatest...
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The Gloc-9 challenge
KATRINA STUART SANTIAGOKATRINA STUART SANTIAGO There is absolutely no reason to praise Gloc-9 for Ang Kwento ng Makata (AKNM), a four-part concert series at the Music Museum that happened in October....
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The vision of Alan Peter Cayetano
CARLA BIANCA V. RAVANESCARLA BIANCA V. RAVANES THE budding stage of any relationship is often the most exciting part. It’s where sweet promises are uttered, telephone calls extended till the wee hours...
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Young, passionate, and patriotic
The young guns of Jll builds teamwork while building up the occupancy rate of this city’s buildings ONE fine mid-Friday morning, a handful of men and women in impeccable suits and corporate dresses...
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JV MAGSAYSAY: The harbinger of agricultural real estate
CHRISTINA ALPAD STAFF WRITER PHOTOS BY RUY MARTINEZ AND ABBY PALMONESJV Magsaysay’s main field is in the wood industry—from timber production to wood plantation—having staked his own investment at the...
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More reasons to wonder why Chino lost in tilt
ROSALINDA L. OROSARosalinda L. Orosa AFTER I heard violin prodigy Joaquin “Chino” Ma. Gutierrez in a full recital that opened with Bach’s unaccompanied Prelude and ended with Ravel’s Tzigane, I told...
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Youth camp to highlight gong and bamboo music traditions
The Philippine delegation is composed of Maria Cristina Orante, 23; Don Jason Marco Hilotina, 26; Kurt Alalag, 19; and Edgar Sabang, 25. They represent the different ethnic groups of the Philippines....
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Manila Symphony to revive music of National Artists
The Manila Symphony orchestra MANILA Symphony Orchestra (MSO), with the support of the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) and Far Eastern University (FEU), revives Pinoy pride in music...
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