‘Talas’ journal welcomes contributions
The National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA), through the Philippine Cultural Education Program (PCEP), calls for contributions to “Talas,” a transdiciplinary academic journal on...
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Bohol marks Arts Month with ‘kurambos’
The Bohol Arts and Cultural Heritage (BACH) Council, in partnership with the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA), the Center for Culture and Arts Development (CCAD), Bohol Sandugo...
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‘The Amazing Brahms’ played amazingly
ROSALINDA L. OROSARosalinda L. Orosa Except for the languid, nostalgic opening, Buenaventura’s “By the Hillside,” all compositions rendered by the Metro Manila Concert Orchestra (MMCO) under conductor...
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Music of Carl Nielsen in PPO February concert
Carl Nielsen is Denmark’s foremost composer who is also an admired violinist, conductor and symphonist Filipinos will get to here the music of Carl Nielsen (1865-1931), Denmark’s foremost composer who...
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Not another Valentine’s Day
CARLA BIANCA V. RAVANESCARLA BIANCA V. RAVANES I LOVE celebrations. I celebrate absolutely everything from important holidays like Christmas and New Year, to silly moments like Mondays and the...
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A ‘day of smiles’ with Alden Richards and Habitat kids
DESPITE his busy schedule, Alden Richards, who is GMA 7’s most bankable male talent today, spent time with children of Habitat for Humanity community in Payatas, to teach them values formation through...
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Reaching the world’s highest summits
EACH continent has its highest peak, but no summit is more challenging than life’s own highpoints. After three years of preparation, Carina Dayondon and the rest of the Philippine Mount Everest team...
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The possibility of finding love online
EUDEN VALDEZ, SENIOR STAFF WRITERDespite positive developments in online dating in the Philippines, Filipinos still have stigma about the concept. Diptyc.ph aims to shed light on what may in fact...
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Ani ng Dangal awardees announced
DAYANARA T. CUDALNora Aunor with NCCA’s Marichu Tellano EIGHTY-THREE Filipinos from different fields of arts will be honored by the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) through its...
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Artists Grisar, Rufino
ROSALINDA L. OROSA Rosalinda L. Orosa In alphabetical order, the painting exhibition of Cristina Grisar at Ayala Museum’s ArtSpace and that of Maria Victoria (Marivic) Rufino at the Pen drew scores of...
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Father’s doppelganger
ELMER A. ORDONEZ, LITERARY EDITORIT occurred to me that while I have written about Juban, my birthplace, and my ancestry on the maternal side, I had not written about Villasis in Pangasinan and my...
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Francisco Verano exhibits for arts month
‘Morning Echoes’ (2010 VMEME Art Projects, in collaboration with Galerie Y, presents the solo exhibit of Francisco Verano that will be on view until February 28 at Galerie Y. Entitled Rhythm: paintings...
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Artistic ways to love malling
Jose Gabriel Naguiat AS French novelist Honore de Balzac once said, “Love is not only a feeling, it is also art.” As an avid supporter of the arts and propagator of culture, Ayala Malls is gathering...
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Twice #blessed
KATRINA STUART SANTIAGO KATRINA STUART SANTIAGO THERE is the something whimsical about Two Fold by Lyra Garcellano (at the Vargas Museum, UP Diliman) that belies the seriousness of the questions it...
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A girl named Nicey
CARLA BIANCA V. RAVANES CARLA BIANCA V. RAVANES We come across a number of people on a daily basis but there are only a few who leave lasting impressions. I met Nicey Ignacio over two years ago and was...
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Blood drive yields 1,580 bags for Filipinos in need
Red Cross Director of National Blood Services Christie Monina Nalupta (left), broadcast journalist Mel Tiangco (right) and Red Cross-QC Chapter Chairman Hermogenes Jarin at the symbolic turnover of the...
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From online seller to eCommerce innovator
CHRISTINA ALPAD, STAFF WRITER Bjorn Pardo is the 35-year-old CEO and founder of Xend, a business solutions company for online sellers PHOTO BY ABBY PALMONES Just like any person who discovered the...
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‘I am a Pokémon Master!’
SERGIO GABRIEL, SPECIAL TO THE MANILA TIMES “I want to be a Pokémon Master.” If you grew up in the era of the late 1990s, it wasn’t a strange thing to hear those words among kids who were asked what...
View ArticlePOOR POEMS: THE PEOPLE’S POWER?
ALBERT B. CASUGA“What does it mean to be poor, abuelo?” —A good question. 1. Balut Dump, Tondo Dawn is pale on these waifs’ faces, Sun rays striking their thin backs. The colour of refuse here is...
View ArticleCall for papers for 2nd ‘National Conference on Philippine Studies’
The Dalubhasaan ng Umuusbong na Mag-aaral sa Araling FIliipino (DANUM), CLA Graduate Student Council, Filipino Department, College of Liberal Arts and De La Salle University will be conducting the 2nd...
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