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Scholars gather at first ‘Innovation Kapihan’
The people behind Bato Balani Foundation with their scholars and speakers The first batch of Bato Balani Innovation Scholarship recipients gathered recently for the first Innovation Kapihan, a program...
View ArticleThe joy of outdoor with ‘Everyday Play’
Balanced, active play is essential and beneficial in many ways to kids of all ages. Through it, they progress in early learning—developing social and emotional skills, creativity, and imagination...
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Filipina mompreneurs share rewarding journeys
Mom blogs have become the go-to sources for mothers seeking helpful information and sound advice from equally passionate parents. They also reflect the significant contribution of women in shaping the...
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A modern mom in the modern world
EUDEN VALDEZ, SENIOR STAFF WRITER COVER PHOTO NAZZI CASTROBy society’s definition, working mothers are those who have jobs or practice a profession while raising children. They can be employees,...
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Workers writing: A manifesto
KATRINA STUART SANTIAGO KATRINA STUART SANTIAGO Limited copies of Work Is Work Issue 1 (Hong Kong, 2015) were made available through the efforts of the Youth and Beauty Brigade (YBB) at last year’s...
View ArticleThree Poems by Maya Daniel
Comrades are Always There to Help today, I help, as we always do, sewing Comrades’ gun holsters ammo pouches, repair their tattered pockets, stitch loosened buttons and hems, change zippers, help them...
View ArticleAll the same, then
PAUL CHRISTIAN CARSONPreachers in their revered outfits— Talkers roam the streets, push the wind when wind becomes more wind, and wind become words. Some dare even to blow their own: witness,...
View ArticleTWO POEMS BY RAUL G. MOLDEZ
Den City Another teenager appears on the stage. She dances without a partner. Her two-piece has imprint of sunflowers, yellow in their freshness. She stands tall in her six-inch high heeled black...
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The Artist and the Conqueror
ADRIAN E. CRISTOBALILLUSTRATION BY PERRY GIL MALLARI In the Spring of 18—the composer Franz Lizt and the conqueror Napoleon Bonaparte had a conversation in a vineyard outside Paris. What follows is an...
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The elegance of Kate Paras
CARLA BIANCA V. RAVANES CARLA BIANCA V. RAVANES The term “life peg” is used to define a person whose life we wish to emulate. In today’s modern world, it is often used as a hashtag for someone who...
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PH Cancer Society holds ‘Relay for Life’
Brother Philippines President Glenn Hocson turns over a check for the Philippine Cancer Society as part of the Relay for Life event The Philippine Cancer Society held a successful fund raising activity...
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Outpatient facility seen as key player in med tourism
The health facility aims to become the premier outpatient center for global health and wellness in the Philippines Touted to become a key stakeholder the growing medical tourism industry in the...
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PH ranks 8th in world as ‘Medical Tourism Destination’
To date, medical tourism in the Philippines caters to approximately 80,000 to 250,000 patients or clients annually In 2015, the Philippines was ranked eighth among the top medical tourism destinations...
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From humble pieces to ‘massive’ artworks
CHRISTINA ALPAD, STAFF WRITER As glamorous as his life might seem right now—exhibiting his artworks, displaying his skills in international art fairs—visual artist and designer Kris Abrigo rose from...
View ArticleLong live books!
After having its stint at the heart of the bustling Makati Central Business District, Book Stop Project, a pop-up library project that aims to change the way people perceive libraries by placing itself...
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Mr. Medina
ADRIAN E. CRISTOBALillustrAtion By PErry Gil MAllAri Mr. Medina (he was not known by any other name) as a quiet man who ran a radio repair shop which blared the whole day in our neighborhood of few...
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Four artists pay homage to masters
L’ Arc en Ciel Atelier’s outstanding artists Alfred Galura, Stella Kim, Sky de Leon and Connie Quirino will be featured in an exhibition titled Homage to the Masters and Recent Works opening today at...
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‘ACCRA’ by Nick Joaquin
ROSALINDA L. OROSARosalinda L. Orosa Clarita Ordoñez (Loleng) sent me a copy of the book ACCRA and the Post-Bellum Bar by National Artist for Literature Nick Joaquin. ACCRA stands for attorneys Edgardo...
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SR Jakarta holds story-telling workshops for Filipino teachers
THE National Commission for Culture and the Arts, The Embassy of the Philippines in Jakarta through the Sentro Rizal Jakarta and Adarna House Inc. conducted a story telling workshops for Indonesian and...
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Ir/relevance
KATRINA STUART SANTIAGOKATRINA STUART SANTIAGO If there’s anything the campaign season and election results might teach us, it’s how irrelevant we are to the outcomes of political exercises such as...
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