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Leading IBM Philippines into the ‘cognitive era’
KIM LOKIN PHOTOS BY ABBY PALMONES “Whoever desires constant success must change his conduct with the times.” — Niccolo Machiavelli Walking through the corporate doors of IBM Philippines, one is...
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Heartbreaks over culture
KATRINA STUART SANTIAGO I had hoped for a President who cared about culture. Now given how President Duterte seems to care for it by appointing people based on their political loyalties (not...
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Buwan Ng Wika at the Park
DENNIS ADOBAS In celebration of Buwan Ng Wikang Pambansa, free shows are being mounted this weekend at Paco Park and Rizal Park. Pianist, composer, and singer Ryan Alfred Peñalosa kicked it off with...
View Article‘Precious Pelikula’
From romance pocketbooks to film In April 2016, Precious Pages Corp., publishers of Precious Hearts Romances, called on amateur filmmakers to pick a Precious Hearts story that they wish to transform...
View ArticleAzerbaijan hosts international photo, article contest
Early this year, Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev declared the year 2016 as “Year of Multiculturalism” in Azerbaijan. In this light, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the Republic of Azerbaijan...
View ArticleNCCA honors relevant design
The National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA), through its National Committee on Architecture and the Allied Arts, is proud to announce the Haligi ng Dangal Awards, an annual prize given to...
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‘Triple Threats’ series
Some of the country’s most talented performers in English musical theater are taking center stage via the Cultural Center of the Philippines’ Triple Threats series, this time focusing on The Ensemble....
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PH student-artists win HK dance competition
Student-Artists from De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde garnered top prizes in the jazz and ballet cat-egories of the recently-concluded Hong Kong Challenge Cup Dance Competition held at the...
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Jessica Gallegos: The girl with the golden face and her jaunt to ‘The Butchery’
CARLA BIANCA RAVANES-HIGHAM Jessica Gallegos is as beautiful as beautiful gets. With round eyes, a charming smile, and alluring per-sonality, Jess has always been known as the “pretty girl” on the...
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Angono artists raise funds for abandoned elderly
Proceeds to support 22 Kanlungan ni Maria residents Nine artists from Angono, Rizal lent their talent to help raise funds for an Antipolo-based home for the abandoned elderly through the Union Bank of...
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Liza Soberano has arrived!
How the model-turned-actress made things happen in her young but fruitful career ‘If you want to be an actress, a model, a singer,or whatever it is that you want in life, just makeit happen!’ the...
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You got an exhibit? We’ve got national galleries!
Bulwagan at Juan Luna at the CCP The Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) and the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) have announced their individual calls for exhibit proposals for...
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The deaf, the dysfunctional, the normal
KATRINA STUART SANTIAGO The disarray is what you first see of “Tribes,” like a portent of what’s to come – a threat if you are so unprepared for words coming at you, voices overlapping, deliberately...
View ArticleNovel in Rinconada-Bicol wins writer’s prize
A story about a character whose body is mysteriously festered with scratches, won this year’s Writer’s Prize for the Novel in a contest sponsored by the National Commission on Culture and the Arts...
View ArticleNCCA arts and culture grants 2017
In line with its vision of ensuring that arts and culture projects across the country and from the various sectors are funded by the country’s de facto Ministry of Culture, the National Commission for...
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Cultural Center of the Philippines to celebrate Arcellana’s literary legacy
Francisco ArcellanaPHOTO FROM ALCHETRON.COM THE Intertextual Division of the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) invites teachers, students and lovers of Philippine Literature to the opening...
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Reliving silent films for this generation
Muteki (The Foghorn) Known to be the only one of its kind in Southeast Asia, the International Silent Film Festival Manila is an annual event that proves the strength of the silent movies of the past,...
View ArticleThe Dream Catcher
(A woman from Tacloban, who lost all her four children during the super storm Haiyan, was asked how she is able to cope with her sorrow. She said, in the local language, “I dream only of the beautiful...
View ArticleFive Poems
STILLNESS Still my room Is a lonely cave Tonight. Alone there’s nothing To feel or hear But the sad strain Of a night bird’s song Calling to a lost mate From a distance. Out there perhaps My soulmate...
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STATIC CHARGE Because these sunsets mean an end, let’s just look elsewhere for proof. Ants crawling beneath the table, clouds that look like wraiths one second, a mangled finger the next. Are we...
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