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A Quality of Sadness
1 A YEAR after I saw him last, I saw Mark again, at Matzuzakaya’s Cubao. I was with friends. He was alone. It was his back I saw actually – a tall, lean figure in a yellow knitted T-shirt, still...
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The Met exhibits large collection of Philippine antique cartography
The Metropolitan Museum of Manila presents Mapping the Philippine Seas, an exhibition of antique maps and charts of the Philippine archipelago dated from the early 16th century to the late 19th...
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‘Banyuhay’—3rd National Literature Month launched
Literature, a creative endeavor, is also a political and social institution as well as a force that shapes life and everyday living. National Youth Council chairman Aiza Seguerra is Literature Month...
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Much love for matcha
CARLA BIANCA RAVANES-HIGHAM The Philippines is a known place for foodies. When it comes to food, Filipinos have tried everything from every part of the world, making them renowned tastemakers wherever...
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A delicious ‘Slice of Laguna’
Laguna is known not only for its lakes, varying landscapes, woodcarvings and classic houses, but also for its cuisine and sweet treats. For two days on February 23 and 24, San Miguel PureFoods Culinary...
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The anatomy of the modern Filipina
In 1887, the great Jose Rizal introduced the beautiful Maria Clara as his virtuous and self-effacing heroine in Noli Me Tangere. Since then, the fictional character was depicted as the ideal Filipina,...
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POEMS OF JOSE MARIA SISON
ILLUSTRATION BY PERRY GIL MALLARI The Guerrilla Is Like A Poet The guerrilla is like a poet Keen to the rustle of leaves The break of twigs The ripple of the river The smell of fire And the ashes of...
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Red ruby
Rosalinda L. Orosa Marking the 40th year after their high school graduation, the St. Scholastica’s College, Manila High School batch 1977, also known as “RedDivas,” celebrated their Ruby Jubilee. They...
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NCCA presents 2017 Philippine Pavilion in Venice Biennale
The National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA), together with the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) and the Office of Senator Loren Legarda, has officially presented to the media the...
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Rockwell blooms with Esther Garcia’s ‘Blooming Days’
For the entire month of March, Chef Jessie at Rockwell Center in Makat is awash with blooms as Esther Sevilla Garcia exhibits 75 of her floral works in various media alongside a few landscapes....
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While Sofronio Ylanan Mendoza, born in 1934, can be classified as an artist now in the autumn of his years, he can look back on a life marked not only by struggles, trials and travails but also a life...
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Rosscapili holds solo art exhibit at ArtistSpace
Did you know that the expression “stop and smell the roses” is actually “stop and smell the flowers” coined by golfer-extraordinaire Walter Hagen back in 1956? ‘Celebration of Nature,’ acrylic on...
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Hope in triumph
CARLA BIANCA RAVANES-HIGHAM If you are a day over 10, you would understand that life doesn’t always go as planned. Naively enough, most of us always think that life goes on smoothly with very minimal...
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PH taps European market, joins Berlin tourism trade fair
Tapping Europe as tourism market has immense potential for the Philippines to multiply its target tourist arrivals in the next decade. Department of Tourism Secretary Wanda Teo With the world’s leading...
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Manila Fashion Festival turns spotlight on pioneers, new breed of designers
Reputed as one of the country’s biggest and most awaited fashion events, Manila Fashion Festival comes back to showcase what’s up in Philippine fashion trends in a four-day fashion event on March 21 to...
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A perfect example of solid Swedish-Filipino ties
Before his appointment asambassador at the re-opened Swedish Embassyin Manila, Harald Frieshas served as FirstSecretary at the embassyfrom 1991 to 1995 Eight years after it closed its doors, the...
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Last hurrah for ‘improv’ comics
Manila Improv Festival at PETA Theater Center closes today Today is Manila’s last chance to catch the convergence of international improvisers from Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Singapore, Osaka,...
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Rep Philippines brings ‘The Vibrator’ onstage
Repertory Philippines, more popularly known as Rep, is currently staging the provocative and hilarious In The Next Room or The Vibrator Play until April 23 at the Onstage Theater in Greenbelt 1 Makati....
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Japanese video art at Yuchengco Museum
Digital Dimensions featuring the video art projections of internationally renowned Japanese media artist and Japan Cultural Envoy 2016 Naoko Tosa is now available for viewing at the Yuchengco Museum....
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World’s famous cities reimagined in flying art gallery
Most in flight tray tables are seen for their plain purpose—to hold in-flight food. But for air carrier Delta and beverage company Coca-Cola, tray tables can also be canvasses for works of art....
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