Hope for young Filipino liver transplant patients
The liver helps the body digest food, store energy, remove toxins and clears wastes from the blood. While the liver can take some damage and has the ability to regenerate, there is no known treatment...
View ArticleCOCO MARTIN: Out to prove good guys are cool
“Bakit kapag matino ka, tingin sa iyo ng mil–lennials hindi ka cool?” Coco Martin has taken the big leap of directing and producing his latest movie outing Television and movie actor Coco Martin’s...
View ArticleHow to be a ‘wrap star’
While wrappers are usually discarded in lieu of gifts, cute and artsy gift wrappers with personal touches according to the receiver’s taste will undoubtedly warm their heart. The good news is that...
View ArticleArt Fair Philippines announces dates, exhibitors for 2018
To accommodate the growing local audience for visual art, Art Fair Philippines (ArtFairPH) 2018 will spread out over six levels of The Link in Makati, taking over all available floors. The carpark...
View ArticleA visual journey between Southeast Asia and Europe
During the height of colonial rule in Southeast Asia in the 19th century, two young men from Indonesia and the Philippines sailed across the ocean to Europe, to train under great painters of their...
View ArticleMolting lesson from Mr. Crab
CARLA BIANCA RAVANES-HIGHAM We have a rather large office aquarium and about a month ago, we were given a new crab for it. The crab was a welcome addition to our big fish family so imagine our concern...
View ArticleWorld Vision turn to Marawi
In coordination with the government, local partners and the conflict-affected communities, World Vision continues its humanitarian efforts to address the evolving needs of the affected people in Marawi...
View ArticleSave the Children calls for a meaningful Christmas
According to the Food and Nutrition Research Institute (FNRI), 1.5 million Filipino children go to sleep hungry every night and one out of three children are found to be stunted due to Severe Acute...
View Article‘All My Lonely Islands’ wins best first-book prize
All My Lonely Islands, VJ Campilan’s debut novel about a young woman’s coming of age in a foreign country, won the 17th Madrigal-Gonzalez Best First Book award recently, more than two years after its...
View ArticleRene Villanueva: Remarkable writer
If you ask creative writers, especially those who started their careers before the turn of this century, who among their peers are the most celebrated and the most influential, chances are that many of...
View ArticleMiss Universe beauties take a bite of Filipino ‘Joy’
Before they took to the runway of Give Back A Charity Fashion Gala, the visiting Miss Universe contingent made a stop earlier in the day at the newest outlet of giant fastfood chain Jollibee in Pasay...
View ArticlePresenting the most beautiful women in the ‘Universe’
With charity at the heart of the Miss Universe pageant, it was but fitting that the highlight of its court’s visit was a glamorous runway-show-for-a-cause. Staged at the Grand Ballroom of Solaire...
View ArticleIndonesia calls for arts and culture scholar applications
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia invites citizens of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) to the 2018 Indonesian Arts and Culture Scholarship (IACS) which will...
View Article‘Misa de Aguinaldo’ at CCP
The Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) will hold the “Misa de Aguinaldo” or Christmas Eve Mass on December 24 at the CCP Main Theater with Fr. Mario Sobrejuanite as the mass celebrant.. The said...
View Article‘Beneath’ dance-drama highlights the marginalized
A thesis theater production titled “Beneath” by Carlos Serrano 3rd, a Dance major at the School of Design and Arts of De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde (DLS-CSB), is set to take the center stage to...
View ArticleChristmas ‘retaso art’
Evelyn del Rosario-Garcia never enrolled in any formal art classes, except as a child. Back then, her mother, Helen, made sure her kids had some summer activity like drawing, cooking, voice or piano...
View ArticleCheryl Hironaka’s playful, whimsical exhibit
After moving to Marnes-la-Coquette, a small town outside Paris named by Napoleon 3rd after the Empress Eugenie, painter and furniture designer Cheryl Hironaka was inspired by the beauty and charm of...
View ArticleFond memories of Christmas past
CARLA BIANCA RAVANES-HIGHAM Christmas has always been my favorite holiday next to New Year’s Eve. Growing up, we were never the most affluent family nor did we have big family celebrations. It has...
View ArticleFamily Values awardee receives warm welcome in Abra hometown
The Dickson family of Abra was warmly welcomed back to their hometown after being awarded as one of the winning families in the 7th Jollibee Family Values Awards (JFVA). The Jollibee store in Bangued...
View ArticleBringing ‘Paskong Pinoy’ to OFWs in the Middle East
Christmas is an anticipated season for Filipinos wherever they are in the world and the countdown begins as soon as the ber months set in. From home decors to huge counters at Philippine...
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