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The joy of chamber music according to  Albert Tiu

The joy of chamber music according to Albert Tiu

  By PABLO A. TARIMAN CHAMBER music enthusiasts will have another special treat when Singapore-based Filipino pianist Albert Tiu teams..

May 24, 2013
Time matters little to world’s fastest jigsaw puzzle maker

Time matters little to world’s fastest jigsaw puzzle maker

By MARIA FEONA..

May 22, 2013
Activism in art the Carlos Celdran way

Activism in art the Carlos Celdran way

(Photos sourced from Carlos Celdran) By MATTHEW REYSIO-CRUZ THE whole nation wondered who he was. Sporting a black overcoat and top hat,..

May 21, 2013
Basketball, brotherhood, and beating a bleeding disease

Basketball, brotherhood, and beating a bleeding disease

By LEAN CARLO MACOTO LIKE the vast majority of Filipino men, Raymund Nanos is a huge basketball fan. His favorite sport is basketball. His..

May 20, 2013
25 years of feeding a city’s body and soul

25 years of feeding a city’s body and soul

  Text and photos by ELIZABETH LOLARGA IT is apropos that a café founded by artists, writers and other individuals who operate..

May 18, 2013
A festival to celebrate 133rd birthday of Sarung Banggi composer

A festival to celebrate 133rd birthday of Sarung Banggi composer

  By PABLO A. TARIMAN BICOL composer Potenciano Gregorio– who penned the famous Bicol love song, “Sarung Banggi”– ..

May 17, 2013
Hot  water treatment  produces sweet, juicy  mangoes

Hot water treatment produces sweet, juicy mangoes

  By LEILANIE G. ADRIANO AT the warehouse of  farmer Ricardo Tolentino in Laoag, Ilocos Norte are the  sweetest and juiciest..

May 17, 2013
Daisy Hontiveros Avellana: A lifetime of theater

Daisy Hontiveros Avellana: A lifetime of theater

  BY PABLO A. TARIMAN THE First Lady of Philippine Theater, Daisy Hontiveros-Avellana, made her last true-to-life stage exit on a..

May 16, 2013
‘Electoral pollution’

‘Electoral pollution’

Editorial cartoon by JB URIETA Text by LUZ RIMBAN The May 2013 Election Circus has left town but failed to bring its garbage with it...

May 16, 2013
Pen Medina and the state of Philippine politics

Pen Medina and the state of Philippine politics

  By PABLO A. TARIMAN CHANNEL 7 was running its landmark teleserye, “Bayan Ko” on the day of the elections. With reports of..

May 16, 2013
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