New music thrives in Pampanga
The music played by Sunlag is inspired by nature, Asian Traditional Music and the European Avant Garde in its textures, colors and compositional processes.
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PHILIPPINES: Listening to the Deaf in the Climate Crisis
In a country at high risk of disasters, public messaging about natural hazards and the climate conversation do not quite reach the Deaf community. Efforts are underway to use Filipino Sign Language better, to connect with them.
A new twist on something old: Reviving natural dyes
Many ethnolinguistic groups in the country use three sources of colorants: yellow ginger or turmeric for yellow dyes, morinda or noni tree for red dyes, and indigo for blue-black dyes.
FACT CHECK: P1,000 monthly pension is for INDIGENT senior citizens, not all
A false advisory about a P1,000 monthly pension for all senior citizens in the Philippines is circulating again on social media.
FACT CHECK: Drinking water with calamansi for 120 days will NOT clean the liver
Neither hepatologists nor traditional medicine experts recommend drinking water mixed with calamansi juice to "clean" the liver.
No plastics: Recalling the early Filipino kitchen
Can you ever imagine living and cooking without electricity or running water? For a very long time, Filipinos cooked with firewood and charcoal in their smoky kitchen.
FACT CHECK: More FAKE ads for ‘bee venom’ cream circulate
Another fake Facebook ad about bee venom cream claims that the ointment was created by PGH and endorsed by a certain Renato "Waterdok" Paragas.
FACT CHECK: NO Marcos gold in the Bank of England
An FB post claimed that former president Ferdinand Marcos Sr.'s last will and testament mentioned gold assets deposited in the Bank of England. Not true.
FACT CHECK: Ads for ‘St. Luke’s’ pulse oximeter are FAKE
Ads on Facebook for a pulse oximeter supposedly made by St. Luke's Medical Center are fake. The hospital has disowned the ads.
FACT CHECK: Hindi in-endorso nina Dr. Geraldine Zamora, Fr. Jerry Orbos ang bee venom joint cream
Peke ang ad tungkol sa umano'y bee venom join cream na inendorso umano ni Fr. Jerry Orbos at gawa umano ni Dr. Geraldine Zamora.
