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  By PATRICK KING PASCUAL REPORTING on the brutal murder of a 26-year-old transpinay (pinay transgender) Jennifer Laude by a United States Marine, Private First Class Joseph Scott Pemberton, Saturday, one question in the minds of members of media aside from the details about the crime was what pronoun to use for Jennifer. Naomi Fontanos,

By PABLO A. TARIMAN FOR a change, actor John Lloyd Cruz departs from his ‘kilig’ movies to offer something different for Filipino moviegoers. He figures in a new Chito Roño film called “The Trial” and it is about a young man with mental disability  who finds himself in trouble in a world dominated by so-called

By COOPER RESABAL, VERA Files NOCNOCAN Island, Bohol—Defying wind and rain, children romp around the white sand beach leading to this 2-hectare village of houses on stilts where mothers tend their homes and men their fighting cocks. But behind this simple, idyllic life on this island named after “nocnoc” (shellfish) lies something sinister: For more

  By DIANA G. MENDOZA EASIER international travel increases the threat of Ebola reaching the Philippines, public health experts warned in an Ebola Virus summit held Friday. “We cannot afford to be complacent about Ebola, “ warned Health Secretary Enrique Ona even as he assured that “The government has put enough resources to deal with

  By PABLO A. TARIMAN AS the celebrated EDSA ‘huli-dap’ and the lifestyle check for police officers continue to hug the headlines, here comes an action film with characters consisting of heist victims and police officers out to re-enact a tale straight out of the country’s slow justice system. Michael Tuviera’s “The Janitor” — which

    By PABLO A. TARIMAN THE 50th birthday gala of Lisa Macuja Elizalde was an evening of virtual dance excitement and breath-taking choral music. The gala was threatened by heavy rains but the crowd nevertheless showed up. The ballet fans were there to give moral support. For the ballet non-initiates, it was obvious they

  By DIANA G. MENDOZA “IF you don’t take risks, you won’t win.” “If you never try, you’ll never know.” The many twists and takes to these motivational lines have permeated even into people’s sexual adventures, with consequences probably meaningful to some, but not to others. Health experts said rampant risk-taking in unhealthy sexual practices

  By NORMAN SISON IF there is anything that the town of Santo Tomas is best known for, it would be bulalo, a light colored stew of beef shanks and — the star attraction — bone marrow. Cholesterol heaven. With Mount Makiling looming kilometers away, the largely farming town of 125,000 is a popular stopover

  By PABLO A. TARIMAN ABS CBN’s top-rating teleserye, “Sana Bukas Pa Ang Kahapon” is winding up October 10 after 17 weeks that saw assorted lives being lived before the cameras and off and closely followed by millions of Filipino televiewers around the world. Actor Paulo Avellino who plays the role of Patrick — the

  By NORMAN SISON A blown-up photo of a mini rally at the balcony of the Cultural Center of the Philippines 45 years ago at the exhibit “Articles of Disagreements” at the Lopez Museum adds to reminders to the current generation of Philippine democracy’s darkest hours. The event in the picture was the gala of

By PABLO A. TARIMAN Photos by VICTOR GAMOSA URSABIA The weekend run of one of the world’s favorite ballet, Giselle, opened Friday last week with another monstrous flood that hit Metro Manila at the height of Typhoon Mario. “I am used to bad weather but this horrendous monsoon rain was the worst to hit a

  By PATRICK KING PASCUAL HER battle cry is no different from what has been said many times over. But her journey is an inspiring and unique one. Geena Rocero is a US-based Filipina model and an LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer) rights advocate. She first gained public attention, as an activist, when