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    By KIMMY BARAOIDAN Photos by CHRIS QUINTANA and KIMMY BARAOIDAN FAITH and mysticism are deeply embedded in the daily life in Dolores, Quezon, a quaint village at the foot of Mt. Banahaw. Where the concrete road ends is a flea market where, aside from farm produce, one finds fascinating items: stones and tree

  By ELIZABETH LOLARGA PIANIST Albert Tiu had a lot of practicing to do at the time of this interview, and yet he still managed to send his detailed words on his life. It is a full, hectic life where he can be called on to be at any given time a solo performer, chamber

 TEXT AND PHOTOS BY REYNARD MAGTOTO “WITHOUT this, maybe it will be too hard for me to provide food for my family since I don’t have any better job,” Delma Loveres said as she took the two pinurons  alternately inserted in the threads in the wooden handloom to demonstrate how to weave an exquisite placemat. She

      By NORMAN SISON FIRST and foremost, the museum exhibit is about the corporate history of a Spanish cigar company that brought Philippine cigars to the world. But the exhibit about Compañia General de Tabacos de Filipinas can also be seen as a reminiscing into the glory days when Philippine cigars rivaled Cuban

  By PABLO A. TARIMAN THE recently-concluded international tourism convention in Albay has once more spotlighted the need for disaster-prone countries to draw up alternative ways of promoting tourism even as they are constantly threatened by effects of climate change. It could not have been held in a more appropriate venue. Albay bore the brunt

By PATRICK KING PASCUAL A different kind of santacruzan was held recently in Quezon City. It was different not only because the participants were transgenders from different organizations from all over the country but also because it had the full support of the local government. Called the trans-santacruzan (transgender santacruzan), the May 18 event was

  By OFELIA C. EMPIAN BAGUIO CITY—Two mummies from the Cordillera have found their way to Europe and regaining them would require a tedious process involving national and local agencies, and the assistance of UNESCO, says Engineer Orlando Abinion, a conservation consultant at the National Museum. One of the mummies is in a medical school

  By PABLO A. TARIMAN LOVE teams in Philippine movies mean a lot to producers and audiences. For the producers, a good love team can translate into box office hits. A successful pair can translate into more following and for the stars, it means more commercial endorsements. According to movie chronicler Mario Bautista, love teams

  By MELISSA LUZ LOPEZ Photos by MARIO IGNACIO IV IN 2008, athlete Marilou Deniega competed in the ASEAN Paralympic Games held in Thailand. She played boccia, a ball sport designed for persons with cerebral palsy. Deniega, a first timer in the Para Games, failed to bring home a medal, having trained for only a

 By KIERSNERR GERWIN TACADENA MACKY Lumangtad, 12, would always hang out with his friends in the famous Freedom Park of Tagum City to play computer games at night. On April 21, 2011, a man known as “Wacky” who also frequented the plaza approached Lumangtad. The next day, his body was found in a vacant lot

    By KIMMY BARAOIDAN Photos by CHRIS QUINTANA and KIMMY BARAOIDAN THE quiet town of Sariaya in the province Quezon becomes chaotic every 15th of May, when everybody becomes children again scrambling for Heaven’s bounty laid out all over the place. Aptly called Agawan (from the word agaw which means grab) festival, the annual

  By ELIZABETH LOLARGA THE lessons that nonagenarian Jean McGarvin de Vera preaches to this day from her kitchen in Baguio City are simple: ·       Cooking is quotidian, use your common sense. ·       Cooking is nurturing, more than just feeding. ·       Cooking is compassion. ·       Cooking is an art. This lady’s precious, colorful life is

By JAKE SORIANO BONGAO, Tawi-Tawi—When authorities intercepted here 48 Filipinos believed to have been recruited by human trafficking syndicates for work in Malaysia, they thought they were doing the potential victims a favor. Little did they know the victims considered them villains. The Bongao Inter-agency Task force Against Trafficking in Persons (BIATFAT) rounded up the

  By MITCH MEÑEZ Photos by LITTLE WING LUNA The lights were dim. The bluish white hue of incandescent bulbs cast a bluesy feel to the place. The Bar1951 in M. Adriatico St. in Malate, Manila on a Friday night usually brings in a lot of teenagers and expats looking for a different night out.

By JOSEPH ARNEL DELIVERIO BONGAO, Tawi-Tawi—They were arrested by authorities for illegally working in Malaysia, and detained for months in cramped cells where they were fed only twice a day. Yet the four Filipino deportees said they would give up everything for a chance to go back, even if it meant going through the whole

  Text and photos by ELIZABETH LOLARGA SOMETHING about painter Kelly Ramos’s story about her return to painting after years of suburban housewifery reminds one of the lyrics from Swing Out Sister’s hit “Breakout”: “Tomorrow looks unsure / Don’t leave your destiny to chance / What are you waiting for? / The time has come

  By PABLO A. TARIMAN THE ongoing Sarung Banggi Festival Festival in Sto. Domingo, Albay features song and dance offerings, culinary treats focusing on the different uses of malunggay, band concerts and the inevitable bikini competition that has become a hallmark of festivities this side of Albay. But the focus remains the same and that

By APRIL ANNE BENJAMIN WHILE Chit Estella’s death three years ago in a vehicular accident came in a split second, the resolution of her case is taking forever. The cause: conflict of schedules of judge and the lawyers. “It is quite disappointing. Kung wala ‘yung delays, baka patapos na ang kaso (The trial should have