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  By ELLEN T. TORDESILLAS THE Philippine College of Physicians, headed by   Dr. Anthony Leachon, is recommending that the Philippine government require returning Filipinos from West Africa, where there is a widespread outbreak of the killer disease Ebola, to undergo exit screening there before being allowed to come home. That is on top of the

    By HAZEL P. VILLA ILOILO City – The Philippines has a big market for books, with 88 percent of Filipino adults reading non-school books. Still, the Philippine book industry continues to lag behind its Asian neighbors and cannot fully serve the needs of the local market, according to the 2014 State of the

  By WINNIE VELASQUEZ AMID the aggravations that make living in Manila a daily test of human endurance, there is a group of kindred spirits on Facebook crusading to bring back memories of happier times and provide netizens a welcome respite from all the bad news. Called the Music Reminiscence Soapbox (MRS), it was established

    By NORMAN SISON For tourists traveling to the southern Philippine island of Leyte, a must-visit site for photos — and selfies, of course — is MacArthur Landing Memorial Park in the town of Palo, a short drive away from Tacloban City. The monument marks the spot where American general Douglas MacArthur landed with

By JAKE SORIANO NAGA, Camarines Sur — The night before Typhoon Gloria (international name Rammasun) battered its way through Barangay Ponong in Magarao, Camarines Sur, local chief Bobby Abad was busy warning his constituents to leave for the nearest evacuation centers. Typhoon winds were already strong by the time he finished his duties. He went

  BY ELLEN T. TORDESILLAS THE Ninoy Aquino International Airport, Teminal 1 (NAIA1) is no longer the worst airport in the world, according to an online website dedicated to reviewing airports all over the world. NAIA is now No. four in the 2014 list of Worst Airports of “The Guide to Sleeping in Airports,” outranked

  By PABLO  A. TARIMAN IT is probably a good idea to mix popular grand pas with new works. Indeed, contemporary works need focus not just from the dancers but from the audiences as well. If the subject dwells on the philosophical and the existential, the more you need more receptive mindset. You trust your

  By ELLEN T. TORDESILLAS THE suspected killer of transgender Jeffrey “Jennifer” Laude, Private First Class Joseph Scott Pemberton of the US Marine Corps 2nd Battalion 9th Marines, is in the custody of the United States. A statement by the U.S. Embassy in Manila said Pemberton “ is being held onboard USS Peleliu while a

  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