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  By COOPER RESABAL MARIBOJOC, Bohol – A community-based tourism program has become a rehabilitation alternative for a village that was severely damaged by the October 15, 2013 earthquake in the tourist island of Bohol in the central Philippines. Barely six months after the 7.2 intensity tremor that damaged many structures, including houses and century-old

    By PATRICK KING PASCUAL AS of May this year, 966 Filipinos have already died of AIDS (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome) since 1984. To remember those who had passed on because of the AIDS pandemic, members of the people living with human immunodeficiency virus (PLHIV) community and support groups, organizations and foundations held a candlelight

    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