Archive - Arts & Culture

  By PATRICK KING PASCUAL “DENVER” (not his real name) is HIV-positive. He has been an outpatient at one of the HIV/AIDS treatment hubs in Manila for seven years already. And he just learned recently that he can avail some benefits and privileges from the government. “I cannot blame them for not orienting us, the

  By NORMAN SISON  AT a bazaar held annually to showcase Filipino-made products, quality and price are not the only selling points. So is patriotism. Actually, the August 22-24 Global Pinoy Bazaar, is a declaration in itself: the “Made in the Philippines” label is no longer synonymous with inferior quality. Convincing Filipino consumers to let

[metaslider id=30180] UNIVERSITY of the Philippines President Alfredo Pascual and UP Diliman Chancellor Michael Tan gave Superstar Nora Aunor a certificate of recognition as the 10th Gawad Plaridel Awardee. Aunor posed with UP officials before the press, who descended on the UP Film Center’s Cine Adarna Theater where the ceremonies where held Aug. 27. Aunor was

By OFELIA C. EMPIAN THE grandeur and mystery of Mount Pulag through the eyes of children. That is what Juan Portrait wants to share with the rest of the country when it stages the works of 20 pupils of Mount Pulag Primary School in Kabayan, Benguet who attended their photography workshop last July. For one

  By ELLEN T. TORDESILLAS ON weekend outings, it takes a lot of will power not to overeat. The Lake Hotel in Tagaytay (where our group, VERA Files, held a writeshop on human trafficking last weekend) helps guests enjoy their vacation the healthy way. Their breakfast buffet offers nutritious drinks: There’s one for cleansing: a

By ITCHIE CRUZ-YAP Many young Filipino musicians struggle to make their music heard. Although the Filipinos are a very musical lot, the infrastructure for music and the arts in the Philippines is still fraught with a lot of challenges. To make a name here, often one has to first make it big elsewhere. But this

  By JOHNNA VILLAVIRAY GIOLAGON The proliferation of budget airlines has made travel affordable even if one does not belong to the rich and famous. Travel recharges one’s tired body and mind. You learn other people’s culture, you gain new friends. It widens one’s horizon. But since traveling involves being in a new and in

  By KATRINA STUART SANTIAGO I had started watching CinemalayaX with Carlitos Siguion Reyna’s Hari Ng Tondo, Joseph Alterejos’s Kasal, and Roderick Cabrido’s Children’s Show. It was two good movies out of three, and I thought it was portents of things to come for the rest of the week’s movie viewing frenzy. After watching all

Text and Photos by COOPER RESABAL REBUILDING structures damaged by the 7.2 intensity earthquake that struck Bohol October last year not only means restoring the pre-earthquake look of the island province, but also involves harmonizing them with existing structures that reflect its colonial and non-colonial heritage. This was the gist of the training workshop “Design

  By JAKE SORIANO DIVINA is preparing for her daughter Rowena’s 13th birthday when she hears shocking news: her daughter has been attacked by a crocodile, her body still missing. As Divina searches for the body of her daughter in the marshlands of Agusan del Sur, she learns a lesson more tragic than her fate:

  By HAZEL P. VILLA ILOILO CITY-In the world of technology, the human factor is what makes the difference. Filipino-American Rom Agustin, chief executive officer of Callbox Sales and Marketing Solutions, paid tribute to the people who compose the company as it celebrated its first 10 years by moving up from a call center to

  BY JAKE SORIANO EVEN before its title credits appear, the film #Y directed by Gino Santos has already told its audience its lead character is dead. It is in fact the dead man Miles – dead boy rather, played brilliantly by Elmo Magalona who does the telling. A la William Holden in Billy Wilder’s