VERA Files
Internationally-acclaimed pianist Carmencita “Chita” Sipin Aspiras is ready to once again conquer the stage and captivate her audience starting Feb. 18 at the Ayala Museum together with the Singaporean conductor Darrell Ang and the Manila Symphony Junior Orchestra.
The month of January 2023 marks Abdulmari Asia Imao’s 87th birth anniversary. He remains the first and only Muslim Filipino National Artist in Sculptor, 2006.
In the mid-70s while jetsetting with Cristina Ford and Van Cliburn, Gina Lollobrigida met the most famous politician of them all, Imelda Romualdez Marcos.
Distractions everywhere: the ping of phone messages, and the clamor for attention from Instagram, Facebook, Tiktok, Twitter, and more. In a noisy, noisy world, one seeks refuge by reading fiction: short stories, to be precise.
The 48th Metro Manila Film Festival started with a bang with the traditional parade that stalled traffic in the Quezon City thoroughfares before opening day on December 25.
Siargao resident affected by 2021 typhoon Odette: We are doing better right now because we already recovered. There are many tourists again and it’s like we are going back to normal days.
The handmade parol remains the most iconic symbol of Philippine Christmas, encapsulating the artistic ingenuity of Filipinos through the years.
Celebrating the Christmas season, tradition reigns in the lighting ceremony of University of the Philippines Diliman’s Pag-iilaw 2022 with its theme of Bagong Tahak, Bagong Galak last December 9.
Turandot (last seen in Manila in 1979 at the Manila Metropolitan Theater) received a grand and mesmerizing reception on its opening Friday night (December 9) at the Cultural Center of the Philippines.
Time to pucker up! For mouth-watering snacks, Filipinos bite into green mango slices with fermented shrimp paste, nibble on fresh kamias, tambis, or pineapple slices with salt, squeeze slices of calamansi on noodles, or dip fried spring rolls or chicharon into coconut vinegar spiked with bird’s eye chilies.