Photo exhibit exalts virtues of breastfeeding
By PHILIP PARAAN
PHOTOGRAPHER-writer Angelica Carballo’s artistic eye turns to breastfeeding as the subject of her first photo-documentary exhibit “Padede” at the GSIS Museum in Pasay City.
By PHILIP PARAAN
PHOTOGRAPHER-writer Angelica Carballo’s artistic eye turns to breastfeeding as the subject of her first photo-documentary exhibit “Padede” at the GSIS Museum in Pasay City.
By PABLO A. TARIMAN
LINO Brocka’s 1981 landmark film, “Bona” starring Nora Aunor, has been revived with a theater adaptation featuring Eugene Domingo.
By PABLO A. TARIMAN
INDONESIAN music lovers got another taste of Filipino talents when Filipino baritone Noel Azcona and soprano Rachelle Gerodias proved their worth as star soloists in a recent weekend performance of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony at the Aula Simfonia concert hall in Central Jakarta August 25 and 26.
Text and photos by LEILANIE G. ADRIANO
CATHERINE Pascual Abadilla, 66, exactly knows what she wants and she does it perfectly to preserve her family legacy of producing a stimulating aroma and a very strong taste of a dark liquid Ilocanos are known for ages—Sukang Iloko.
By PHILIP PARAAN
A passion for films and a lot of dreams could sometimes spark a cinematic feat to remake a classic film.
By MARILYN MANA-AY ROBLES
WHAT biting wit!
Such is Walang Sugat, a sarswela written by the father of Tagalog sarswela, Severino Reyes, popularly known as Lola Basyang. Walang Sugat was written in 1898 and first staged in 1902. The play was considered subversive during the early years of American colonization.
Text, photos and video by LUIS LIWANAG
ISABELA, Basilan—This city became a haven of merry making as residents began the three-day Hari Raya festival marking the end of the monthlong period of fasting and prayer called Ramadan.
By ELIZABETH LOLARGA
THE Parliament of the Street came alive again through a night of song and poetry performed not atop a flatbed truck but on a traditional stage.
The Demetillos, a family of musicians made up of guitarist Lester, his sister Becky Abraham and her daughter Astarte, both vocalists, and some friends (Mario Andres, Lory Paredes and Karina Constantino-David) etched the contours of history and the current state of the nation at the University of the Philippines Abelardo Hall concert “Mga Awit Protesta.”
By PABLO A. TARIMAN
After being treated to main characters in distress for close to two hours, you realize this is not a great film but it is largely entertaining and a good production on which Filipinos actors showed their best even if their parts were short and nearly negligible.
COTABATO CITY— A festive atmosphere filled the air here late Saturday night as Muslims marked takbir by riding around the city with roaring car engines, persistent honking and delighted howls.