The Philippine response to ube’s global demand is mostly reactive. Teodoro C. Mendoza, PhD, a retired UP Los Baños professor and agricultural scientist, has argued for a strategic Philippine plan on ube and to control its whole value chain.

Rosalinda Ofreneo: The Constantinos’ romance went beyond the commonplace connection and encompassed the country in their advocacy of nationalism. They shared what Ofreneo called “usable love,” with Letizia serving Renato “hand and foot, as prescribed by patriarchal culture,” and later becoming his equal intellectual partner.

Showing some 28 works, Halangdon is a survey of Navarro’s art practice that spans painting, sculpture, assemblage, printmaking, and graphic design using a diverse media of oil, acrylic, watercolor, metal, wood, and found objects.