Sometimes it’s challenging to figure out what we’re craving for when we’re out on an empty stomach. How often have we gone out with friends or family and asked what they’d like to eat only to be met with the dreaded “kahit ano” answer? Fortunately for those on the hunt for something to...
First Lady Liza Araneta Marcos graciously accommodates photo requests from attendees during the ASEAN BAC's afternoon tea which was held last Sept. 5 in Jakarta, Indonesia As Southeast Asia’s heads of state gathered in Jakarta during the first week of September, select guests from the region’s...
LANDSCAPE As painful as the truth. Manila is right now losing yet another cultural heritage treasure. There are people, among them local government officials, determined to make our capital a maze of high rises with no distinguishing aesthetic features; they want Manila to look like New York, I was...
LANDSCAPE Tomorrow is the National Day of the Estados Unidos Mexicanos. In English, the United Mexican States. That is the country’s official name for it is a federation of 32 states. In the Philippine context, their states are like our provinces. Mexico’s Independence Day is unique, it...
President Marcos received public well-wishes from his wife and first son as he celebrated his 66th birthday on Wednesday, Sept. 13. President Marcos with son, Ilocos Norte 1st District Rep. Sandro Marcos, and First Lady Liza Araneta- Marcos (Facebook) At precisely midnight, First Lady Liza...
First Lady Liza Araneta-Marcos has joined other Southeast Asian first ladies to explore a variety of distinctive arts, culinary, customs, and culture of the Indonesian archipelago. First Lady Liza Araneta-Marcos joins other ASEAN first ladies during the Spouse Program of the 43rd ASEAN Summit in...
LANDSCAPE When I turned five, my mother threw a party. It was a barrio fiesta in the heart of Pasay where we settled after World War II. She was a young widow (juggling two babies, she used to say) living in her father’s house and writing for a newspaper on Soler Street in downtown Manila. I am...
First Lady Liza Araneta-Marcos is now acting on one of her advocacies as she volunteered to help the Inter-Agency Council for the Pasig River Urban Development in their efforts to clean up Pasig River. (File photos | Argyll Geducos, Liza Marcos/Facebook) Housing Secretary Jose Acuzar said this...
ENJOY THE VIEW The Lagoon area makes a perfect focal point amid the upcoming restaurant collection at Gateway Mall 2 Often when we form fond memories of a certain place, it’s due to us experiencing firsts during the moment. Think back to when you had your first date or when you first had a night...
GEMMA CRUZ ARANETA LANDSCAPE “Enigmatic objects: Notes towards a history of the museum in the Philippines,” Dr. Resil Mojares’ monumental opus should not (and cannot) be read in one sitting. I am still very attentively mining its 500 pages, rereading chapters for nuggets of wisdom I may...
LANDSCAPE Dr. Resil Mojares’ latest book – Enigmatic Objects: Notes towards a History of the Museum in the Philippines – is a fountainhead of knowledge. I dare say, this historian par excellence truly deserves the National Artist Award for Literature. I have begun to read this 500-page...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. paid his last respects to the late Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) Secretary Susan "Toots" Ople at the Heritage Memorial Chapels in Taguig City on Wednesday evening, Aug. 23. WAKE VISIT — President Marcos visits the wake of the late Migrant...
