And these artists and their artworks capture it Who would have thought that such a humble gesture would inspire many to be of help to anyone in need. Community pantries have become the reigning symbols of bayanihan in our modern and pandemic times. What was started along Maginhawa St. in Quezon...
Check out its pilot issue While our second take on enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) produced social media jokes about rekindling our love for Dalgona coffee, ube pandesal, and many other 2020 food trends , the rewind and repeat certainly brought a lot of disappointment to many Filipino...
The former Cotabato City mayor died ‘due to acute respiratory failure, among other complications, secondary to COVID-19.’ (NHCP) Former National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP) executive director and former mayor of Cotabato City Ludovic Deles Badoy passed away at 69 on Sunday,...
Post-apocalyptic lessons for our seemingly apocalyptic times Just when the apocalypse seems closer than ever, here’s another flick to keep you grounded—er—entertained. When you’re already living in the apocalypse, who needs a film about it? Well, “Love and Monsters” (2020) isn’t so...
ARTIST AT WORK: She paints the light at end of the tunnel HOPEFUL ARTIST Meneline Wong Through an influence of a friend in 2017, Dr. Meneline Wong, a practicing obstetrician-gynecologist, started to enter the art scene. “I was a doctor first before anything else,” she says. “I’ve always...
Art lovers, rejoice! The digital world, while oftentimes messy and crazy, has paved the way for many artists to thrive throughout the pandemic. The power of the internet to connect has never been more than essential during these trying times. This year, Art Fair Philippines is paying homage to that...
Because unsafe abortion is an issue of public health, human rights, and social justice HumanIty has been making things taboo for a handful of reasons. Often, these are things they don’t know much about. Sometimes, they do know some things about it but reject further information. In other...
Rex Education signs new authors to publish first comprehensive law book about it A young Muslim woman assists her grandmother in casting her vote for the ratification of the Bangsamoro Organic Law in Cotabato City on Monday, January 20, 2019 (Keith Bacongco/ MANILA BULLETIN) Prior to it being a...
Celebrate National Literature Month with these free reads Although we aren’t still out of the woods when it comes to the pandemic, April still holds many things to celebrate here in the Philippines, one of which is National Literature Month. This time, the spotlight is on Filipino authors and...
Livable, lively, healthy, and sustainable cities of the 21st century Concrete spikes under a road bridge in Guangzhou city, Guangdong, China (Photograph by Imagine China) Various anti-homeless architecture or defensive architecture have cropped up online recently. Spike-laden...
Art matter: GAS The interior of Gravity Art Space featuring its inauguralexhibit ‘ALCOHOL’ Why does art matter? In distressing times, we see more value in art. It is escapist, but also restorative, evolutionary as it is revolutionary. As John Tusa once wrote, “The arts matter, because they...
They are taking arts and crafts to the next level Jestoni’s Ez Mil sketch and Noel’s Tom Holland paper cutting artwork There is no one formula to go viral on social media. But it sure is worth noting that uniqueness adds good points, so do humor (many vloggers bank on this) and cuteness (kitten...
