It’s rather sad that June 12, our country’s Independence Day, isn’t celebrated much outside the officialdom here in the Philippines. For most Filipinos, it’s a holiday people look forward to so that they can get a break from the daily rigors of work. Abroad, however, it’s the biggest...
Photos by Noel Pabalate I had a brief chat with a fellow journalist before the press conference started. “He’s the one who did it for me,” I said as we talked about how we got into K-drama. “Oh gosh, me too,” she said as we agreed on how My Love from Another Star is still our number one...
NZ alumni as country ambassadors, Korea opens up, and where to get Tokyo-inspired cocktails in Makati MATARIKI Deputy Head of Mission Mr. Tim Given, NZ Ambassador to the Philippines Peter Kell Just last week, Manaaki New Zealand Scholarship Program alumni and current students got together at...
Sheila Lirio Marcelo and Kevin Yang, through Metacrafters.io, are offering up the opportunity to learn to code for Web3 while earning at the same time SQURE ROOT In the cover is centerpiece of the stage of the Metacrafters launch event Learning through play is a concept we all grew up with. From...
Why this writer refuses to accept that women are useless for deciding not to ‘go forth and multiply’ FURBABY The author and her Corgi Juancho on vacation in Venice Every time Mother’s Day rolls in, I find myself waking up to greetings modified for me because of my relationship with my dog...
Filipinos and the Japanese have something so profound in common—pottery LASTING FRIENDSHIP The Japanese Embassy's deputy chief of mission, Yasushi Yamamoto, opens the exhibit of pottery that showcases a shared history between the Philippines and Japan Pottery has been around in the Philippines...
Why we still need diplomats abroad after having them work from home during Covid Madame Koshikawa, Ambassador Kazuhiko Koshikawa, and the author It was refreshing to see diplomatic events coming back to Manila as we eased our way into the minimal restrictions we now live with. Meetings among...
A GROWING COLLECTION The disteleria's products from 1852 to this day are on display in the museum Intramuros has always been pretty special to me. I’ve always loved visiting, walking the streets of old, resilient, historical Manila. I was proposed to inside the walled city and the reception for...
AREIT, Inc., the Ayala Group’s Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT), has secured the approval of its stockholders on its second property-for-share swap worth P11.26 billion with its sponsor, Ayala Land, Inc. (ALI). Approved during AREIT’s Annual Stockholders’ Meeting on Thursday, Apr. 21, the...
The Korean Cultural Center is ready for its next chapter READY FOR THE NEXT DECADE KCC Director Im Young A It’s been a little over a decade since the Korean Cultural Center (KCC) was established in Manila. I got to visit their former space back in 2013 to cover one of their events and it’s...
Ending Women’s Month and celebrating the golden jubilee of PH-Bangladesh relations NIGHT LIGHTS An evening in Dhaka, capital of Bangladesh On Monday, March 28, Bangladesh and the Philippines celebrated 50 years of diplomatic relations. It was also a celebration of the golden jubilee of...
AMIGOS EN LA CULTURA National Museum Director Jeremy Barns (left) and Spanish Ambassador to the Philippines Jose Moragas formally open the exhibit titled The Longest Journey With alert level one in place, diplomatic events have come back to (real) life. This, after having been relegated mostly to...
