HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRIPE-VINE Anita Magsaysay-Ho, Nena Saguil, Pacita Abad, Geraldine Javier, Virginia Ty-Navarro, Impy Pilapil - are these artists you look up to and admire? Are you a budding Filipina artist yourself? If you’ve been nodding your head, and internally saying...
HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRIPE-VINE (Part 2) When my eldest son graduated from university in 2013, his first job was with the Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP); and when I attended one of the Festivals that the FDCP mounts, I met a guest who worked with the Royal Film Commission...
HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRIPE-VINE (Part 1) Jan. 30 to Feb. 2, 2025 will mark the three days that the Manila International Film Festival takes over the TCL Chinese Theater in Hollywood, accompanied by a star-studded gala dinner at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills. It’s the second...
HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRIPE-VINE (Part I) This isn’t a feature about New Year’s Resolutions. I’ve never been one for resolutions; if I felt something needed changing or had to commence, I’d do it then and there, and not procrastinate until January 1st. When I finally stopped...
HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRIPE-VINE It’s the time of the year when several lexicon platforms come out with their Words of the Year (WOTY); and each will have their own system for coming up with their choices. The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) is one of the more popular ones, and they...
HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRIPE-VINE We often talk of Pinoy Pride; but isn’t it ironic that most of us can readily identify a Chinese Panda or Australian Kangaroo, before we’d recognize the Philippine Pangolin? There are numerous species of fauna and flora endemic to the Philippines,...
HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRIPE-VINE Our 3rd MB Sustainability Forum may have happened last Nov. 19 and 20, so call me pig-headed for refusing to hammer in the last nail; but I just need to mention one sequence that occurred during the panel discussion of one of the morning sessions of the Forum....
HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRIPE-VINE Our MB Sustainability Forum, held at the University of the Philippines Biology Auditorium in late November may be done and dusted, but I’d like to think the takeaways and lessons learned still reverberate with our physical and online audiences. There...
HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRIPE-VINE It’s that time of the year when the Yuletide season is upon us, with Christmas fast approaching. We’re popular all over the world for having one of the longest of Christmas celebrations - kicking the season off as early as a hundred days before Christmas. In the...
HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRIPEVINE The Philippines hosted this year’s Seatrade Cruise Asia (STC) conference, with our Department of Tourism (DOT) leading the way in welcoming all the participants and guests. Entitled Advancing Asia’s Cruise Future 2024, it’s worthy to note that Seatrade Cruise...
HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRIPE-VINE While October 2024 as Breast Cancer Awareness Month is now in our rear view mirror, a recent event held at the San Juan Medical Center will strongly resonate with San Juaneño women who are suffering from the affliction. Helping Women & Others Foundation...
HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRIPE-VINE On Nov. 19 and 20, we’ll be mounting our third Manila Bulletin Sustainability Forum; and it’s been an exciting, fulfilling three-year ride — promoting awareness, information, and understanding on the topic. One approach we agreed on back in 2022...
