WALA LANG Steadfast and faithful civil servant Manuel S. Alba passed away this year, distinguished son of his native Iloilo and of the country he served. He had transferred to Diliman from University of the Philippines (UP) Iloilo and we met in our junior year at the College of Business...
AS SEEN FROM ABOVE Troops from Vigan lead the battle at Bantaoay as the Great Comet of 1807 can be seen from the sky (Photo National Museum) With history, culture, and art given little attention in our public schools curriculum, the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and the National Museum of...
WALA LANG CRUEL HISTORY The Contemplative Court in the US Museum of African American History, Culture and Arts The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C. is a reminder of the horrors experienced by the families of a significant part of the American population, the...
WALA LANG Even as some US cities suffer from stagnation, crime, homelessness, and wholesale shoplifting, New York City remains vibrant. On a short break the other month, some family members and I stayed a week in Manhattan. My trip is museums and while my companions were scootering in Central Park...
WALA LANG Twin buildings are rising in Diliman near the Carillon and the Film Center. One is the Black Box KAL Theater, the other a gallery. The former has state-of-the-art lighting and sound equipment and can sit 350 to 450 people in rows facing a stage or in tiers on four sides as a...
WALA LANG On its 54th anniversary, celebrated this month, the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) is strictly speaking, homeless. The main building on Roxas Boulevard has been dark since January and at its traditional location, only the recently inaugurated Teatro Ignacio Gimenez (the Black...
WALA LANG A remarkable couple, banker Edwin Bautista and academician Aileen B. Bautista, teamed up to form a unique collection of Philippine material heritage that the perceptive scholar and writer Florencio “Floy” Quintos declares “gives a deeper meaning and resonance to the narrative of an...
WALA LANG *THE HOLY GRAIL Juan Luna's Hymen, O Hyménée was considered missing until it was found at a Spanish aristocratic family's home (Photo Leon Gallery)* There is excitement—pro and con—over the recently rediscovered Hymen, O Hyménée painted by Juan Luna and exhibited as part of...
WALA LANG *IN SEARCH OF LOST TIME The Teus house and a great grand daughter of its builder Ms. Begona Cabral Vara de Rey* The first lady, Mme. Marie Louise “Liza” Araneta Marcos, has created museums intended to make Filipinos know and be proud of their historic past. They are housed in three...
WALA LANG *HYMEN, O HYMÉNÉE The painting and a detail, the bridesmaids (Leon Gallery).* On exhibit at the Ayala Museum is a rediscovered Juan Luna, Hymen, O Hyménée!. Repatriated from Spain by León Gallery’s Jaime Ponce de León, the painting depicts a bridal procession as it might have...
COTABATO CITY (PNA) – Twenty students of a public school in M’lang town in North Cotabato have tested positive for the dengue virus, an official said on Tuesday, June 6. M’lang rural health unit dengue coordinator Minerva Suriaga said 27 students of New Rizal High School had earlier manifested...
M'LANG, North Cotabato (PNA) – Thirty of the 45 students at the Palma Perez Elementary School here were discharged from the hospital after allegedly being poisoned by the “maruya” (banana fritters) they took for snacks on Monday, May 22. MARUYA (Wikipedia) Dr. Jun Sotea, municipal health...
