After cementing his reputation as a top solo music artist with the smash hit “Pagsamo,” Arthur Nery proves once again his mettle with his recent single “Isa Lang” among songs in Spotify’s popular Top 50 playlist charts. "Isa Lang" is Arthur’s most recent single. Released last December,...
WALA LANG Traditionally, men are supposed to be the breadwinner, decision maker, defender of home and family while women are supposed to be pious and obedient wives, accomplished mothers, household managers, and cooks. Elite women spent their time reciting the rosary, embroidering barò sleeves and...
WALA LANG Even before the last galleon sailed in 1815, the Spanish colonial government had begun to explore ways to achieve economic growth. Spain itself had fallen behind other European countries and was seeking ways to stimulate economic and intellectual development. Among other things, the...
WALA LANG The 2022 OS World University Rankings surveyed and ranked universities worldwide on the basis of academic reputation (40 percent), employer reputation (10 percent), faculty/student ratio (20 percent), citations per faculty (20 percent), international faculty ratio (five percent), and...
WALA LANG I was a bit surprised to discover that many young people don’t even know the names of their grandparents, let alone what they did. I was an inquisitive kid myself and Lola Trining was on the garrulous side so we got along well. She didn’t go to the Luneta when Rizal executed because...
WALA LANG This month we commemorate the 501st anniversary of Ferdinand Magellan’s arrival, highlighted by an exhibition in the National Museum, El Viaje mas Largo – La Primera Vuelta del Mundo. The festivities center on “the longest journey, the first circumnavigation of the globe.” Nothing...
WALA LANG There were books everywhere when I was growing up. Tatay taught English at Mapa High (Washington SyCip and Fred Velayo told me they were his students) and Nanay history and social studies at Torres High. Between the two of them there was no shortage of reading material in the house,...
WALA LANG General Pedro G. Dumol invited me to be on the Board of the National Electrification Administration when I was B.A. Professor at U.P. That was in the early 1970s when NEA, newly created by President Ferdinand E. Marcos, was actively organizing cooperatives to bring electricity to...
Faith Da Silva Sometimes letting go is much better than holding on. Multi-talented Kapuso actress Faith Da Silva expresses the pain of letting go and telling what you really feel in her latest single under GMA Playlist “Sana Sabihin Mo Na Lang.” “Every word and line of this song brings back...
WALA LANG Last Will and Testament concept. Fountain pen, seal on desk It’s depressing. So often in recent months, word arrives that a relative or a friend has passed away. Inevitably, this reminds me that I have to think about what I should do about the stuff—books, paintings, santos, papers,...
WALA LANG Sex or money, preferably combined, heats up otherwise ho-hum COVID lockdowns. With titillating peccadillos already taken for granted, it’s really money that raises antennae. Siblings sue each other, children sue wicked madrasta , children sue widowed parent—all over inheritance....
Angelina Cruz What if you got all the chances to get over someone, but your system just rejects that very notion? What if it’s always one step forward, two steps back? Angelina Cruz’s latest release “Ayoko Lang” is all about that empty feeling, those seemingly endless nights of sadness...
