Wala Lang Journalist Andrew J. Masigan points out the alarming results of a survey conducted by the OECD Program of International Student Assessment (PISA) of some 600,000 15-year-olds from 79 countries. Filipino teenagers ranked last in ability to comprehend lengthy narratives, to deal with...
Wala Lang Early on Easter Sunday morning, March 31, 1521, Magellan sent some men ashore to prepare a suitable place. Some 50 men including Magellan followed, dressed in their Sunday best. Six muskets fired as they stepped ashore and were greeted by Chiefs Kulambo and Siaui. The two were brothers,...
Wala Lang Mactan was not an impressive place in the 16th century. As late as 44 years after Magellan’s stay, Miguel López de Legaspi found Mactan “swampy, largely inhospitable, and sparsely inhabited” by “some 300 indios in four or five small settlements.” It was strategically located...
Wala Lang Looking west over Rizal Park is the statue of Lapu Lapu, “the Statue of the Sentinel of Freedom.” Standing proudly with a sheathed kampilan , sculptor Juan Sajid Imao sought to depict the Mactan chief as “a strong and peace-loving man, who is also ready to defend himself against...
Wala Lang The “Genesis” curtain by H.R. Ocampo, Tanghalang Nicanor Abelardo, CCP Enter the Cultural Center of the Philippines’ Tanghalang Nicanór Abelardo and you’re greeted by a blaze of red, a giant tapestry. The artist, Hernando R. Ocampo, would have been 110 years old last month and...
Wala Lang Hi from your usual writer Jaime C. Laya – Final questions from virtual hiker me and answers from genuine hiker Bambi Guevara. * * * * * * * * * * Having been mostly indoors sitting down looking at walls and fence going on 14 months now, I need to see if my legs and brain are still...
Wala Lang Hi from your usual writer Jaime C. Laya. Let’s say the year-long Covid-19 lockdown is already getting to you and you’ve decided that you need fresh air, exercise, and something to look at other than wall and fence. You already know more or less what hiking possibilities are but...
Wala Lang THE IMPORTANCE OF TREES Geff Cedeño amid kalumpit trees that he planted in 2012. The internet is a marvelous invention and I learned a lot in just a few days of texting and emailing with Gerardo “Geff” Cedeño, the man behind Facebook’s Philippine Native Hardwood Tree Seedlings...
Pinoy rapper Gloc-9 sends much needed retro vibes to fans re-releasing his 2006 indie CD "Limang Kanta Lang." The five-track CD contains the songs "Aristotle Pollisco," "Ano sa Tingin Mo?," "Excuse Me Po," "Ako ay Ikaw Pa Rin," and "Limang Kanta Lamang." Before releasing the said tracks in YouTube,...
Wala Lang (PART I) Salad bowls, giant spoons and forks, man-in-a-barrel, anyone?Our handicraft shops have plenty.Carved from our best woods, they attest not only to our ignorance of the value of what we have but also to our low regard for our natural endowment. Native forest tree seedlings ready...
Wala Lang I received a message after my article last week hit the streets. On collectors feeling rich while tracking auction results, Jayson Ong texted, “It’s really very joyful to compute for the present estimated value of our collection but it’s also very hard for us to let go of pieces we...
Dudut Lang Popular YouTuber and comedian Dudut Lang will be holding a one-night only fan interaction livestream session tonight (March 4) between 9 p.m. to 10 p.m. on global platform Bigo Live. With 1.36 million subscribers on YouTube, Dudut Lang is one of the Philippines’ most popular...
