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After more than two decades of closure, the Metropolitan Theater (MET) will now come back to life with the National Commission for Culture and the Arts' (NNCA) "Lapulapu, Ang Datu ng Mactan" musical—the first production to be staged in the newly-conserved playhouse. Lapulapu at MET. (Photo from...

José Rizal was born a very small child on this day 160 years ago. His father, Francisco Mercado, was a successful farmer while his mother, Teodora Alonso-Realonda, a gobernadorcillio ’s daughter, had a flour mill, a drug store, and a general store to her name. Rizal’s parents were among the...

As part of the global celebration of the Quincentennial of the First Circumnavigation, 1519-1522, the National Historical Commission launches ‘Pigafetta’s Philippine Picnic’ by Felice Sta. Maria AROUND THE WORLD IN 1,082 DAYS Detail of a map of Ferdinand Magellan's Circumnavigation “The...

Through high seas, starvation, scurvy, a mutiny, and death, Magellan arrives on the islands of the Philippines and what welcomes him? Feasts ON THE COVER This week's Panorama mirrors the cover design of the new, exciting book 'Pigafetta's Philippine Picnic' by Felice Prudente Sta. Maria, with...

The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) has revealed a new logo, replacing the 10-year old current logo.  This will be the third time since the 1993 New Central Bank Act charter created the BSP that its logo has been changed. The current logo was introduced in 2010. The BSP said the new logo is...