In this quarantine, something so innocuous hides both immediate and long-term dangers A CONTEMPLATIVE JOURNEY By standers relaxing. Image taken by the author on his route There was the smell of rotting gmelina fruits, a tree species oft-harvested for paper. There was the smell too of drying carabao...
Bonding on the bay PORT OF ALL CALM Sunset at the Manila bay (Photo by Lawrence Ruiz) Manila Bay was a paradise for fish and fishermen in the years after the war. Its clean deep waters were littered with half-submerged wreckage of planes, ships, and war material from both sides of the conflict,...
Global tastemakers single out FAME+ brands at Maison & Objet and more curations TRADITIONAL TOOLS Paper clay vase by Indigenous In weaving, each fiber, color, and intricate pattern represents a great deal of Philippine culture. It preserves history and tradition but, more important, grants...
People do not grow old no matter how long we live. We never cease to stand like curious children before the great Mystery into which we were born. —Albert Einstein Illustration by Ariana Maralit It’s just biology Genetics at play ...
Filipino medical student Chris Dee talks about the importance of the right kind of information in science “The idea came about first and foremost because I knew how connected Filipinos were on social media,” Chris Dee told me. A graduate of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry from Yale...
She would elicit from her students the best versions of themselves as thinking and aspiring scientists and engineers TEACHING BY EXAMPLE Class ‘79 Section A of Laguna College, with Miss Aurora Baldrias (second row center) and the author (top row third from right) After completing her...
These Filipino scientists are striving to make a mark in their respective fields Most people aren’t aware that science as a discipline and, to a certain extent, as an industry is very much alive in the Philippines. Over the years, we have had some notable scientists, including Fe Del Mundo in the...
That’s a happy, loving, responsible, fulfilled child, so we ask mothers and mentors what values they teach their children Robina Gokongwei-Pe, Retail president of Robinson To let her/him learn to be a follower first. *** Alice T. Liu, chief retail officer, Golden ABC As a mother, I hope to...
Two moms, two music icons AWARD-WINNING MOM AND DAUGHTER Mommy Ligaya and Lea Salonga Two women behind international music divas deserve our praise and gratitude for their roles in bringing honor to our country: Ligaya Salonga and Rosario Licad, mothers of Lea Salonga and Cecile Licad. They...
At 93, this mother, Ma. Lourdes de Leon, M.D., is free from the constraints and burdens of maintenance medications. She has not had one. Ever A PROUD DAUGHTER AND HER MOTHER The author Tweetie de Leon-Gonzalez and her mom Ma. Lourdes de Leon, M.D. is a lady currently enjoying a healthy life at 93....
Your mother is the strongest person you will ever know. And you won’t figure that out until you’re a mother or parent yourself. THE ORIGINAL GRAMMAR NAZI The author (right) with her mother When I was growing up, I got asked all the time, “How are you related to Jullie Daza?” It...
Something could be said about being raised by a working mother like Susan Joven. To this daughter, it was like ‘getting a Ph.D. even before I was old enough to enter college’ BUSY MOM The author Ginggay Joven-dela Merced (top) and her mother Susan Joven As a child of the ’80s, I belong to...
