March is usually the time when our resolutions fizzle out, but even for busybodies, fitness can be integrated into the day to day. Cathy on the obstacle course An unrealistic body goal, an unrealistic diet are often geared to selling a product. Netizens who are professional nutritionists and...
With the ubiquity of nature photography and videography, thanks to electronic media, one housewife’s passion is reviving a lost art–while also protecting a bigger future PRESERVATION THROUGH ART From left: Artworks in the project include Hari II, acrylic on canvas, by Maxi V. Ramos, 2020;...
Why standardizing food can be a good thing. And no, it’s not an attack on lola’s cooking ADOBO DEBATE The hot question of the week, 'Should the quintessential Philippine stew and other Pinoy dishes be standardized?' When I first read the news that the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI)...
What this komiks-based animated series shows the world about the Philippines, the Filipinos, and their talents This is part of a series reviewing local AV productions highlighting the best of Filipino creativity. Much has been said about Netflix’s first Filipino animated series, so let’s zoom...
A son reflects on what it means to be a father KILLER LOVE Ilongot hunting party In this day and age, some might argue that fatherhood is an obsolete social construct. While I don’t fully agree with the direction such arguments often take, I won’t deny where they come, from children abused or...
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...
This is part of a series reviewing local AV productions highlighting the best of Filipino creativity. For now, we take a look at the internationally awarded and shot-in-the-midst-of-quarantine boy love web series Gameboys GAMEBOYS Kokoy de Santos as Gavreel and Elijah Canlas as Cairo in the...
