Viv a Europa, an annual festivity of European culture and arts, has adopted the theme of togetherness and solidarity with the Philippines as it presents a colorful variety of events behind the backdrop of the current COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic situation. With the theme...
Community pantries all over the country have one sole mission, to help the needy in bringing food to their table in this time of public health crisis. The initiative also inspired many local creatives, whether to produce artworks mirroring the kindness or make colorful signages and posts to adorn...
Here’s to more cultural learning opportunities online Online workshops and webinars have been essential throughout this pandemic. They take your mind off of stress, and foster creativity and productivity. Among the many virtual symposiums greatly attended online are related to arts and culture....
And these artists and their artworks capture it Who would have thought that such a humble gesture would inspire many to be of help to anyone in need. Community pantries have become the reigning symbols of bayanihan in our modern and pandemic times. What was started along Maginhawa St. in Quezon...
Check out its pilot issue While our second take on enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) produced social media jokes about rekindling our love for Dalgona coffee, ube pandesal, and many other 2020 food trends , the rewind and repeat certainly brought a lot of disappointment to many Filipino...
The former Cotabato City mayor died ‘due to acute respiratory failure, among other complications, secondary to COVID-19.’ (NHCP) Former National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP) executive director and former mayor of Cotabato City Ludovic Deles Badoy passed away at 69 on Sunday,...
Post-apocalyptic lessons for our seemingly apocalyptic times Just when the apocalypse seems closer than ever, here’s another flick to keep you grounded—er—entertained. When you’re already living in the apocalypse, who needs a film about it? Well, “Love and Monsters” (2020) isn’t so...
ARTIST AT WORK: She paints the light at end of the tunnel HOPEFUL ARTIST Meneline Wong Through an influence of a friend in 2017, Dr. Meneline Wong, a practicing obstetrician-gynecologist, started to enter the art scene. “I was a doctor first before anything else,” she says. “I’ve always...
Art lovers, rejoice! The digital world, while oftentimes messy and crazy, has paved the way for many artists to thrive throughout the pandemic. The power of the internet to connect has never been more than essential during these trying times. This year, Art Fair Philippines is paying homage to that...
Because unsafe abortion is an issue of public health, human rights, and social justice HumanIty has been making things taboo for a handful of reasons. Often, these are things they don’t know much about. Sometimes, they do know some things about it but reject further information. In other...
Rex Education signs new authors to publish first comprehensive law book about it A young Muslim woman assists her grandmother in casting her vote for the ratification of the Bangsamoro Organic Law in Cotabato City on Monday, January 20, 2019 (Keith Bacongco/ MANILA BULLETIN) Prior to it being a...
Celebrate National Literature Month with these free reads Although we aren’t still out of the woods when it comes to the pandemic, April still holds many things to celebrate here in the Philippines, one of which is National Literature Month. This time, the spotlight is on Filipino authors and...
