ANIMA pledges to create award-winning content in the entertainment industry Erik Matti’s On the Job: The Missing 8 had a screening at the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) last month as part of the WAGI! Celebration of Filipino Excellence . On the Job: The Missing 8 The Missing 8 centers...
The government’s latest unemployment statistics failed to include discouraged workers in the agriculture sector that were forced out of farming activities, peasant group Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) said on Sunday, March 20. (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) The statement came after the...
TOL Views Senator Francis N. Tolentino What do the Backstreet Boys, Kobe Bryant, Taylor Swift, the Binibining Pilipinas beauty pageant, and traditional sabong have in common? Their events were held at the Araneta Coliseum. This coliseum is one of the largest indoor arenas in Asia. Sabong...
Senator Christopher “Bong” Go on Monday, March 14 expressed his dismay that national pole vaulter and Olympian Ernest John “EJ” Obiena was prevented from participating in the World Athletics Indoor Championships to be held in Belgrade, Serbia this month. Obiena qualified for the World...
Gerard Paul Elviña, a music professor from a school in Makati offering Music Production and Sound Design, became the first Filipino to be part of the Audio Engineering Society (AES) Standards Committee a prestigious organization responsible for conducting the AES Standards Program. Gerard Paul...
A peasant group warned that nationwide hunger and food insecurity could worsen following the continuous oil price hikes in the Philippines. Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP), in a press statement on Monday, March 14, said that more Filipinos could go hungry as a result of the nonstop price...
Salcedo Auctions presents its first major auction for the year JOSE JOYA, ‘Festival,’ 1985, Acrylic on Canvas In the midst of rapid change, artists have sought inspiration from flora and fauna, blending aesthetics and function. At the turn of the century, the world was coming to terms with the...
Ninety Filipinos have already returned home from war-stricken Ukraine, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said. HOME AT LAST-- Filipino seafarers of MV Global Aglaia pose for a photo with Philippine Ambassador to Budapest Frank R. Cimafranca before flying back to the Philippines on March 9,...
SPEAKING OUT Ignacio R. Bunye Until recently, my knowledge of Ukraine (Crimea in particular) was limited to what I picked up in high school. My English teacher, who also happened to be my mother, Sofia Rivera Bunye, asked her class to memorize “Charge of the Light Brigade” by Alfred Lord...
10 Outstanding Filipinos featured in commemorative post office stamps On Feb. 26, in a ceremony held at the historic Manila Central Post Office in Liwasang Bonifacio, the Philippine Post Office under the Office of President Duterte has launched the 10 Outstanding Filipinos Commemorative Stamps that...
Why not spare a minute or two delving into our vast culture through film? ‘Eksena Cinema Quarantine 2: Covid-19 Filmmakers’ Diaries’ or ECQ2 filmmakers and their films “ Eksena Cinema Quarantine 2 (ECQ2): Covid-19 Filmmakers’ Diaries” gears up its online cinemas for a free screening of...
AVANT GARDENER Yvette Tan One of the most unexpectedly popular article types in Manila Bulletin’s agriculture section is of agriculturally-inclined Filipinos based overseas who have successfully managed to plant Filipino vegetables in their adoptive/ new countries. Vegetables that are taken for...
