Google Arts and Culture app releases 3D-modelled AR filters WE ARE ART Some of the filters available in the Google Arts and Culture app With technology getting better and better at doing what it does, it has also become easier for humankind to learn new knowledge and develop skills. This has...
Three-termer vice mayor Jerry Yaokasin , known in his city as Sambo, has been busy this pandemic, among other things, bartering basic goods with Taclobanons. They would go to his office and ask him to take a look at the items they came bearing—and they would leave with rice, milk, eggs, and other...
The urban art covers plain utility boxes, featuring the abakada Filipino alphabet and symbols of modern Filipino culture For Filipinos who have been there, the South of Market (SOMA) neighborhood in San Francisco can sometimes feel like a part of home away from home. There is a large Filipino...
Filipino scientists create milk tea to propagate probiotic and functional food DAVAO CITY - When food science researchers delve into the food business, expect something really different. Two former students of the University of the Philippines Mindanao, one a food technologist and the other a...
K-pop superstars BTS’ recent feat of topping the Billboard Hot 100 chart will generate an economic effect of 1.7 trillion won (about $1.43 billion or P69.7 billion), according to the Korean government. View this post on Instagram Korea’s Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (MCST) and the...
PAST RECIPIENTS Lino Brocka for film in 1997, Fernando Amorsolo for visual arts-painting in 1972, and Nick JoaquÃn for literature in 1976 Good news! The National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) and the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) have opened the nomination for the Orden...
The capital city is reborn through art The new heroes and Manila The year 2020 has been a total mess. Be that as it may, last month ended on a good note at least for the city of Manila. The City of Our Affections has a specific memory, a conscience, a scourge even, and it is now in a state of...
Even in the middle of the pandemic, student artists may now build their own name and inspire other people through artworks by participating in the 53RD Shell National Students Art Competition Last year's first placer in the water color category, Nicolle T. Plamer of the Eulogio “Amang”...
A relief from anxiety. By Terrence Repelente Expanse, acrylic on canvas, 48" x 144" x 2" In his 20 years as an artist, Rico Lascano has explored all possible genres, techniques, and materials. But like a giant river with vast currents that eventually finds itself flowing toward an ocean, Rico’s...
Move over, Nancy Drew . We have our new favorite super sleuth, and Millie Bobby Brown gets to play the role. Netflix darling Millie Bobby Brown goes on a dramatic evolution from the intrepid yet unpredictable Eleven in Stranger Things to a...
Relearning part of our basic Filipino language, and a profile of our artist at work, Jean Getubig, the woke student you should aspire to be August in the Philippines is Buwan ng Wikang Pambansa or the national language month. While the month is coming to a close, the spirit of nationalism and...
Some inspiration for this face shields and face masks season As the whole world gets lost in a masquerade to keep the coronavirus away, you might be looking for inspiration to wear that face mask or proudly—or at least comfortably—put on that face shield. Well, we got you covered (pun...
