HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRIPE-VINE: OUR NEW ABNORMAL A recent media event held at the Department of Environment and Natural Resources to celebrate World Environment Day, led by DENR Secretary Toni Yulo-Loyzaga, was a showcase of some of the strategic partnerships that the DENR has entered into with...
Here are five novels that attempt to defy the limitations of their respective genres of sci-fi and fantasy, and explore new ways to earn literary merit: "Some Desperate Glory" by Emily Tesh In her new novel, "Some Desperate Glory," Emily Tesh introduces readers to a sophisticated and complex world...
HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRIPE-VINE: OUR NEW ABNORMAL Health and wellness were major preoccupations even before the health crisis hit us in 2020. If anything, the crisis ramped up the worry and concern we had about the health system prevailing here in the Philippines, and how it’s so often the case...
HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRIPE-VINE: OUR NEW ABNORMAL As was crucially seen during the recent health crisis, the malls of today are more than congregation centers for recreation, dining and/or shopping. Thanks to their strategic locations, and their serving as walk-in magnets for the community;...
HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRIPE-VINE: OUR NEW ABNORMAL In what has been universally acknowledged as the digital age, it might seem ironic and foolhardy to mount a Philippine Book Festival that literally champions the published book - with no digitized, online version in sight. But that’s exactly what...
HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRIPE-VINE: OUR NEW ABNORMAL Live events are back in a truly big way. Theater, ballet, product launches, sports events, seminars and forums, they’ve all returned with a vengeance – and I know that’s manna from heaven for a host of talents, creative agencies, and events...
HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRIPEVINE: OUR NEW ABNORMAL While sustainability has been a global buzzword for over a decade now, and the concept of ESG (Environment, Social and Governance) agendas were adopted by the United Nations some eight years ago; it’s still a term that’s often ignored,...
HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRIPEVINE: OUR NEW ABNORMAL “With great power comes great responsibility.” Uncle Ben to Peter Parker/Spider-Man. When Aboitiz Data Innovation mounted the first ever Philippine AI (Artificial Intelligence) summit, I felt that those words from Uncle Ben were resonating...
HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRIPEVINE: OUR NEW ABNORMAL Filipinos who travel regularly to the USA will often make favorable remarks about their drug store chains like CVS Health, Walgreens, or Cigna; calling it a one-stop paradise for all things connected to health, beauty, skincare, and wellness. During...
Chef Rob Pengson, Discovery Primea executive chef Luis Chikiamco, and Flame’s Josper Grill are the stars of Flame’s May 19 edition of its continuing “Elements of Flavor” series. This special dinner will highlight charcoal-grilled creations of the two chefs, in each of the bountiful seven...
HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRIPEVINE: OUR NEW ABNORMAL One of my columns last month (April 2nd), talked about the Manila Bay reclamation projects that are presently happening; and apparently, it touched a raw nerve with some readers who messaged me, asking why I wasn’t being more “protective” of...
HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRIPEVINE: OUR NEW ABNORMAL Let me tell you about my very first encounter with ChatGPT, the immensely popular, new AI language chatbot. My friend, who had the app, asked me to write in a sentence, just any random sentence; and so I typed in, “So many public speakers claim to...
