HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRIPE-VINE: OUR NEW ABNORMAL On Nov. 23 and 24 of this year, the Manila Bulletin will mount its first ever Sustainability Forum. The reason behind our mounting this is quite simple. When MB President and Vice-Chairman Emil Yap, Jordan Tan, and I were talking earlier in the...
HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRIPE-VINE: OUR NEW ABNORMAL When I started writing this column, Trust by Hernan Diaz was on the 2022 Booker Prize Longlist, and I had begun reading this fascinating, Rashomon-effect novel. The Booker is considered one of the most prestigious literary awards handed out in this...
HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRIPE-VINE: OUR NEW ABNORMAL Any cursory glance at the feeds of your favorite social media platforms will show that ‘revenge travel’ to foreign destinations is an expanding reality. And when you factor in how tourism bureaus of several countries have been lavishly spending...
HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRIPEVINE: OUR NEW ABNORMAL When I interviewed our new Tourism Secretary Christina G. Frasco a few weeks ago, among the points she succinctly made was how important it was to upgrade the tourism products that we can offer to both domestic and foreign tourists. One aspect of...
HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRIPE-VINE: OUR NEW ABNORMAL You mention heritage award in the context of architecture or a standing structure, and more often than not, one will think of an anachronistic, seldom-used, or outdated building that’s outlived its usefulness. And that the award is being bestowed...
The Seoul Queer Culture Festival (SQCF) returned as an in-person event after two years and 13 embassies in South Korea including the US supported it. On July 16, the 2022 23rd Seoul Queer Parade (SQP), one of the two main events of the festival, was held at Seoul Plaza, drawing thousands of...
HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRIPE-VINE: OUR NEW ABNORMAL When SM Investments Corp., SM Supermalls, and SM Retail sent out their invitations for a special media event that would highlight their ongoing #SMGreenMovement, we weren’t immedi-ately aware of just how special the afternoon would be, and how...
There’s more to the city of Neuchâtel, the French-speaking capital of the Swiss canton Neuchâtel, than meets the eye. Photos by the author OC Phillip Morris International's The Cube in Neuchâtel It is a medieval old town where you will find Château de Neuchâtel, a castle begun in the 12th...
While the word Rumba originally refers to a Cuban dance and the music that accompanies it, it’s also taken on a more general meaning of "to party." In the case of the just opened eatery Rumba, that can be found at the spanking new Ayala Triangle Gardens, it’s culinary partying...
HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRIPE-VINE: OUR NEW ABNORMAL If there’s one highlight of the inaugural dinner that hit the sweet spot with me, it would be how exuberant, nourishing music resounded through the halls of Malacañang Palace that auspicious night. Now I’m not ignorant of the fact that this new...
OF SUBSTANCE AND SPIRIT Diwa C. Guinigundo Two days ago, the Philippine Statistics Authority announced that inflation further escalated to 6.1 percent for June 2022. This was the fourth consecutive month of inflationary trend after peaking last year at 4.4 percent in August 2022. There is nothing...
HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRIPE-VINE: OUR NEW ABNORMAL What kind of individual carbon footprint do you generate with your present lifestyle? At a recent Watsons “Do Good for the Planet” event, this was one of the fun and enlightening interactive elements of the event; as all in attendance were asked...
