MAKE IT GREEN At the MOU signing with the private sector, led by DENR Sec. Toni Yulo-Loyzaga While the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) event started off with a declaration to plant ‘5 Million Trees by 2028’ in six designated areas spread across the country; before...
The often used phrase is ‘hard of hearing’; so I was happy to turn this into a play-on-words, and use my title to highlight a worthy event that’s happening this April 7 2025, at the Discovery Primea, Makati. It’s a heart-warming event as Art, Food, Hospitality, and Social Enterprise...
A BRIGHT NIGHT At the DGT Central Park Two powerhouse companies, the YHEST Realty and Development Corp. and Cebu Landmasters Inc. (CLI) have joined forces to masterplan and manage a 22-hectare area in Davao City, located in the Matina district. In the midst of the densely populated...
HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRIPEVINE Cannes, Berlin, Venice, and Toronto – these are considered the big four film festivals; and what’s important to note, is that the awarding, gala nights, and celebrity sightings are just the public face of these festivals. What truly drives these festivals are the...
With the battle cry of ‘It’s Not Just a Book Fair, It’s a Book Experience’, the Philippine Book Fair was launched March 13, and will run until Sunday, March 16. Mounted by the National Book Development Board, the Board’s Chairman Dante Francis Ang II, and Executive Director Charisse A....
The Gallery C at Conrad was a warm, abuzz center of art appreciation, family support, and newly forged friendship; as an appreciative crowd gathered for the opening of Kara Pangilinan’s Woman in Progress exhibit. I overheard several saying it was the first time they were viewing her works, and...
IMMACULATE TASTE The buro-inspired Fregola by Boutwood and Callo The Child Protection Network (CPN) Philippines had their annual fundraising dinner, and for a change, had three chefs on board - Miko Callo, Josh Boutwood, and Shangri-la’s Executive Chef Joris Rycken. It was a five-course...
Jude Tiotuico is coming close to two decades of creating exquisite metal work and sculptures that are statement pieces at several stately homes and public spaces. Based in Pampanga, his Industria showroom at Greenbelt Residences, Makati, is where his creations find a way to reach a wider...
HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRIPE-VINE The Manila Bulletin was happy to be the media partner for SM Supermalls’ celebration of International Women’s Day 2025, which kicked off with a ‘Women Inspiring Women’ forum held at SM Aura just last Friday morning, March 7th. This was the first...
The Women’s Business Council Philippines pulled out all the stops when they mounted their Unstoppable Filipina Summit 2025. Held annually, the forum is a wonderful meeting of the minds of women who hold important and top managerial positions, and have over-achieved in diverse arenas - from the...
ONE BIG GATHERING Dioceldo celebrating with his family Silliman and Leah Sy with family After a succession of birthday parties tendered in his honor, hosted by his best of friends, Dioceldo Sy thought that the night of his actual birthday would be spent in relative peace, with just...
Revitalizing a sleepy, rural village in Tuscany, then two Crime novels that deal with murder in different locations across the globe, geographical and temporal - are the books we review here. Tartufo by Kira Jane Buxton A sleepy Tuscan village that’s fallen on hard...
