Why throw your face masks when you can plant them Koobly face masks Can you imagine seeing more face masks in the ocean than jellyfishes? That will be the next new normal for the environment if world leaders, and regular citizens, continue to look over the pandemic’s ecological hazards. The rise...
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...
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”...
As the beloved cultural icon writes 30 KAY GILDA National Artist for Literature Rio Alma pays tribute to the cultural icon Gilda Cordero-Fernando Just minutes after news of cultural icon Gilda Cordero-Fernando 's passing broke. Rio Alma, National Artist for Literature Virgilio Almario ,...
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...
ILOMOCA highlights works from 44 women artists to commemorate the signing of Magna Carta of Women A woman’s place in the system was rigidly built on assumptions that being a wife was all they were bound for. There were revolutionary attempts to turn this discrimination upside down, including the...
Wala Lang ' The Relicario of María Clara ' by Gromyko Semper, mixed media on canvas, 2020. The scene shows the relicario in the leper’s basket, just after it was dropped by María Clara; the little sacristan Basilio; and the avenging Simoún. In the distance are María Clara praying and her...
The Korean idols are the latest to be part of the Swiss curator and critic’s epic work K-ANVAS The art of BTS With art taking a new life in this so-called quarantine age, many artists have taken their masterpieces online. Some have even created works meant to be showcased online. Others, like...
Can’t believe we’re still taking this lesson in 2020 I love sharing all kinds of dumb, Filipino humor memes on Facebook. If I find something off and below the belt, I report it—racist, homophobic, bigot memes that amplify nonexistent edge cred, and sentences with the wrong usage of “ ng ”...
That’s how you take one ‘shot’ for the team. (AFP/Angela Weiss) Lord Andrew Lloyd Webber was lauded for his dedication to save the theater industry by pledging to take part in an ongoing Covid-19 vaccine trial being developed by Oxford University and drug company, AstraZeneca. A day after,...
Mary Ashley Entrina (Instagram) A 16-year-old Filipina and aspiring artist named Mary Ashley Entrina is this year's Grand Champion Vocalist in the World for Senior division at the recently concluded Olympic-style talent event, World Championships of Performing Arts (WCOPA). In an...
The Brightlights (Facebook) A group composed of four-Filipino teens living in Ireland are competing at the 24th Annual World Championships of Performing Arts (WCOPA) in Anaheim, California. The Brightlights are composed of Joshua Regala, Marby Arriola, Fiona Cassandra Vargas, and Gwenaelle Noval....
