The Very Extra Book Club starts the year with generous helpings of the scandals that broke this author and his New York swans apart THE VERY EXTRA BOOK CLUB From left: Rajo Laurel, Pauline Suaco Juan, Marielle Santos Po, Alicia Colby Sy, Stephanie Zubiri, Rocio Olbes Ressano, Jae de Veyra Pickrell,...
Life is back as we know it. Are we all dressed for it? In fashion, are we back with a vengeance? We turn to some of our favorite designers for their ideas on revenge dressing or is there such a thing? After the pandemic, I think fashion is back with a vengeance. On a personal level, most of my...
Makeup artist Gela Laurel shares how to achieve the right balance of matte and dewy makeup Maja Salvador, being the quite the performer that she is, needs to make sure her looks stand out when she goes on stage. One of her latest looks is by makeup artist Gela Laurel, where she matched Salvador's...
Philippine Italian Association and Lyceum of the Philippines University in Cavite sign agreement on inclusion of Italian in curriculum PARLI ITALIANO? Officers of the Philippine Italian Association, the Italian Embassy in Manila, and the Lyceum of the Philippines (from left): Mark Irvin Celis, Dr....
Actress Denise Laurel recently went under the knife, sharing the story behind it in a social media post. "06.09.22 I gave birth!," she jested, posting a photo of her and the cyst that she had removed. She named it "Harry." "lol jk Meet Harry the cyst haha Thankyou to @draivee @drzteo and Doc...
PH cuisine gets the spotlight at the Philippines Fair 2022 in Tokyo Philippine Ambassador Jose C. Laurel V led the opening ceremony of the Philippines Fair 2022 at the Parkside Diner of The Imperial Hotel with Yukio Kanao, the hotel’s general manager, and Filipina chef Mareve Inomata. Ambassador...
The Philippines has encouraged Japanese businessmen to keep the country as a "top-of-mind" investment destination during a recent virtual economic briefing with Japanese companies. (Photo courtesy of the DFA) Philippine Ambassador to Japan Jose C. Laurel V urged the foreign firms in the briefing...
In celebration of a technological breakthrough that energizes water, Rajo Laurel presents an ode to biomorphic forms in his 2021 holiday collection Fluid is Rajo Laurel’s 2021 holiday collection, fluid like water that flows. Each piece is shaped as if by the forces of nature, blown by the wind,...
Through a film, historians rehabilitate the memory of the Philippines’ third President, seen as a wartime Japanese collaborator in popular memory IN BLACK AND WHITE The docu-drama, as the title suggests, revolves around the misunderstood nationalist and former Philippine President Jose P. Laurel....
GOATS AND BEERS Inside Vincent's Place Kambingan This is a reprise of something I wrote in 2015 when for the first time in like two decades, I sat down for an inuman, a drinking session, in which you would sit in one place throughout the night (instead of hobnobbing around, as you would...
Now it can be told! Sol Mercado, professional basketball player and former fiance of actress Denise Laurel, is back in the dating game. And this time, he's making sweet music with beauty queen Sandra Lemonon. https://mb.com.ph/2021/01/27/why-did-sandra-lemonon-retire-from-pageantry/ In fact, on...
More than 300 Japanese guests from Japan’s leading corporate and financial institutions have participated in the virtual Philippine Economic Briefing (PEB) that highlighted the Duterte administration’s efforts to push for a much stronger and more inclusive economy in the post-COVID-19 pandemic...
