As part of National Heritage Month, Crescent Moon Cafe, the City Government of Antipolo, local creatives, and artist collectives invite everyone to the "Sining to the Moon" art fair. The fair will be held at Crescent Moon Cafe in Antipolo City on May 20 and 27, 2023, from 9am to 5pm each day....
The Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) is currently unable to use its main building, the Tanghalang Pambansa, for performances and exhibitions due to rehabilitation. To continue to provide access to the arts, the CCP is partnering with other venues in and outside of Metro Manila to present its...
Majority of Filipinos continue to trust and approve of the performance of the Philippine National Police (PNP), according to the latest “Tugon ng Masa” survey conducted by OCTA Research. The non-commissioned survey, which was conducted from March 24 to 28 found that 80 percent of Filipinos...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. has named Go Negosyo Founder Jose Maria "Joey" Concepcion III a member of the Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprise Development Council (MSMEDC) of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), the Presidential Communications Office (PCO) revealed. *Go Negosyo...
The coffers of state-run Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management Corporation (PSALM) will be shored up by as much as $526 million by the end of this year, with the anticipated payment of Fresh River Lakes Corporation on its acquisition of the 165-megawatt Casecnan hydroelectric power plant...
CEBU CITY – To promote equal rights and inclusivity, the provincial government of Bohol on Thursday, May 17, launched its gender and development (GAD) program dubbed “ArisGAD A.” Bohol. Gov. Aris Aumentado and Vice Gov. Dionisio Balite led the launching of the program at the new provincial...
CocoFlexSorb, a bio-based polyurethane foam from the Mindanao State University - Iligan Institute of Technology (MSU-IIT) is slated to become an innovative addition to the country's oil response. DOST Secretary Renato U. Solidum Jr. holds up a crude oil-soaked CocoFlexSorb – a foam technology...
The Federation of Filipino Chinese Chamber of Commerce Inc. (FFCCCII), the country’s umbrella organization of Filipino-Chinese business chambers, said they will focus its efforts on promoting tourism between the two countries amid political crisis between US and China that put the Philippines in...
OF SUBSTANCE AND SPIRIT Last month’s IMF-World Bank spring meetings always reminded me of the visit of former Prime Minister (PM) Cesar Virata when I served as alternate executive director of the Fund in Washington, DC in 2001-2003. He had nobody to assist him. He himself called me up from the...
Three of the novels here deal with the lives of the super-rich, but with very different approaches to the subject. And then there are two Books of Sci-Fi/Fantasy novels that I really enjoyed. Birnam Wood by Eleanor Catton Eleanor Catton, the Booker Prize-winning author of The Luminaries, returns...
Time for a new mission. Yet again we have a "Mission Impossible" movie, and of course, Tom Cruise is back, doing what he does best. We're not complaining though. Flying, falling off an airplane, or riding a motorcycle - each frame infused with Mr. Cruise's rugged good looks and death defying stunts...
Prime Video launched "Cattleya Killer" in a star-studded blue carpet gala premiere last May 12, Friday. Cattleya Killer main star Arjo Atayde led the ensemble during the special screening where Jake Cuenca, Zsa Zsa Padilla, Jane Oineza, Ria Atayde, Ricky Davao, Nonie Buencamino, and Christopher de...
