The National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) has declared National Artist Ang Kiukok's "Men At Work" as National Cultural Treasure and Important Cultural Property as a tribute to the Filipino workforce. Men at Work (1979) (Photo courtesy of National Commission for Culture and the Arts)...
President Duterte is set to present the 2021 Presidential Awards for Filipino Individuals and Organizations Overseas (PAFIOO) to 56 overseas Filipinos and foreign-based organizations, the Commission on Filipinos Overseas (CFO) announced. Photo from the Commission on Filipinos Overseas In a...
The show is currently dominating the streaming game in 91 countries A blend of a zombie apocalypse and teenage drama, Netflix’s newest Korean series “All of Us Are Dead” is now the current craze in the global streaming landscape. And being Hallyu fans, Filipinos weren’t spared from getting...
Better bring your umbrellas as frogs are about to fall from the sky Maria Estela Paiso’s “It’s Raining Frogs Outside” featurette will be representing the Philippines at the 72nd Berlin International Film Festival , happening from Feb. 10 to 20 in Berlin, Germany, and joining the Berlinale...
Former Commission on Elections (Comelec) Commissioner Rowena Guanzon flaunted on Thursday, Feb. 3 her newfound status as a private citizen after her retirement. (From Rowena Guanzon's Twitter account / MANILA BULLETIN) "Private citizen Rowena Guanzon reporting. Good morning," she posted on Twitter....
OF SUBSTANCE AND SPIRIT Diwa C. Guinigundo As early as the third quarter 2020, still at the peak of the global pandemic, our alma mater, the London School of Economics (LSE), had already launched the “Shaping the Post-COVID World” initiative to debate the direction of post-COVID world. One of...
The metaverse is a complex topic. This emerging multisensory iteration of the web is a concept that has been heavily discussed by tech industry leaders, Satya Nadella of Microsoft as well as Mark Zuckerberg of Meta (formerly known as Facebook). Now, everyone’s talking about this infinitely...
The Senate on Wednesday adopted the committee report that pushes for the filing of criminal charges against 27 current and former personnel of the Bureau of Immigration (BI) who were involved in the controversial bribery scheme that allowed the unabated entry of Chinese nationals to the...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) paid tribute to outgoing Comelec Chairman Sheriff Abas, Commissioner Antonio Kho and Commissioner Rowena Guanzon in a ceremony on Wednesday, Feb. 2. Comelec/MB The three Comelec executives officially retired on Wednesday as the poll body will be left by...
How will the platforms evolve? If you told me 20 years ago, in the Friendster and Myspace era, that social media would evolve to play a major hand in elections, become a one-stop marketplace where you could shop not just for clothes but for houses, and where Chatbots guide you through a...
A women's group on Wednesday, Feb. 2, expressed solidarity with Commission on Elections (Comelec) Commissioner Rowena Guanzon after disclosing that she voted for the disqualification of presidential aspirant Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. Commission on Elections (Comelec) Commissioner Rowena...
No Choc-Nut for you, Nuno “Trese” creators Budjette Tan and Kajo Baldisimo surprised fans last January with the launch of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) inspired by the Filipino graphic novel. To make it happen, Baldisimo collaborated with NFT artist Luis Buenaventura in producing a series of...
