Public health experts are raising concerns for senior citizens and Filipinos with comorbidities regarding the serious risks associated with Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV). According to the Philippine Statistics Authority, the country has over nine million seniors aged 60 and above. Seniors,...
In this age of AI, prompt engineering, people glued to their phones or tablets, and the overwhelming influx of influencers, there was a time when kids played hide-and-seek in the moonlight, used empty cans and slippers as toys, mapped out their playground on the sidewalks with chalk, interacted and...
MoCAF, the Modern and Contemporary Art Festival, pulls out all the stops in its third year, but not without losing sight as an inclusive and community-centered platform. It was first envisioned in 2022 with a goal of showcasing the country’s evolving art scene, educating new audiences and piquing...
Ayala Foundation announces the recruitment of the next batch of athletes for the Atletang Ayala program, which supports Filipino athletes with great potential to become the country’s next crop of Olympic medalists, while also opening opportunities for them to build professional careers within the...
The Journalism Program at the University of Santo Tomas (UST) is set to offer a new elective designed to address disinformation across disciplines. The new general education elective, titled "Digital Literacy, Fact-Checking, and Verification," will be available to both journalism and non-journalism...
Over 800 people oohed and aahed at Filipino international designer Oliver Tolentino last week in Bangkok, where he took part in the celebration of the 75th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the Philippines and Thailand, as well as in the 126th Philippine Independence Day gala. Produced by...
Opulence is back, or at least it was on Tuesday night, June 18, when Puey Quiñones debuted his holiday 2024 collection at his atelier in Poblacion, where—with a mishmash of high and low, works of promising artists and found things, treasures unearthed from thrift shops, objets d’art by...
You became curious and decided to check your blood pressure. It was above normal, causing you slight panic as you asked yourself, "Am I already hypertensive?" Not necessarily. A single instance of high blood pressure isn't sufficient to draw any conclusions. There are several criteria that doctors...
The Chinese restaurant Jasmine at the New World Makati has some history with my three sons and me. For more years than I’d like to count, it’s been a reliable go-to when we’re thinking dim sum or Cantonese cuisine for a regular Sunday lunch or a special occasion. If you asked us to list our...
Usually taking place in February during its first few years, the Big Bad Wolf sale became the customary and, yes, preferred Valentine’s date for my wife and me, both of us being huge bookworms. For us, as I’m sure for many others, the Big Bad Wolf (or BBW, if you’re so inclined) book sale...
The celebration and honoring of the 126th Philippine Independence Day and the rich Filipino fashion culture continues with the ongoing TernoCon: Kasarinlan, Kultura, Kasuotan (KKK) exhibit at the Main Mall Atrium, SM Mall of Asia. The exhibit showcases the terno pieces unveiled during the...
For the first edition of Benilde Open Design + Art, the De La Salle College of Saint Benilde presents a series of riveting public programs with creative industry leaders. The talks will run from June 25 to 28 and will be held at the Design + Arts Campus. On June 25, there will be a...
