The newest embassy in town restarts major diplomatic events in Manila after a two-year drought, no thanks to a pandemic ST. PATRICK'S DAY CELEBRATION Greening of the Fort Santiago gate “I think the question is ‘Why only now?’ or ‘Why not earlier?” Ireland’s Ambassador William Carlos...
CLIMBING MOUNTAINS TOGETHER Cecilia and I's workout statistics brought us as high as Mt. Abunugi! “You diplomatic spouses have it way better,” a female diplomat once said with a laugh. “You just have to attend the parties and we have to do all the backbreaking work.” It was supposed to be a...
Los Angeles-born Maria Torres-Springer wants to reconnect with her Filipino roots FILIPINO VOICE Maria Torres-Springer, deputy mayor for economic and workforce development in New York Maria Torres-Springer, the Los Angeles-born Filipina-American deputy mayor of New York who was put in charge of...
The Cultural Center of the Philippines presents ‘Women and the Camera’ To celebrate the National Women’s Month, the CCP Film, Broadcast, and New Media Division (CCP FBNMD) will have a special film screening that highlights the different facets, strengths, and braveries of Filipino women....
MES AMIS Amb. Michele Boccoz of France, Consul General of Monaco Fortune Aleta Ledesma, Amb. Raduta Matache of Romania The French Embassy in the Philippines and the Alliance Française de Manille have launched preparations for the Francophonie week. Francophonie refers to men and women who share...
Our coral reef-themed exhibition is a deep dive into the core of what it’s like being a Filipino FILIPINO WAVE The façade of the coral reef-themed Philippine Pavilion at the Dubai Expo At the Mangrove Café, for which a new generation of chefs has curated a Filipino menu for the visitors of the...
This author used to traipse around in four-inch stiletto heels, but throughout this pandemic, she’s been in combat boots—and in her battle dress as female battalion commander of an Army Ready Reserve unit By Jan Chavez-Arceo SERVING THE NATION The author, Jan Chavez-Arceo , at work Life has a...
March is usually the time when our resolutions fizzle out, but even for busybodies, fitness can be integrated into the day to day. Cathy on the obstacle course An unrealistic body goal, an unrealistic diet are often geared to selling a product. Netizens who are professional nutritionists and...
Young designer Chris Nick delos Reyes incorporates Tiffany hardwear in his summer 2022 collection Do you wanna dance? In his summer 2022 collection, young designer Chris Nick delos Reyes gives a nod to the disco look, although he was born into an era in which the word discotheque , long obsolete,...
This month’s youth-led campaigns on election awareness and internet safety Still from Pagpukaw by Maria Payb Biglete Franklin D. Roosevelt once said that “we cannot always build the future for our youth, but we can build our youth for the future.” Global challenges such as the coronavirus,...
Nominations for KWF Dangal ng Panitikan 2022 up until Feb. 24 The country's official regulating body of the Filipino language, Komisyon ng Wikang Filipino (KWF) is once again on a hunt for this year’s most outstanding institution or writer who would receive the “Gawad Dangal ng Panitikan.”...
There’s forever in the works of Balagtas, Rizal, and Corazon de Jesus By Dr. Pablo S. Trillana III Literature expresses through words the splendor and pathos of living and dying. By recreating our world, it gives freedom. By possessing power over time, it grants immortality. Balagtas, Rizal, and...
