BOOK REVIEWS: Four titles that redefine how one should read comedy If there’s a common thread running through the four novels today, it’s how gentle comedy can be a most effective way for bringing home a message. From examining our fascination for the occult, to thinking up a near-future,...
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And how Czech Ambassador Jana Šedivá’s courtesy call to Manila City Mayor Isko Moreno Domagoso can make us smarter, more human GIFT OF FRIENDSHIP Ambassador Jana Šedivá receives a gift from Manila City Mayor Isko Domagoso during the courtesy call When Czech Ambassador Jana Šedivá paid...
Photo courtesy of Rica Peralejo/Instagram When you were getting ready to be a first-time parent, you might have read one or two pregnancy and baby books and maybe even took a couple of classes to prepare for the arrival of your little bundle of joy. But what happens after the first year of life...
Reading, in this age, has become even more important Photo courtesy of Rabiya Mateo People living below the poverty line and those who are illiterate are in the same portion of the population, research has shown. Increasing the availability of books to the illiterate children in developing...
Rabiya Mateo Miss Universe Philippines 2020 Rabiya Mateo is taking the lead to help fight illiteracy in the country by helping them in reading and comprehension. On Instagram, Mateo said that she is taking part in the National Reading Month with USAID and the Asia Foundation. "We really need to...
I’d like to read Felice Sta. Maria ’s The Foods of Jose Rizal (Anvil, 2012), an intriguing tour of the 19th century by way of Rizal’s food adventures culled from his autobiography and correspondence, biographies written on him, interviews with people who knew him, and accounts about the...
READING CAN BE DEADLY The question stands: Is reading these days a guilty pleasure? Photo by Daria Shetsova I’d say I love books unapologetically, but I have to admit that at the back of my mind I’m thinking, “Is this love of books a vice in an age in which human activities such as...
