The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) will begin the expanded implementation of its “Tara, Basa!” tutoring program at a formal program launch that will take place in Cebu City on Friday, March 8. DSWD Assistant Secretary for Strategic Communications and spokesperson Romel...
President Marcos has invited Filipinos to visit the Malacañan Palace and have fun this Christmas season. President Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos Jr. (Bongbong Marcos/Instagram) In a video message uploaded to his Facebook page on Friday morning, Dec. 22, the President said the Palace is an "open...
Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian said the agency is ready to collaborate with the Department of Education (DepEd) to support its learning programs aimed at reducing illiteracy in the Philippines, following the completion of the pilot implementation of the...
More than 2,000 Filipinos have accepted the invitation of President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. to visit Malacañang as he opened the Palace grounds to the public for the Christmas season. Malacañang photo In a Facebook post, the Office of the Press Secretary (OPS) said more and more people...
Get ready for live Fête-stivities this year By Dexter R. Matilla Dust off your dancing shoes and get ready to start grooving to the beat because after two years, Fête de la Musique will be going live once again. “We’re excited to bring the Fête de la Musique celebrations back to the...
The stage is set. BURNING MAN Guirhem Usog Sa Kalayo Multi-awarded artist Melvin Guirhem of Iloilo would stitch together his personal experiences on canvases, but for Art Fair Philippines 2022 his works went beyond the familiarities of his personal life and evolved into a collective study of the...
Web series Lukot-Lukot, Bilog-Bilog Pa More moves to tele-radio CRUMPLED AND ROLLED Lukot-Lukot-Bilog-Bilog web series screenshot Digital payments world leader Visa and its partner, Tanghalang Pilipino, the multi-awarded resident theater company of the Cultural Center of the Philippines, are...
A photographic throwback of the Western Visayan region during the American colonization CAPTURING ILOILO Pedro Casanave, an American photographer and painter Over the past several years, there has been a growing enthusiasm for learning Iloilo’s history. That is largely thanks to burgeoning...
Last Song Bea Hot on the heels of its debut single, "Nakakotse," Last Song Bea is on a roll as the band continues to make more noise with the bigger success of its second single, "Tara!" Compared to the chill, laid-back groove of "Nakakotse," "Tara!" beckons with its more festive feel. With its...
Bringing the love of reading closer to the community is the focus of the fourth Iloilo Mega Book Fair (IMBF). It will no longer be confined to malls or academic institutions. Instead, it’s going to communities in the seven districts of Iloilo City. In the project dubbed as “IMBF Sari-sari...
FOR THE LOVE OF TEACHING Despite the school year being held entirely online, Sir Jessie goes the extra mile and emulates the physical classroom setup by putting up the image of his students on chairs The COVID-19 pandemic has drastically changed the educational landscape, and yet teacher Jessie S....
Individual and corporate donations keep the soup kitchen-styled feast of Iloilo staples going and going for the benefit of frontliners Photos by Ray Tabafunda COMFORT FOOD One of the dishes served in the program is Deco’s La Paz batchoy The sixth annual Sabores de Visayas might not have been the...
