Resty Tica explores persistence and resolve in his latest exhibit ‘Fresh Start’ Layout design by PINGGOT ZULUETA Resty Tica New beginnings are the gift of every new year, a chance to reinvent oneself, create new habits, and leave things that hold one down in the past and move on. That is what...
The dream of reviving the once thriving railway system to Bicol region is coming into light with the signing of P142-billion worth of Philippine National Railways (PNR) project. But Department of Transportation (DOTr) Sec. Art Tugade said the contract he signed on Monday, Jan. 17, is just the first...
Consumer rights group stages exhibit by pandemic-hit artists FOOD FOR THOUGHT Artificial Flavor by Geronimo Santos We are bombarded with products that promise instant gratification but most of them are made of artificial ingredients deceive customers. Contemporary visual artists who have been...
Rene Bituin presents his abstract and surreal worlds Event Horizon 1-2, Acrylic on Canvas, 2014 Dealing with the everyday feeling of claustrophobic monotony, that is how Filipino visual artist Rene Bituin would describe his pandemic life, no different from how others are going through it. Burned...
The 54th Shell National Student Arts Competition (NSAC) Virtual Art Interaction showcased how the power of art can magnify the expression of advocacies, as well as how art enhanced by technology can break boundaries. The last two sessions of this online workshop series, organized by the Pilipinas...
An exploration of what is through an understanding of what was "Every child is an artist," Pablo Picasso once said. "The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up." It's a problem everyone eventually deals with, whether one is an artist or not. Most are natural creatives in their...
A Matisse exhibition to welcome the new year ArtSpeak Ramon E.S. Lerma What better way to usher in the New Year with an overflow of positivity than to see an extraordinary exhibition that brings together over 100 works by the great French artist Henri Matisse from the collection of the Centre...
THE LEGAL FRONT Atty. Arturo D. Brion, Ll.B, Ll.M. (Part I) I shall soon return to the academe to teach law, a task that I have always loved. To my mind, teaching could be the best law-related activity – next only to law practice and to column writing – that a retired public servant can...
‘Tabi-tabi,’ an act we can no longer do due to the pandemic Julius Redillas For years, Filipino artist Julius Redillas has stood out with his signature red-hued thread lines in his artworks overwhelming with facial expressions and eerily unreal feelings. Each subject tells a different story,...
The Philippine Nuclear Research Institute (PNRI) of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) established a state-of-the-art facility to monitor radiation exposures in the human body in a bid to ensure the safety of nuclear workers and radiotherapy patients. (PNRI/MANILA BULLETIN FILE) DOST...
The Department of Transportation (DOTr) will conduct a random antigen test on passengers of the Metro Rail Transit (MRT) and Light Rail Transit (LRT) as part of the measures to contain the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) amid the upsurge of cases in Metro Manila. But DOTr SEc. Art...
Modeka Gallery and Omnibus MNL gather visual artists, photographers, and designers for one artistic pilgrim Aside from being our second year in the pandemic, 2021 is a momentous year for the Philippines as it marks the 500th anniversary of the coming of the Christian faith on our shores. Numerous...