A love letter to the art of handwork WRITE THEN AND THERE Displayed in the National Museum of the Philippines is this Ambahan made by Gawad Manlilikha ng Bayan awardee, the Mangyan poet, Ginaw Bilog. The Ambahan is a metaphoric poem with seven-syllable lines using the surat mangyan etched on bamboo...
Everyone has left Babino, North Macedonia, yet it remains to be a ‘village of enlightenment,’ attracting up to 3,500 visitors a year By Darko Duridanski Photos by Robert Atanasovski/AFP KEEPER OF FLAME Stevo Stepanovski in the remarkable village library that has 20,000 books in Babino, North...
Angelo R. Lacuesta’s first novel is a deeply personal story that spans decades of changes—political, social, economic, technological—in the Philippines HAPPINESS IN TEXT Joy , in its synopsis, is a story of joy—lived forward, backward, sideways, and upside down, in lives and loves that...
And how this campaign attempts to revive one of the most essential forms of entertainment Many believe that reading, especially critical reading, is on the decline. Thanks to technology, life holds more distractions today and social media has in various ways destroyed the far more useful and...
ILOILO CITY – The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) donated over P36-million worth of books on Thursday, Sept. 8, to selected schools in Western Visayas. USAID Philippines Resident Legal Officer Michelle McLeod (third from right) and DepEd-6 Director Ramir Uytico (third...
Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU) denounced Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino’s (KWF) order to stop the production and distribution of “political,” “subversive,” and “anti-government” books in schools and public libraries, calling it a bold and clear violation of every Filipinos' right to free press....
Language, culture, and educational departments or organizations issued a unity statement on Friday, Aug. 12, condemning the red-tagging of authors and some Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino/Commission on the Filipino Language (KWF) commissioners’ purported order to pull out or stop the publication of...
IF YOU COULD READ MY MIND: A lot of impressive crime fiction comes from the pens of female authors—just think back to Agatha Christie Here are two contemporary writers carving out their own names. Plus we have two male writers, one steeped in wry humor and one who gives the sub-genre of LA noir...
IF YOU COULD READ MY MIND: If you’re looking for books that can serve as traveling companions, here are four new novels that take storytelling to new heights. Garmus’ novel is historical women empowerment, while Goddard’s is dependable crime fiction. Chao has her own take on the immigrant...
With less than a day until she becomes private citizen Leni Robredo, the outgoing Vice President shared what will take up most of her time once she steps down from power at noon tomorrow, June 30. Vice President Leni Robredo (OVP photo) Although she’s looking forward to launching Angat Buhay NGO...
With memories of a distant past, President-elect Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. not only steps into the shoes left by his late father Ferdinand Sr., but also returns to the Malacañang Palace he once called home from 1965 to 1986. (Screenshot from Bongbong Marcos YouTube channel) It is the same...
When was the last time you read a book? Do you click a title that says ‘five-minute read’ – and finish reading the whole article? Reading is one of the most important skills because it leads to knowledge, self-improvement, and better comprehension of the world around us. Even though that is...
