Get to know the filmmaker behind the country’s longest and slowest films GRAY AREA Melancholia starring Angeli Bayani and Perry Dizon Lav Diaz sent to Manila Bulletin Lifestyle a short anecdote on a local film that influenced him the most. He described the night in the mid-1970s when he was going...
Truth to tell, I like Filipinas. There’s elegance to it, not to mention nostalgia. But I’ve never used it to refer to my country. I’d hear it in old, rare, trilingual Filipino movies, in which the characters would speak in Filipino, American English, and a smattering of Spanish. I was born...
NGITING TAGUMPAY A colorized photo of Jose Rizal by artist collective Kulay Colorization. The hero seemingly in a state of kilig On a scale of one to 10, how proficient are you in the Filipino language? While it may be true that majority of Pinoys are English speakers in this day and age, life gets...
Classroom teaching and learning before the COVID-19 pandemic. (RIO DELUVIO / MANILA BULLETIN / FILE PHOTO) For Education Secretary Leonor Briones, the biggest challenge in the education sector to date is quality. During the public forum entitled “Revisiting the EDCOM of 1991: Continuities and...
The demand for Filipino nurses abroad continues to increase amid the fight against the coronavirus pandemic. Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. (File photo/Malacañang) Saudi Arabia is willing to accept more Filipino nurses, recognizing their valued skills, according to Foreign Affairs...
Archiving our native languages is critical in sustaining our cultural heritage for future Filipinos By Loren Legarda THIS WEEK IN PANORAMA In observance of Buwan ng Wika, let's talk about language, the over 130 Philippine languages, of which many are endangered. Cover illustration by Jc Fermante...
Balik Scientists. Balik Puso. Balik Pilipinas. (Photos from DOST) Seven Filipino virologists who were trained abroad responded to the call of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) to be part of the first-of-its-kind Virology and Vaccine Institute of the Philippines or VIP. As they are...
During the celebration of the United Nations (UN) International Youth Day, youth leaders on Thursday, Aug. 12, urged their fellow youth to make it more “meaningful” by acknowledging situations and barriers that affect young people. Photo shows Filipino youth leaders attending a...
Our diverse sensibilities stand out in Harajuku HOT FASHION HA.MÜ new collection, At the storied fashion district of Harajuku in Japan, an eight-month fashion incubation program culminated in a showroom where eight new-generation Philippine brands presented their collections. To conclude PHx...
The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) is set to officially welcome on Friday, Aug. 13, the seven Balik Scientists who will be part of the country’s Virology and Vaccine Institute of the Philippines (VIP). (DOST Facebook page) The seven Filipino virologists who were trained abroad will...
Philippines’ Hidilyn Diaz competes in the women’s 55kg weightlifting competition during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at the Tokyo International Forum in Tokyo on July 26 2021. (AFP) Education Secretary Leonor Briones on Tuesday, Aug. 10, lauded the gallant efforts of Filipino athletes at the...
One out of 10 or 10.3 percent of Filipino children aged 6 to 12 had vitamin D deficiency, with highest prevalence recorded in the National Capital Region (NCR), based on the 2018 Expanded National Nutrition Survey (ENNS) of the Department of Science and Technology- Food and Nutrition Research...
