Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez III has urged the raffle winners of the small investor-targeted Premyo bonds to consider using their cash rewards to reinvest in government debt securities or start their own small businesses and help create jobs. Finance Secretary Carlos G....
Though cheap and affordable, fast fashion comes with environmental costs that contribute to the rising problem of waste worldwide. This prompted AraPilak, a Palawan-based shop, to offer not only zero-waste products, but to also release a clothing line that aims to minimize the carbon footprint...
They’ve filed nurses’ and maids’ uniforms as ‘traditional’ Filipino attire. True, we’re all guilty of stereotyping other races, and we Filipinos are not exempted of racism. But we have been victims too ever since Spanish era, when we were labelled as lazy and alcoholics. In...
The first-ever Filipino anime series is coming to Netflix next month. (Netflix / MANILA BULLETIN) “Barangay 143” will make its debut on the giant streaming platform on Oct. 1. The series first aired on GMA-7 from October 2018 to June 2019. The series tells the story of a basketball star from...
In this world of chaos, the ‘zirkular’ strokes of Art Zamora bring ease ART OF KINDNESS Filipino painter Art Zamora is an industry saint On Jan. 7, 2002, the City of San Francisco celebrated “Art Zamora Day,” in honor of New Jersey-based Filipino painter Art Zamora who “has fostered...
Rain or shine, it is always a good time to have a bowl of soup I am a soup person. Rain or shine, I love a bowl of soup with dinner. Sometimes, a bowl of thick soup is dinner. Like many people my age, I grew up knowing only one kind of sopas —a broth with elbow macaroni and some kind of meat:...
Justine Afante (top) and Victoria Alsina (YouTube/The Voice Kids UK) Filipinos Justine Afante and Victoria Alsina have secured spots in the grand finals of the British version of the singing competition "The Voice Kids." The seven-year-old Victoria is the "youngest-ever finalists" in the show's...
Cast and crew of 'Ang Huling El Bimbo the Musical' Before Buwan ng Wikang Pambansa this August ends, The Filipino Channel or TFC will put the spotlight on Cinemalaya 2020, as well as musical “Ang Huling El Bimbo Musical.” Cinemalaya Independent Film Festival advocates “the development and...
Can’t believe we’re still taking this lesson in 2020 I love sharing all kinds of dumb, Filipino humor memes on Facebook. If I find something off and below the belt, I report it—racist, homophobic, bigot memes that amplify nonexistent edge cred, and sentences with the wrong usage of “ ng ”...
By Kriscell Largo Labor Translation of text in the Philippines is as old as the Doctrina Christiana (1593) , the first printed manuscript in the archipelago. The manuscript contained translations of Latin and Spanish Roman Catholic prayers in the Old Tagalog language, written in Roman alphabet and...
By TERENCE REPELENTE Language is a tricky thing. To wield it effectively, one has to have had a long relationship with it, a relationship that’s built on innumerable moments of joy and sadness, of pride and even shame, often learning from the words of those who’ve mastered it first. For the...
Kidapawan’s local historian makes a case for the removal of Filipino as a core subject in college. By Karlo Antonio G. David Professors and students of Filipino subject and other Philippine literature courses from different universities protest against High Court's decision to exclude Filipino...
