From left: Incumbent Committee Members: Eugene Guiyab, Ann Morales, Danda Buhain, Rose Santiago-Licup, Ruby Guiyab, and Flora Urquico; and founders, Sherwin Sozon, and Nathan de Leon. Lyric Opera of the Philippines (LyrOPERA), the country’s premier non-profit opera company, celebrates its 10 th...
Philcongen LA, UCLA launch ‘Breaking Myths: Food, Feasts, and the Ifugao’ ethnographic exhibit In celebration of National Heritage Month, the Philippine Consulate General in Los Angeles and the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) Center for Southeast Studies opened an ethnographic...
Sentro Rizal launched online to connect OFWs to PH cultural, historical, media resources The Philippine Embassy in Ottawa launched the Sentro Rizal Ottawa online portal on Independence Day, to connect people, especially Overseas Filipinos, to cultural, historical, media, and other related resources...
By C. HORATIUS MOSQUERA In the month of June, especially around Independence Day, our thoughts usually turn to our history and heritage. Sadly, however, it seems not too many people nowadays appreciate the past. Maybe it is because we live in a time of rapid change, where the fast pace of...
K-pop superstars BTS flew back to South Korea on June 2 after meeting US President Joe Biden at the White House. BTS’ RM, Jin, Suga, Jungkook, J-Hope and Jimin arrived at Incheon International Airport in the afternoon of June 2 and were met by fans and the media. Member V arrived in the morning...
ROGER Gilbaliga, Rolinda Gilbaliga, and Rennel Lavilla of the Panay Bukidnon indigenous group show how to make musical instruments made from bamboo during a workshop in Iloilo City. (National Museum Western Visayas) ILOILO CITY — The National Heritage Month capped with an indigenous music...
When the Russia-Ukraine war broke out, farmer-veterinarian Mykhailo Travetsky was given two choices — to leave the country with his family or to stay behind. Travetsky chose the latter. This is because leaving the country also meant leaving behind 35 cows at his farm in Pryluky, Chernihiv Oblast....
PUERTO PRINCESA CITY—Vice-presidential candidate Senator Francis 'Kiko; Pangilinan promised that he and running mate Vice President Leni Robredo will focus on boosting eco-tourism and sustainable development in Palawan province if they win in the May 2022 polls. Senator Kiko Pangilinan and Vice...
OKSANA STUDIO Oksana Polonets (fourth from right) and her models at the Ukrainian Ambassador_s Residence in Berlin in 2017 The first diplomatic spouse’s event I attended during our posting in Berlin was at the official residence of the Ukrainian ambassador. It was in 2017 and the country was...
The Filipinas Heritage Library is conducting an online session about the impact of World War II on local cinema In the latest instalment of “Liberation Talks,” webinars by Filipinas Heritage Library (FHL), independent filmmaker and UP professor Nick Deocampo will discuss the legacies left...
Declared an Important Cultural Property by the National Museum of the Philippines, this 19th-century bahay na bato in Ilocos Norte has been unveiled in its reincarnation as a living museum For many decades, in its decaying state, the ground floor of what has been described by the National Museum of...
For your salu-salo or as a present to a friend, try this curated box from the ‘City of Taste and Heritage’ Just north of Manila by the border of the town Obando and the province of Bulacan is Malabon. The coastal city is known for its bamboo products, beautiful historic structures comparable to...
