It’s been a month since Kathryn Bernardo changed her hair color into this bright orange hue. And it seems she’s enjoying this new look of hers. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Kathryn Bernardo 🐘 (@bernardokath) Manila Bulletin Lifestyle reached out to the woman who helped...
Senate President Pro Tempore Loren Legarda on Thursday, January 4, urged Filipinos to shun the use of single-use plastics and to be more practical in terms of waste disposal. Legarda made the call as the country observes Zero Waste Month, as she renews her call for the Philippines to...
Miss Universe Philippines Tourism 2021, Katrina Dimaranan, recently got engaged to her partner Robby Rodriguez in a beautiful beach proposal in Mexico. The couple shared the exciting news on Instagram on Dec. 29, 2023. In their joint post, Katrina expressed her happiness and referred to Robby as...
Andrei Iosivas, a Filipino-Romanian and wide receiver for the Cincinnati Bengals in the National Football League (NFL), is an avid food enthusiast with a deep passion exploring Filipino cuisine. In a TikTok video, he generously shares some of his favorite and delectable Pinoy dishes. @amaznhq...
While fast food restaurants offer quick service and affordable meal options that provide convenience for consumers, food production, in general, has been a significant contributor to climate change and the increase of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, responsible for 26 percent of global GHG,...
As 2024 begins, it is time to make an honest and thorough inventory of our kitchens to make life easier for everyone in the household. Check which items have been overused and need to be replaced. Determine whether to get an appliance’s newer or bigger model. Decide whether it is time to invest...
Art is unquestionably one of the purest and highest elements in human happiness. It trains the mind through the eye, and the eye through the mind. As the sun colors flowers, so does art color life—John Lubbock, “The Pleasures of Life.” The Philippines, with its more than 7,000 islands, still...
Diners have always served to be a fascinating glimpse into the American lifestyle. It’s so ingrained within US culture that several art pieces have immortalized the concept— Think Edward Hopper’s gloomy piece Nighthawks or for an opposite vibe, the many diner-setting paintings of Norman...
Images by the author LOS CUENTOS Reading John Cheever stories at cocktail hour at Plaça Catalunya in Barcelona If I were to recommend a book I haven’t read from my 2023 stash, I’d go for The Upstairs Delicatessen: On Eating, Reading, Reading About Eating, and Eating While Reading by Dwight...
By MARIE BUENAVENTURA Your foreign friends might applaud your adventurous culinary spirit if you tell them you’ve tried pigs blood, aka dinuguan, or balut, but that’s normal table fare in the Philippines. If you truly want to impress your fellow Pinoys, here’s a list of strange food from...
By CARMENCITA “CHINGGAY” JASARENO-BERNARDO TO NEW HORIZONS Mabuhay Philippines team in Germany In the recent tour of soprano duo The Nightingales, under the Mabuhay Philippines program of the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP), several high-spirited Pinoys in Europe took the...
By DENNIS GUEVARRA In the tumultuous year of 2020, I, a dedicated financial executive in the heart of Singapore’s bustling financial landscape, found myself at a crossroads. The global pandemic had upended life as we knew it and I, like many, faced the daunting challenge of maintaining both...
