Mark Paragua. (File Photo) United States-based Grandmasters Mark Paragua and Banjo Barcenilla showed why they are two of the top Filipino chessers at present after a 1-2 finish in the online GM Rosendo Balinas Cup over the weekend. Fresh from playing the top two boards for the Philippine team that...
Training for collegiate leagues like the NCAA and the UAAP is on standby as CHED forms a technical working group to craft guidelines before allowing student-athletes to resume practice. (MB File Photo / Jansen Romero) Collegiate athletes like the ones in the NCAA and UAAP would have to wait a...
Most of us have had an episode or two online where we complained about our internet service provider (ISP). We tend to voice out our dissent in the digital space because it’s easy, people get to vent and connect with those who have the same issue, and in very rare occasions the problem gets...
How its and it’s, the singular they, subject-verb disagreements, inconsistent tenses, and other elements of bad English drive us crazy Mind your language. And I don’t mean it as an idiom, meaning to speak politely. But if you must pepper your language with invectives, the more you need to mind....
PAST RECIPIENTS Lino Brocka for film in 1997, Fernando Amorsolo for visual arts-painting in 1972, and Nick JoaquÃn for literature in 1976 Good news! The National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) and the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) have opened the nomination for the Orden...
Clarissa Delgado of Teach for the Philippines is ready to take on the monumental challenge of uplifting the education quality of the country Clarissa Delgado While Clarissa Delgado mentioned the eye-opening 2019 Programme for International Student Achievement (PISA) results of the Philippines in...
Angel Thoughts ‘Rivers do not drink their own water. Trees do not get their own fruit; the sun does not shine on itself and flowers do not spread their fragrance for themselves. Living for others is a rule of nature. We are all born to help each other. No matter how difficult life is... life is...
The capital city is reborn through art The new heroes and Manila The year 2020 has been a total mess. Be that as it may, last month ended on a good note at least for the city of Manila. The City of Our Affections has a specific memory, a conscience, a scourge even, and it is now in a state of...
Not a few celebrities expressed disappointment with the Movie and Television Review and Classification Board (MTRCB) making clear its resolve to police international streaming platforms such as Netflix. (AFP/Olivier Douliery / MANILA BULLETIN) Some deem it an altogether brash display of...
We bid farewell to one of the funniest and most quirky YouTuber in the Philippines Pinoy YouTube sensation and Instagram star Lloyd Cadena drew his last breath, as confirmed from a post in his official Facebook page. Earlier today rumors of Lloyd’s death went viral. It was only this afternoon...
Artificial beaches have a purpose—and here are others from all over the world BEACH IN THE CITY The baywalk on Manila Bay after its rehabilitation last year. Photo by Lost Juan Manila Bay beach, why not? It’s not a new idea. In 2002, the French capital introduced the idea of the “Paris...
As Covid-19 reshapes digital content creation, Kate Adajar shapes her way back into visual arts If there’s one good thing the Covid-19 pandemic has brought to our lives, it has given us time to take pause, reflect, and find new hobbies while in the middle of isolation. Some have turned into being...
