Long-haul flights enable us to catch films we have missed or films that were not shown in the local cinemas. The recent in-flight entertainment we saw included three movies namely, Steven Spielberg’s *The Fabelmans*, Sarah Polley’s *Women Talking*, and Dean Fleischer Camp’s *Marcel The Shell...
FROM THE MARGINS Happy Independence Day! As we commemorate this very important milestone in our nation’s history, let us try to go one step further: to celebrate our independence while also pursuing freedom from poverty. Since microfinance is an important component of poverty eradication, allow...
REFLECTIONS TODAY The Beatitudes are among the most popular teachings of Jesus. They open what we call Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount. By this time, Jesus’ popularity has already been spreading. People come to him from diverse areas: Galilee, the Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea, and from beyond the...
Japan has built a mulberry tea factory in Pampanga to help farmers who suffer from unstable income due to natural disasters and other agricultural problems. Mulberry Tea Factory (Photo courtesy of Japan Embassy in the Philippines) A mulberry tea factory was inaugurated last week by the Embassy of...
HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRIPE-VINE: OUR NEW ABNORMAL In what has been universally acknowledged as the digital age, it might seem ironic and foolhardy to mount a Philippine Book Festival that literally champions the published book - with no digitized, online version in sight. But that’s exactly what...
PEACE-MAKER As the whole world celebrates Father’s Day next Sunday, June 18, we wish to pay tribute to our beloved father, the late Jose Ravago de Venecia Sr. After World War II, our father served as Judge at Large for the entire Bicol region, appointed by the late President Manuel Roxas, first...
REFLECTIONS TODAY Jn 6:51-58 Jesus said to the Jewish crowds: “I am the living bread that came down from heaven; whoever eats this bread will live forever; and the bread that I will give is my flesh for the life of the world.” The Jews quarreled among themselves, saying, “How can this man...
Vice President Sara Duterte on Saturday, June 10, graced the book launching of Jose A. Lim III's book, “Rainbows of the Deep,” which was based on his experience being lost at sea in 2018. Vice President Sara Duterte speaks at the book launching of Jose A. Lim III's “Rainbows of the Deep” in...
The United States government has completed the construction of a P17 million worth of multipurpose hall in Palawan to serve as a relief shelter for residents during disasters. Completed by the US Naval Engineers of Seabees, the structure will also be used as a community center for the elderly and...
Cagayan de Oro City 2nd district Rep. Rufus Rodriguez (Facebook) Cagayan de Oro City 2nd district Rep. Rufus Rodriguez says it's possible for power rates to go down in Mindanao. This, as the veteran congressman expressed optimism for the second phase of the National Grid Corporation of the...
Attention "Sex and the City" fans! The Carrie Bradshaw fever is coming to Manila, well, in BGC, to be exact. The Manila Bulletin Lifestyle has spotted a tarp in the area, hinting that a "Sex and the City" experience is coming soon. According to our insider, this experience will be open to the...
IT'S THE SMALL THINGS Last week, the first ever Philippine Book Festival was held at the Philippine International Convention Center (PICC). A most noble project of the National Book Development Board (NBDB), I was so happy to know that in a tech-clad and overpowered generation, people still buy,...
