By Roberto Villar | Reprinted from Dec 30, 2019 esquiremag.ph As 2019 is about to draw to a close, we reflect on the many highlights that have transpired this year. Some of these highlights could be found in local social media. One that particularly took netizens by storm was a debate about the differences…
Wilfredo Garrido, FB post If she were born today, it is unlikely she will ever become a “superstar”. Dark, short, with homely features, she won’t stand out among the mestizas, the perfect products of beauty pageants, the inbred kids of celebrity families who dominate today’s show business. But in the 1960s, this innocent girl from…
Nathalie Tomada – The Philippine Star, June 13, 2022 MANILA, Philippines — The film community has celebrated the recent announcement of three “historic” National Artists for Film and Broadcast Arts. Actress Nora Aunor, screenwriter Ricardo “Ricky” Lee and the late director Marilou Diaz-Abaya were named new recipients of the highest national honor given to Filipinos…
February 10, 2022, Rappler.com The shirts feature a quote from the writer’s 1984 novel ‘Bata, Bata…Pa’no Ka Ginawa?’ MANILA, Philippines – Linya-Linya has released its second collaboration with writer Lualhati Bautista: a new shirt that inspires people to rise up and stand for what they believe in. The shirt is printed with a quote from…
[Available from POPULAR BOOK STORE, also <amazon.com>] A Book Review by Paul Gabriel L. Cosme, Macalester College E. San Juan, Jr.’s Maelstrom over the Killing Fields brings its readers through a concise yet critical historical montage of Filipino struggles from the times inside the Spanish convent to American Hollywood and during today’s struggles against Rodrigo…
By: Zacarian Sarao INQUIRER.net / July 13, 2021 MANILA, Philippines — Stage Icon, thespian, actress, and philanthropist Celia Diaz Laurel passed away at the age of 93 on Monday night. Laurel’s passing was announced on her official Facebook account. “Our star is home where she rightfully belongs. It is with profound sorrow that we announce…
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By: Tina Arceo-Dumlao – Business Features Editors/ Philippine Daily Inquirer / March 28, 2021 Today, Palm Sunday, the people of Guiuan in the southern tip of Eastern Samar are expected to make their way to their beloved Immaculate Conception Parish Church with an extra spring in their step. Renewed lockdown restrictions due to surging cases…