Celebrating independence with that most celebratory dish: Lechon
AS THE COUNTRY celebrates Independence Day today, a spread at The Grand Hyatt’s The Grand Kitchen with the “Lechon Diva” Dedet dela Fuente can...
Ginebra San Miguel is now in 12 countries
GINEBRA SAN MIGUEL, the gin in the dimpled bottle that you can find in virtually any store in the Philippines, can now be found...
Does a michelada without beer still taste as sweet?
I FIND MYSELF unhappily on trend. Young people everywhere are increasingly “on the wagon” — to use the American idiom for sobriety from the 1920s, when the 18th Amendment to the US Constitution banned the production and sale of alcohol.
Dining In/Out (06/12/25)
The Pen’s The Bar goes Japanese
SATOMI MIZUGISHI, formerly of Jigger & Pony (No. 5 in Asia’s 50 Best Bars list), is taking over The...
BTS members Jimin and Jungkook discharged from South Korean military
YEONCHEON, South Korea — K-pop group BTS’ members Jimin and Jungkook were discharged from the South Korean military on Wednesday, the fifth and sixth...
Labubu human-sized figure sells for over $150,000 at Beijing auction
BEIJING/SHANGHAI — A Beijing auction house sold a human-sized Labubu figure for 1.08 million yuan ($150,275.51) on Tuesday, setting a new record for the...
Striking Hollywood video game actors reach tentative agreement with studios
LOS ANGELES — Hollywood video game voice and motion capture actors and video game studios reached a tentative agreement on Monday with new conditions...
Intimate times with Arturo Luz
IT’S HARD not to associate the works of National Artist for Visual Arts Arturo Luz (1926-2021) with grandeur, but an exhibit called Streamlined II...
Filipino queer classic blossoms into new drag musical
IN A CASE of perfect timing, Dalaga na si Maxie Oliveros: A Drag Musical Extravaganza, which combines the art of drag and musical theater,...
Tracing one’s identity through the past
FOR Filipino visual artist Lee Paje and Thai photographer Ampannee Satoh, looking to the past is an essential part of understanding one’s identity.
Arts & Culture (06/11/25)
Heneral Luna, Goyo in cinemas for Independence Day
IN celebration of Philippine Independence Day, the box office and critically acclaimed historical epics Heneral Luna and...
Day of the Jackal author Frederick Forsyth, 86
LONDON — British novelist Frederick Forsyth, who authored best-selling thrillers such as The Day of the Jackal and The Dogs of War, has died...