Best dinner of the year
SOLAIRE Resort Entertainment City marks its 12th anniversary by bringing in some of the world’s best chefs (we’re talking Michelin stars, baby).
How Pernod Ricard is promoting responsible drinking in the Philippines
LIQUOR COMPANY Pernod Ricard is doubling down on promoting responsible drinking in the Philippines with the launch of its digital labeling, which also serves...
Potatoes are filled with nutrients, says trade group
POTATOES USA, the marketing arm of the American potato growers, hosted a talk about the health benefits of potatoes on March 6 in Makati...
A visit to New World’s refurbished Café 1228
AFTER a month and a half after closing the Café 1228 buffet at the New World Makati Hotel, it reopened its doors on the...
Dining In/Out (03/13/25)
Women’s Month at Newport
ON MARCH 19, the Whisky Library toasts to women’s fearless spirit with the Taste of Éire masterclass led by Aiobhe Murtagh,...
Kennedy tells US food companies to remove artificial dyes
NEW YORK — US Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. told food companies including PepsiCo and Kraft Heinz in a meeting on Monday that...
Girl Scouts sued over alleged heavy metals, pesticides in cookies
NEW YORK — The Girl Scouts have been sued by consumers over the alleged presence of “heavy metals” and pesticides in its popular Thin...
Portraits by Edvard Munch go on show in new London exhibition
LONDON — A new exhibition of portraits by Edvard Munch opens in London this week, shining a light on an important aspect of the...
Lost and found
AUTHOR, curator, and art critic Cid Reyes has turned over cassette tapes of conversations with late renowned Filipino visual artists to the National Museum of the Philippines. As part of a museum project, the contents of the tapes are now available on YouTube.
Serious coin for coins
A CEDULA (tax certificate) from the Philippine revolution of 1896, a 1766 Barilla coin minted in Manila, a four-real Mexican coin from the 19th...
A chilling stage adaptation of Kisapmata
IN 1981, one of the best Filipino films ever made captured people’s imaginations. Kisapmata, directed by Mike de Leon and co-written with Clodualdo del Mundo, Jr. and Raquel Villavicencio, disturbed audiences with its twisted premise of a possessive patriarch unwilling to free his daughter from the tyrannical rule of his household.
Arts & Culture (03/12/25)
Binangonan’s church now a National Cultural Treasure
THE National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) has officially declared the 225-year-old Santa Ursula Church in...