One World Deli goes to Alabang
PYC FOODS Corp. has expanded One World Deli’s world by opening its latest branch in Alabang on May 20. Located in a spacious, stand-alone...
Thailand cuisine can still surprise
ONE MIGHT THINK that because of the proximity of this country to Bangkok (it’s just a three-hour flight), Bangkok probably holds no more secrets for Manila’s citizens. However, The Peninsula Bangkok’s Thiptara Thai Restaurant Chef de Cuisine Monnipa “Ying” Rungthong still has a few tricks up her sleeve.
OPM folk legend Freddie Aguilar, 72
INTERNATIONALLY renowned Filipino folk singer-songwriter Ferdinand “Freddie” Aguilar passed away on May 27, at the age of 72.
His death was confirmed by George Briones,...
Dining In/Out (05/29/25)
DTI holds food festival at Megamall
THE Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) presents Food Festival 2025 — a three-day showcase celebrating the richness of...
Swan Lake as the gold standard
SUPERSTARS from the San Francisco Ballet in the United States will be gracing the home stage of Ballet Manila, the Aliw Theater, for its production of the iconic Swan Lake.
Reframing art at Calle Wright
FOR conceptual artist Judy Freya Sibayan, finding a modest art collection worth exhibiting at a gallery was not something she expected while unpacking decades’...
Breaking into the Middle East, Art Basel will open a fair in Doha
ART BASEL is expanding again.
Next year the Swiss-based art fair will open an edition in Doha, Qatar’s capital city. “We’re starting small,” says Art...
Arts & Culture (05/28/25)
MCAD questions notions of time in exhibit
THE exhibition Moments of Delay, engages with the complications of our understanding of time and the contemporary moment,...
Spain returns artwork seized during Civil War
MADRID — Last week Spain returned paintings belonging to a former Madrid mayor that were seized for their protection during the 1936-39 Civil War...
Billie Eilish takes top prize at American Music Awards
LAS VEGAS — “Birds of a Feather” singer Billie Eilish landed the top honor on Monday at the American Music Awards, winning artist of...
TikTok singing tilt champ goes from the virtual to real life
FOR Filipino singer-songwriter Ryssi Avila, known simply as Ryssi, her young son Angel served as her greatest inspiration in making it through TikTok’s global singing competition Gimme the Mic. So it is not a surprise that her debut single, “My Angel,” which was released this month, commemorates that love.
Lilo & Stitch, Mission: Impossible rack up nearly $500 million in worldwide ticket sales
THE live-action remake of Lilo & Stitch and the adrenaline-fueled Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning racked up a combined $494.2 million in worldwide...