Historical Manila capillita’s Novena Masses start on Easter Sunday

A TINY nipa hut serving as a chapel in Barrio San Miguel, Manila in 1851 held the image of Nuestra Señora del Rosario — Our Lady of the Rosary — which is venerated by the villagers.

Emerging from the attic

IT BEGAN with a white wall in the attic of his old home where Stephen Ozo would paint murals and explore the use of color with the small pints of paint he’d purchased. But nobody knew about it.

What to see this week (04/13/22)

THE THIRD installment of the Fantastic Beasts franchise follows Professor Albus Dumbledore as he devises a plan to prevent the powerful Dark wizard Gellert Grindelwald from gaining control of the wizarding world.

Easter in the Metro (4/13/22)

ARANETA City in Quezon City has a number of events scheduled for Easter Sunday, April 17. Children can join Araneta City’s Easter Costume Kiddie Party at the Gateway Mall (Activity Area) and Ali Mall (MacArthur entrance lobby), dressed in their favorite costumes.

Stuff to Do (04/13/22)

THE STAGE-to-screen performance of Tanghalang Pilipino’s (TP) Doc Resureccion: Gagamutin ang Bayan will stream from April 17 to 30 via www.ticket2me.net.

Keeping things hot  

FILIPINO-born Romeo Joven grew up in the United States and worked as a television commercial producer there. Traveling to a variety of cities most days of the year was part of his job. Since he spent most of his time in hotels and on the road, Mr. Joven would often order takeout or food deliveries. It often worried him that the food would get cold while on its way to him, or when they had to wait before being able to consume the takeout.   

All in the family 

YOU and I are not quite the same as Alvin Reyes Lim. Our grandmothers’ faces, after all, are not found on bottles of sauce.  

UK rock band The Who back on tour after COVID cancellations

NEW YORK — After costly pandemic cancellations, British rock band The Who is back on the road again with THE WHO HITS BACK! tour.

Zombies will once again kick off Cannes Film Festival

PARIS — The Cannes Film Festival will open on its 75th anniversary next month with the screening of a film about zombies, Z (Comme Z) by Michel Hazanavicius, director of award-winning film The Artist.

Seeing Green

GREEN represents growth and new perspectives, and those seem to be reflected in pieces by Patek Philippe from its exhibition at Watches & Wonders 2022. The annual watch show in Geneva, which ended earlier this month, was relaunched after a two-year hiatus brought on by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. BusinessWorld was shown the storied watchmaker’s pieces during an online presentation late last month.

Bought for $2.9 M, NFT of Jack Dorsey tweet finds few takers

LONDON —  Crypto entrepreneur Sina Estavi made headlines in March 2021 when he paid $2.9 million for an NFT (non-fungible token) of Twitter boss Jack Dorsey’s first tweet. But his efforts to re-sell it have run aground, with a top bid of just $6,800 as of Thursday.

Philippines bags multiple awards in the 19th Asian Film Fest

THE PHILIPPINES came out of the 19th Asian Film Festival with a slew of awards. Film director Brillante Mendoza received a lifetime achievement award, actors Vince Rillon and Christian Bables were jointly named Best Actor, while Erik Matti’s On the Job: The Missing 8 bagged the award for Best Film at the festival awarding ceremony held on April 12 in Rome, Italy.