Trump administration considers adding Shein, Temu to ‘forced labor’ list, Semafor reports
The U.S. is discussing whether to add Chinese ecommerce retailers Shein and Temu to the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) 'forced labor' list, Semafor...
History lesson: The Nilad Community holds Battle of Manila tour series
EIGHTY YEARS AGO in February, 100,000 people died as the city of Manila burned.
For 30 days, the Philippine capital was caught up in a...
Artists from the Filipino diaspora pay tribute to Nena Saguil
MODERNIST PAINTER Nena Saguil was a Filipino pioneer of abstract art. But aside from the impact of her cosmic paintings and ink drawings, there...
Creating dreamy Filipiniana for ballet
DANCE MEETS DESIGN as Jor-el Espina collaborates with Ballet Philippines for its Filipiniana-themed season-ender, Ang Panaginip (The Dream).
Mr. Espina is making the costumes for...
High-tech spin for samurai-era ukiyo-e artist Hokusai at Tokyo exhibit
TOKYO — Visitors can step back in time to Japan’s samurai era in a new Tokyo exhibition that uses cutting-edge technology to bring to...
Russian missile attack seriously damages historic center of Odesa
RUSSIAN forces launched missiles on the center of Ukraine’s Black Sea port of Odesa, a UNESCO World Heritage site, seriously damaging historic buildings and...
Arts & Culture (02/05/25)
MID-FEBRUARY will feature an intimate and emotionally charged production: Opera Intima, presented by MusicArtes, Inc. It is a twin bill of Francis Poulenc’s La Voix Humaine and the Filipino dramatic monologue Boses.
Beyoncé wins top Grammys prize for first time with Cowboy Carter
LOS ANGELES — Beyoncé won the top prize at music’s Grammy Awards on Sunday, taking album of the year for the first time in...
Bagets musical adaptation in the works
THE HIT 1984 comedy film Bagets will be given new life through a stage adaptation, Bagets the Musical, the show’s producers announced on Friday.
The...
Meteor Garden’s Barbie Hsu dies of flu
TAIPEI — Taiwanese actor Barbie Hsu, who rose to fame across Asia as the romantic lead in the 2001 television drama Meteor Garden, has...
Entertainment News (02/04/25)
RIOT GAMES and Virgin Music Group have revealed a new version of a song from the animated series Arcane called “What Have They Done to Us,” featuring the vocals of Sasha Alex Sloan.
A night of music and escape with Aurora
IT TOOK half an hour after the performance-fantasy-storytelling project by Yaelokre and Filipino-Japanese singer Ena Mori before Norwegian singer Aurora (real name: Aurora Aksnes) entered the stage.