THE ONLINE food delivery platform of ride-hailing app Grab has announced 24/7 operations in select cities in the Philippines in a bid to serve the demands of the company’s growing segment.

AN ICON of Singapore’s history has been restored and is now open again.

SOMEONE ONCE told me that a good breakfast was a sign of a good life: someone has spent time, money, and care to make sure you’re properly nourished in the morning. Of these three options, Manu Mano, a small bakery in Banawe, Manila, chooses to occupy the space carved out by love.

IF YOU’VE ever had a turon (a fruit-filled fried spring roll) from SM, which people apparently line up for, then you’re bound to be excited over a giant version of it.

SALADSTOP! has come out with a new seasonal item, the Kokoro Warm Grain Bowl which is available in all SaladStop! locations, except Ayala Tower 1, from Aug. 5 to 31. The bowl consists of nourishing grains, such as quinoa and brown rice.

A NEW lead actor, a fliptop rap number, and gender-bender roles are few of the updated elements in the fourth rerun of the musical on the “sublime paralytic” Apolinario Mabini’s life.

AS A coming of age story, Children of the River is as gentle and flowing as the river of its title. Like her first feature length film Pitong Kabang Palay (winner in 2017 of both the Golden Owl Award at the 22^nd Aichi International Women’s Film Festival and also best children’s film in the Dhaka International Film Fest), Maricel Cariaga Cabrera’s 2019 Cinemalaya entry revolves around the regular lives of ordinary folks in rural areas.

AMONG TODAY’s young filmmakers, it is perhaps Eduardo W. Roy, Jr. who most closely approximates the sensibility and legacy of Lino Brocka’s passion projects, particularly in his sympathetic portrayals of the oppression and exploitation of the desperately poor and marginalized in Philippine society. He considers himself a protégé of the “Found Story” School of Filmmaking as codified by his mentor Armando “Bing” Lao. This is an attempt to better express certain inherently Filipino realities. Found Films co-produced this movie.

LONDON — The world’s biggest celebration of the performing arts began last Friday in Edinburgh, with its most international line-up yet grappling with issues every bit as weighty as those that set the tone for the city’s first festival in 1947.

ORGANIZERS of Edinburgh’s performing arts festival took hedges on the pound earlier this year in order to sign up international artists amid Brexit-induced currency volatility.

IT IS time to draw up your shopping lists as the Manila International Book Fair (MIBF), the country’s longest-running book fair, returns for its 40^th edition on Sept. 11-15, at the SMX Convention Center, Mall of Asia Complex, Pasay City. The book fair will have over a hundred exhibitors ranging from big bookstore chains to local indie publishers spread across two floors of exhibit space.

VINYL ON VINYL art gallery will be opening multiple exhibits today. These are Family Day by Reen Barrera, elements of the Past by Dennis Bato, Lurking Creatures in Paradise by Demosthenes Campos, and the group exhibit 032 which features the works of Basti Penayes, Carlos Dela Torre, Ed Brian Lazarraga, Lhee Taneo, Soika, Kriss Milan, Mykill, Khriss Bajade, Daot, Lean Reboja, Lean Reboja, GI Pongase, Jan Sunday, John Villoria, Mark Copino, Jess Codeniera, and Wyndelle Remonde. The gallery is at 2241 Pasillo 18, La Fuerza Compound 1, Chino Roces Ave., Makati.