The School of Life: Learning outside the classroom

By Nickky Faustine P. de Guzman THERE’S more to a child’s education than ABCs and 123s. In the words of a genius, Albert Einstein, who...

Meet dance master Paul Harris

HE CHOREOGRAPHED the wand-fight sequences in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, earning him the title “the world’s only wand combat choreographer.”...

Trillenium takes virtual reality into online shopping

LONDON -- Hrvoje Prpic is wandering through a fashion boutique trying to pick out a new accessory. Only, he’s not actually there. He’s sitting...

Lucky Me’s Korean-spicy profile

Ads & Ends By Nanette Franco-Diyco MY FAMILY went on a food trip to Pampanga and noticed how practically a whole barrio had specially opened...

NOW HIRING: Must be slim

By Nickky de Guzman WE REGRET to inform you that you have not been selected for the position you are applying for, because you are fat. Or that...

The torogan house : Beyond the bahay kubo

By Carmencita A. Carilla DAVAO CITY -- The last remaining habitable torogan, a traditional Maranao abode for the village royal family, was declared in 1998...

Old-school narrative at Palanca Awards

By Juan EY Arcellana MANY years ago a student dropped out of professor Gemino Abad’s poetry class at the University of the Philippines because...

Amid traffic, airport woes, will you ‘Visit the Philippines Again 2016?’

By Nickky Faustine P. de Guzman THERE will be 10 regular holidays and nine special non-working days in 2016, the Palace recently announced. Are you...

The parallel worlds of Ramon Magsaysay awardees

By Pola Esguerra del Monte This story began with death — the death, 58 years ago, of the President whom the Filipino people fondly called...

Gawad Plaridel for Ricky Lee

By Susan Claire Agbayani Ricardo Lee, the Philippines’ most prominent screenwriter and one of most influential figures in the film industry, was awarded the 2015...

PETA looks back (and forward)

By Jasmine Agnes T. Cruz THE Philippine Educational Theater Association (PETA), in its long history, has found a new, revamped identity in the limelight because...

Negros Oriental as water capital

By Nickky Faustine P. de Guzman HOME to 79 natural lakes and 451 rivers, and being an archipelago, thus surrounded by water, the Philippines faces...