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...