A staycation in Makati

September 11, 2015 | 8:59 am

By Zsarlene B. Chua

CITY GARDEN GRAND — a barely year-old four-star hotel which stands across its three-star counterpart — boasts of 311 rooms featuring native materials such as narra and two chandeliers made of capiz shells (windowpane oysters), all in order to identify as a Filipino brand.

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Korea: ready for travelers

September 11, 2015 | 8:53 am

By Zsarlene B. Chua

“KOREA TOURISM is back to normal,” was the first line in the statement released by the Korea Tourism Organization (KTO) during its Korea Incentive Roadshow which rolled out on Sept. 3 at the Fairmont Hotel in Makati City.

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Exercise as medicine

September 11, 2015 | 8:48 am

By Zsarlene B. Chua

EXERCISE is Medicine (EIM) is a global health initiative spearheaded by the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) in 2007 aiming to “have every patient receive counselling and referral around exercise,” said Nicole R. Keith, associate professor of Kinesiology at the Indiana University school of medicine.

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The parallel worlds of Ramon Magsaysay awardees

September 11, 2015 | 8:41 am

By Pola Esguerra del Monte

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Gawad Plaridel for Ricky Lee

September 11, 2015 | 8:27 am

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 Gawad Plaridel by the University of the Philippines’ College of Mass Communications (UP CMC) last week.

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PETA looks back (and forward)

September 11, 2015 | 8:03 am

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 of their original Filipino musical Rak of Aegis.

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Negros Oriental as water capital

September 11, 2015 | 8:03 am

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 a perennial water shortage.

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What to see this week

September 11, 2015 | 7:41 am

5 films to see on the week of September 4-11, 2015.

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New driver, new car

September 11, 2015 | 7:13 am

The Transporter: Refueled

AFTER JASON STATHAM starred in three movies playing the eponymous Transporter — Frank Martin, a mercenary who specializes moving goods of all kinds — a new actor steps into his shoes and goes behind the wheel.

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Sea to summit

September 11, 2015 | 7:06 am

MOUNTAINS AND SEAS are the country’s top eco-tourism drawers for both mountaineers and beach lovers. Over at Agusan del Norte, its capital, the City of Cabadbaran, is taking the lead in protecting and nurturing the “sea to summit” ecological balance of the province.

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Sight | Secret suite

September 10, 2015 | 4:12 pm

1101 is an innocuous enough number, but whisper this room number to staff members of the Crown Towers Manila in the City of Dreams and they will come running to fulfill your every need.

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Night of the power trio

September 10, 2015 | 10:26 am

By Juaniyo EY Arcellana

The band is called Lagkitan and the last Friday night of August belonged to them at the Bar@1951 in Malate (at times called “the former Penguin”), the power trio named after a type of cannabis playing until the wee hours a set that ranged from Jimi Hendrix Experience to Cream to Stevie Ray Vaughan.

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