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Multimedia art event serves as a memorial to commemorate the Battle of Manila

AS THE COUNTRY finishes celebrating the 30th anniversary of the EDSA People Power Revolution, it is time to remember a darker chapter in Philippine history: the 71st anniverary of the Battle of Manila, when the people of what was then considered “The Pearl of the Orient” found themselves trapped in the city with bloodthirsty Japanese soldiers fighting to their last breath, and the approaching American Army which pounded the city to dust with artillery before finally entering to mop up what little was left. It has been estimated that 100,000 Filipino civilians were killed in a month — Feb. 3 to March 3, 1945 — marked by carnage and destruction. Manila’s historic core, the Walled City of Intramuros, was destroyed. The City of Manila was never the same again.

Free tours of cultural treasure during Visita Iglesia

CATHOLICS have an opportunity to inject some culture and art during Holy Week’s traditional Visita Iglesia by including the San Sebastian Basilica in their itinerary.

What to see this week

6 films to see on the week of February 26-March 4, 2016:

NASA releases strange ‘music’ heard by 1969 astronauts

WASHINGTON — NASA has made public a recording of strange “music” that astronauts reported hearing in 1969 while on the far side of the Moon, out of radio contact with the Earth.

Do you have a sleep disorder?

Medicine Cabinet
Reiner W. Gloor

IT IS EASY enough to know that when you don’t sleep enough, you wake up the next day groggy and maybe even grumpy.

After 71 years, loved ones’ deaths still a mystery

By Joan Orendain

RODERICK MCMICKING HALL and his sister, Connie Hall McHugh, continue to wonder how, where and when their mother was killed by soldiers of the Japanese Imperial Army in 1945’s 30-day carnage.

Encouraging young readers

By Nickky Faustine P. de Guzman

READING is supposedly a physical affair. People are meant to touch, feel, smell, and highlight a book or a magazine.

How the Philippines ranks in quality of living

Mercer ranks 230 of the world’s destinations according to living conditions for multinational companies and their employees. See how the Philippines ranks. 

Does democracy still work in the Philippines?

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Philippines import’s annual performance

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Philippines’ misery index, pre- and post-1986

We present you this infographic to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the EDSA uprising. 

Foreign investment pledges by administration

Which president brought in the most foreign investments?