Tag: Focus
Shrinking screens, bigger bucks
By Pola Esguerra del Monte
Assistant editor, BWorld University
The 1280x720 screen burst to life.
Little people, now smaller than ever, begin talking in front of the...
MMFF Postmortem: How did this year’s festival go? It depends on who...
By Zsarlene B. Chua
“Satisfactory,” was how Marichu Vera Perez-Maceda, spokesperson of the Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF) 2015 described the recently concluded film festival,...
Where the money goes
ACCORDING to Metro Manila Film Festival spokesperson Marichu Vera Perez-Maceda, half the festival revenues come from cinemas in Metro Manila, and the rest from...
Holidays without ham?
Bacon is bad.
And so is ham, beef jerky, and all other kinds of processed meat.
So said a report by the International Agency for Research...
The world’s most luxurious Christmas Trees look like works of art
It’s that time of year again, when you drag home a tree, unwrap your ornaments, and schlep out to the store to buy replacement...
It’s never too late to take up sports
By Michael Angelo S. Murillo
On the surface, sports like basketball, volleyball and biking may seem mundane, best left to be learned early in life,...
Meet the 'ASIAN BUSINESS TRAVELER'
By Zsarlene B. Chua, Reporter
A recent study commissioned by the Singapore Tourism Board (STB) lifts the veil on the travel habits of Asian business travelers...
The Filipino Mom in the digital world
By Jasmine Agnes T. Cruz
Filipino mothers are tech-savvy. They are online, are mobile first, and are the decision makers for household purchases.
This is according...
A walk in the park
By Victoria Fritz
NEOGAN, a tiny village in Tagaytay city, is home to the Philippines’ only world-class restaurant (Antonio’s is the only restaurant in the...
ART in PUBLIC SPACES
By Jasmine Agnes T. Cruz, Reporter
There are those who think that art is elitist, with prized objects hidden from view in posh museums, hard-to-find...
Be your own boss while helping others
By Nickky Faustine P. de Guzman
Some are destined to be secretaries. Others are called to be teachers. Many choose to be nurses. While our...
Building the cities of tomorrow
By Nickky Faustine P. de Guzman
QUEZON CITY, the largest and the most populated city in Metro Manila, is now 75, and to mark the occasion,...
HENERAL LUNA: a cinematic revolution
By Zsarlene Chua, Nickky Faustine P. de Guzman, Joseph Garcia
UNLIKE THE BLOODY assassination scene where katipuneros shoot and stab the lead character to death, Heneral Luna —...
The movie and historical accuracy
THE FILM HENERAL LUNA, which has received much praise from critics and audience members, is notable for its commitment to producing a historically accurate...
Walang sayang!: The art of turning trash into sustainable treasures
By Nickky Faustine P. de Guzman
A BUSH fire in California ignited Pedro “Pete” Delantar’s passion to save what is left of Mother Earth one...
Thrilla in Manila
By Michael Angelo S. Murillo, Reporter
IT WAS WIDELY believed to have been used as a “tactic” by the government then to divert the attention...
Ready for SEA Games 2019
By Michael Angelo S. Murillo
FROM its humble beginnings in the late 1950s when it was still known as the Southeast Asian Peninsula Games, the...
(1) New Notification: Your candidate is now online
By Pola E. del Monte
YOUR CANDIDATE is now online. Political campaigning has expanded beyond the realm of TV, radio, and print media. Today,...
Boom time for Filipino writers
By Nickky Faustine P. de Guzman
PRINT’S NOT DEAD. Philippine Literature is not dead. It’s alive and perhaps, livelier than ever before.
Does one need proof?
Of...
From #instafame to insta-money:The business of blogging
By Pola Esguerra del Monte
A PICTURE is worth a thousand words -- and a thousand pesos, if the caption indicates that it was taken...
Tributes to four National Artists @ 100
IMAGINE that? It is the centennial of not one, not two -- but four of our National Artists this year! In the past two...
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.”...
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...