May 6, 2023
The closure of Session Road during Sundays became a respite for many, welcoming the leisure of a walk at the main thoroughfares and the freedom of movement, of the once a week offering. But as residents and visitors basked in the glory of a “closed to vehicle” Session Road, many also became enterprising, cashing in […]
April 29, 2023
One lazy morning in the early 80’s, I was tugged along by my grandmother to the Baguio City Public Market, I remember walking too slow to keep up, bumping into people and trying to dodge mud puddles. The market was a magically chaotic place for me then with many adventures and misadventures which I remember […]
April 22, 2023
Locals call the Halsema Highway “mountain trail” spanning 150 kilometers between Baguio City, La Trinidad and Bontoc in Mountain Province with its highest peak in Atok town set at 7,400 meters above sea level, officially the highest altitude highway in the Philippines. The highway is still considered one of the world’s most dangerous with its […]
April 15, 2023
A new craze has been circulating in social media which entails one to identify what areas in the country you have been to. The Philippine Map Challenge, for those who have gone through most of the areas in the Philippines it will become a reminiscent journey of people and places you have visited, often bringing […]
April 8, 2023
With the mission to reach out to wider audiences, the CCP Performatura Festival 2023 will go beyond the complex and hold events online and offsite in various venues. The Flips Flippin’ Pages Book Club, in partnership with Milflores Publishing, will hold an online book discussion on The Reddest Rose Unfolds, a comic book by Swedish […]
April 1, 2023
The second volume of Agwat Hilom compiles a various works of poets, writers, cartoonists and journalists to come up with a Covid Chronicle. My work has been included in the collection, detailing my Covid 19 journey which I serialized into a 14 – day journal. The entries hits home, as you see yourself in the […]
March 25, 2023
300 hillside homes will be painted to depict waves of colors and local icons at the Stobosa and Pico hillsides in La Trinidad. Davies Paints has partnered with Chanum Foundation anew to re design the STOBOSA Hillside homes (Stonehill, Botiwtiw, and Sadjap in Barangay Balili) and include the Pico side homes in a project that […]
March 18, 2023
Having limited government budget to cover the major repairs, the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) is actively seeking ways to raise funds for the rehabilitation of the Tanghalang Pambansa (CCP Main Building). The CCP management organized a gala fund-raiser event, with an unforgettable night of cocktails, chamber music, and opera, featuring world-renowned Filipino tenor […]
March 11, 2023
THE Cultural Center of the Philippines honors National Artists for Film and Broadcast Arts Marilou Diaz-Abaya, Ricky Lee, and Nora Aunor, with the Cine Icons program launch on March 17, 2023, 4pm, at Tanghalang Ignacio Gimenez (CCP Blackbox Theater). Known as one of the movers in the Second Golden Age of Philippine Cinema, Diaz-Abaya directed […]
March 4, 2023
The campaign encourages the country’s private sector and media to help protect children from online threats. ChildFund Philippines launched its Web Safe and Wise campaign to protect children from online threats, which involved the private sector and media in empowering children and the youth to benefit from digital connectivity while being protected from sexual exploitation […]