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Alvin Kasiban is a Manila-based multimedia artist, photographer, and writer with a Fine Arts degree in Advertising Arts from the University of Santo Tomas (UST). He first earned recognition as chief photographer for The Varsitarian, where his work on the aftermath of Typhoon Glenda earned him the 2014 National Student Quill Award. His career includes significant contributions in visual storytelling, covering political events and general news, and he served as a Malacañang correspondent. Alvin has also excelled in art direction and photography, winning awards such as Globe Telecom's Picture Perfect 2.0 grand prize in 2019, Ateneo de Manila's 2020 Marciano Galang Acquisition Prize for his photo entries "May the Dead Not Take Me With it" and "Aid in the Frontlines," and a special commendation at the Catholic Mass Media Awards in the same year. Currently, he serves as the paper’s Creative Director for its Lifestyle section.
Once upon a time, a visible bra strap or a panty line was a sartorial sin, a sure way to attract clicks, fashion critics, tabloid headlines. Now? They’re…
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For years, our freezer aisles followed a familiar script. Chocolate. Vanilla. Rocky Road. Reliable staples lined convenience store freezers, but few spoke to…
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‘The food here is curated. I call myself, instead of the chef, the curator of the food. It’s something that is fun, simple, comforting, modern and with roots…
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Beatrice and Eugenie may be stepping back from the spotlight for good. Palace chatter suggests the sisters could miss this year’s Royal Ascot, the first of…
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Hollywood may trade in spectacle, but once a year the spotlight shifts to stories rooted in belief. At the 33rd annual Movieguide Awards, programs centered on…
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Some dresses refuse to fade slowly from your wardrobe. Elizabeth Hurley knows this better than most.
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At Westminster Abbey on Commonwealth Day, the British royals gathered as they always do — elegant and ready for ceremonial perfection. But one small deviation…
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SZA’s 36th birthday wasn’t celebrated with champagne or glittering parties. Instead, it came in the solace of an Indian ashram, where the singer spent a full…
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Malaysia in the Philippines turned Ramadan’s breaking fast into a quiet act of diplomacy.
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Since time immemorial, our local freezer aisles followed a familiar script. Chocolate. Vanilla. Rocky Road. Reliable staples lined convenience store freezers,…
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