
Creator and hosts spill the tea on ‘Drag Den’ Season 2
Aside from a new set of competing queens, ‘Drag Den with Manila Luzon Season Two: Retribution’ sports a new set, lays down new rules and releases new songs
Roel Hoang Manipon · · 12 min read


Aside from a new set of competing queens, ‘Drag Den with Manila Luzon Season Two: Retribution’ sports a new set, lays down new rules and releases new songs
Roel Hoang Manipon · · 12 min read

Hailing the first Filipino to compete in int’l all-stars ‘Drag Race’
Roel Hoang Manipon · · 4 min read

‘Culture and the arts are fundamental to nation-building. A nation needs to stand on two legs for it to develop holistically: Culture and the arts as one leg;…
Roel Hoang Manipon · · 6 min read

Thirty-five titles won out of 235 nominations in seven languages at the annual National Book Awards
Roel Hoang Manipon · · 7 min read

The program for indigent, senior LGBTQ+ residents was highlighted by gift-giving and performances by drag queens Bernie and Marina Summers
Roel Hoang Manipon · · 4 min read

The Gawad sa Manlilikha ng Bayan is the state’s highest honor for traditional and folk artists, artisans and cultural practitioners
Roel Hoang Manipon · · 8 min read

Eight lullabies — ‘Lubi-Lubi,’ ‘Dandansoy,’ ‘Uyug-Uyug, ‘Gonon Klukab Tumabaga,’ ‘O Matas A Banua,’ ‘Tungas kay ta Sampaw,’ ‘Bata Alimahi’ and ‘Ligliway Teng’…
Roel Hoang Manipon · · 10 min read

The launch of ‘Lemlúnay: Pagunita sa Gunita,’ a collection of poems, capped a prolific year for National Artist Virgilio S. Almario
Roel Hoang Manipon · · 5 min read

Aklan piña handloom weaving is the fifth intangible cultural heritage element from the Philippines to be inscribed, after the hudhud chants and the punnuk…
Roel Hoang Manipon · · 9 min read

The word is also apt as the provincial museum brought together researchers, historians, cultural workers and cultural bearers.
Roel Hoang Manipon · · 8 min read
