As soon as September sails in, many Filipinos already play Christmas songs. And immediately after Filipinos have paid their respects to dear, departed loved ones during...
Like the mythical Phoenix rising from the ashes of decades of environmental despoliation, the island getaway that is Boracay had taken the first few tentative flights...
When the Internet and social media were yet in their infancy, radio was king of communication. Like today, it has wide-reaching capabilities. From Aparri to Jolo,...
Textile hand-weaving is one of the most attractive and interesting traditional crafts of the Philippines, imbued with romanticism and laden with cultural significance. Despite the current...
Back when Globe Fresh Lumpia in Globe Building, Raon, Quiapo, Manila still had a dining service, I had the urge to relieve myself and asked the...
Old photographs bring back memories. On 9 April 2000, there was a lot of nostalgia when the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) celebrated its 25th anniversary by...
From 2017 to 2019, we celebrate the centenary of Philippine cinema, which critic Joel David considers the “national pastime.” The first Filipino-owned movie company, Malayan Movies,...
Typhoons and the problems that they bring are perennial predicament in the country that Filipinos have learned to live with. Natural calamities have become prevalent as...
Forty six years ago on 21 September, former President Ferdinand Marcos imposed martial law which based on which side of the political fence one is on,...