
Round fruits for the New Year brings luck all year round
Although 13 is considered by some to be an unlucky number, some Filipinos still prepare 13 fruits during the New Year.
Kathy Moran · · 2 min read
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Although 13 is considered by some to be an unlucky number, some Filipinos still prepare 13 fruits during the New Year.
Kathy Moran · · 2 min read

The last day of the year usually has families busying themselves preparing for the start of another year.
Gwen Bergado · · 2 min read

‘It is good to know that, despite the long years we have been together, our bond has not been broken, and we continue to remain united and to see one another.’
Lade Jean Kabagani · · 2 min read

At the turn of the millennium, Philippine cinema quietly released a film that refused to bow to convention. Bayaning 3rd World did not arrive with…
Jefferson Fernando · · 2 min read

Long before José Rizal became a martyr whose death ignited a revolution, he lived as an exile—far from the salons of Europe and the political tension of…
Jefferson Fernando · · 2 min read

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Tuesday led the nation in commemorating the 129th anniversary of the heroism and martyrdom of national hero José Rizal during…
Lade Jean Kabagani · · 1 min read

In the late 1990s, Philippine cinema reached a defining moment when scale, scholarship, and storytelling aligned in a single, audacious project. José…
Jefferson Fernando · · 3 min read

His legacy endures not because he stands alone, but because he stands among many: Burgos, Bonifacio, Jacinto, Mabini, and countless unnamed Filipinos whose…
Amelia Clarissa de Luna Monasterial · · 5 min read

For all the discomfort she caused, Josephine Bracken did Rizal an unexpected service. She ruined the monument, and she gave him jagged edges.
DT · · 2 min read

The Philippine Embassy in Iraq has initiated a project to translate José Rizal’s Noli Me Tangere from its original 19th-century Spanish into Arabic.
Pauline Songco · · 1 min read

Jude Roland Ay-Ay, senior shrine curator of the Rizal Museum, and museum technician Emily Bonaobra clean an undated sculpture by national hero Jose Rizal…
John Carlo Magallon · · 1 min read

Philippine Army soldiers participate in a flag raising rehearsal at Luneta Park in Manila on Monday, 29 December 2025, in preparation for the 129th death…
John Carlo Magallon · · 1 min read

All eight official entries of the 51st Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF) grossed at least P1 million each on the first day of screening on December 25,…
Alvin Murcia · · 2 min read

Kate Winslet has a deeply personal view of Christmas — particularly the British kind, complete with festive decorations and tins of chocolates — but she also…
DT · · 1 min read
The Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) has begun renovation works at the Rizal Memorial Sports Complex (RMSC) ahead of the Philippine Women’s Open (WTA 125),…
Gwen Bergado · · 1 min read

What do you wish for in the New Year?
Eliana Lacap · · 2 min read

The LRT Line 2 will offer free rides on Tuesday, 30 December, in observance of Rizal Day.
Jing Villamente · · 1 min read

