Passion in zarzuela revived after 113 years
By Tonette Orejas
It is not an opera house, but Pampanga’s last defense against lahar from Mt. Pinatubo built in the mid-1990s by the administration of President Fidel V. Ramos.

It is not an opera house, but Pampanga’s last defense against lahar from Mt. Pinatubo built in the mid-1990s by the administration of President Fidel V. Ramos.

For many adults February is the season of the heart, but for 9-year-old Trisha Anne Carlos it is the time to once again see the colorful hot air balloons fill the early morning sky here.

“Let’s get out of our Egypts so we can go to God.” Using the Biblical Egypt to portray slavery, pestilence and sin, Manila Archbishop Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle delivered this message in his homily on the Feast of the Holy Innocents on Friday.

The furor over the death of a dolphin being transported from the Philippines to Singapore may have been excessive, said a theme park official whose facility at the Subic Bay Freeport housed the animals before their transfer to Resorts World Sentosa (RWS) last week.

The historical and cultural treasures of the Malolos Congress are now on display in an interactive museum beside the historic Barasoain Church here where the Philippine revolutionary government was first convened 114 years ago.