The parish church of Amadeo, Cavite, a town which lies close to Tagaytay City, is built in the late 19th-century style and is dedicated to St. Mary Magdalene: It has an impressive retablo (altar backdrop).
The king of Tagalog poets Balagtas (Francisco Baltazar) was a victim of love, and wrote his immortal komedya “Florante at...
A “Chinoy” from Binondo, Manila, Jerry Sibal had been a folk dancer since he was 16 when one day a...
THERE are many Filipino terms derived from Spanish, with the “f” often becoming “p” in Filipino. As children in our Spanish-speaking household we used fosforo to indicate a matchstick, and posporo when talking in Tagalog.
THE SPIRIT of Western theater, especially the works of the great Anton Chekhov, and that of Japan’s Kabuki theater, animated “Ang Dressing Room,” an outstanding production of the 40th theater season of Dulaang UP at the Wilfrido Ma. Guerrero Theater at UP-Diliman.
