Four sets of traditional native garb in varying shades of red project a commanding presence at the entrance to the permanent textile exhibit of the Museum of the People in Manila.
Ramon, Paulo and Josie are three of the 52 recent graduates of Escuela Taller (Escuela), the conservation and restoration workshop for underprivileged youth sponsored by the Spanish government; they finished 18 months of training on masonry, carpentry, painting, plumbing and electrical and metal works.
Dionisia “Mommy D” Pacquiao caused such a huge commotion on the red carpet at the House of Representatives before President Aquino’s annual speech that journalists were herded out after she left.
Amid climate change and unpredictable weather, one valuable lesson that old houses could teach Filipinos is how their ancestors adapted to situations bereft of creature comforts such as motor transport and electricity.
When Olivia Limpe-Aw reaches for a liquor shot first thing in the morning, it means she is working.
One bite of chef Ainer Ebue’s chicken roll and I was back in my Lola Carlota’s kitchen. In Sta. Cruz, Manila. In 1978.
Gerard Poulard, a short bespectacled Frenchman with dark bushy eyebrows and a ponytail, puts on his gloves before cutting off a wedge from a giant wheel of Ossau Iraty Basco.
The heat was sweltering outside the Santuario de San Antonio in Forbes Park. But guests at the 20th wedding anniversary celebration of Dennis and Tessa Valdes gathered inside the church were dressed for winter.
Younger kin say newly minted centenarian Helena T. Benitez—trailblazing educator, environmentalist and legislator—had always given them unspoken lessons on elegance, calmness, generosity and service.
To mark 20 years of “love and life,” Dennis and Tessa Valdes are building 20 homes for 20 families rendered homeless by last year’s Supertyphoon “Yolanda.”
