With summer just around the corner and after the excesses of Christmas and Valentine’s, it is time for Lenten penance. Time to start counting calories to resurrect our bikini-worthy bodies or, in most cases like this columnist’s, get rid of that built-in salbabida (floater) in our middle!
As we await the great day of Oct. 21 when Pope Benedict XVI canonizes Visayan martyr Pedro Calungsod and six other “Blessed” in Rome, let us pray that they may intercede for the safety of our country from earthquakes, typhoons and tsunamis. Let us also pray for our youth gone astray and for friends and relatives who are very sick.
I married my cousin’s childhood friend who is four years older than me. They have been friends since elementary.
IT’S HARD to get a hold of Bobbi Brown Asia Pacific artistry manager Felix Nguyen. He travels all over the globe for Fashion Week and educates the brand’s top makeup artists, as well as ordinary women all over, on how to look beautiful.
Pilgrim from the lowlands will go up to Piat, Cagayan Valley, starting June 23 for the Novena at 3:30 p.m., followed by Mass at 4 p.m. honoring Our Lady of Piat. Novena Masses will be until July 1.
The joy of giving warms the heart, especially during the holiday season. It’s a great year-round feeling, but there’s something about Christmas that makes spreading good cheer much more meaningful than usual.
Time for one of the most enduring of Filipino comics characters—Darna! A circa 1947 creation by the iconic comics writer Mars Ravelo, Darna possesses the sex appeal of a Venus, the handsomeness of an Apollo and the strength of a Samson.
The Republic of France’s Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault visited Cebu with his wife, Brigitte Ayrault, on Oct. 21. Main purpose of the visit was the noontime inauguration of the new location of Alliance Française de Cebu at the ancestral mansion of Jose and Juanita Velez along Gorordo Avenue.
I had to go to two cinemas before finally scoring tickets to the film on marital love, starring John Lloyd Cruz and Bea Alonzo.
I am a married man with three kids. My wife of over 45 years is a stay-at-home mother. She considers...