Just across the street from Elmer Borlongan’s childhood home on 9 de Febrero Street in Mandaluyong is the National Mental Hospital. When they were children, he and his playmates would
With the approach of the fateful month of February, the month of the destructive battle for Manila in 1945, a Facebook post raises the question: Could Manila have been spared
Filipino artists mourn the passing away of tenor Otoniel Gonzaga who died in a Vienna hospital last Jan. 14. He was 75. Tenor Arthur Espiritu said Gonzaga was a steady
A mythical utopia isolated from the outside world—the fictional Shangri-La promised to keep its inhabitants in a state of eternal suspended harmony. This January, the modern and contemporary art gallery
The book “Weaving Cultures: The Invention of Colonial Art and Culture in the Philippines, 1565-1850,” by Fr. Rene Javellana, SJ, chronicles the growth and advancement of the nation based on
The Philippine Center of the International PEN (Poets & Playwrights, Essayists, Novelists) will launch “The Thing with Feathers: My Book of Memories,” the newest nonfiction title from essayist-fictionist Cristina Pantoja
Published by OMF Books, “Dyaran! Ang Kambal na Hebigat! (Tada! The Heavyweight Twins!),” by pediatrician-writer Luis “Tito Dok” Gatmaitan introduces the topic of weight management and good eating habits to
The Bookmark, Inc. has launched “Pagbasag ng Katahimikan,” a translation of Lourdes Montinola’s “Breaking the Silence,” which narrates the “most barbarous episode of the Pacific War.” Book editor and literary
The 60th anniversary of the Philippine-Israel diplomatic ties was celebrated on Nov. 12, 2014 with an outdoor program held at Rishon Lezion, Tel Aviv, Israel, where the Open Doors Monument
This adaptation bridges Shakespeare’s ‘Richard III’ with present-day Philippines to biting effect
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