An international television channel is planning to air an episode on the Filipinos’ beliefs in anting-anting, to be aired in July this year. For this episode, they interviewed two Filipino anthropologists, some practitioners of anting-anting and this columnist.
Six months after it opened to the public, Nobu Hotel Manila held its grand opening yesterday with Chef Nobu Matsuhisa and award-winning actor Robert de Niro in attendance. The
Robert de Niro and his business partners have formally opened Asia’s first Nobu Hotel in Manila as the luxury brand gears up for global expansion. The 321-room hotel within the
He may be a terror in the cage but MMA fighter Mark Muñoz has a softer side and he isn’t afraid to show it. “Pilipinas, mahal ko kayong lahat. Maraming-maraming
BANGKOK, Thailand—Luxury items such as Hermes, Gucci and Louis Vuitton handbags and Blythe dolls have been sold at pawnshops nationwide as parents struggle to find money for their children’s tuition
Jackie Chan, the Hong Kong martial artist and movie star, released a second autobiography on April 7, his 61st birthday. The book, “Jackie Chan: Grown Old Before Grown Up”,
Award-winning indie rock band alt-J! will invade Manila on May 19, 2015 at The Theatre, Solaire Resort and Casino. Formed in the UK in 2008 after Joe Newman (guitar/vocals), Gus Unger-Hamilton
Hundreds of artists and performers participated in the recent 6th Tam-awan International Arts Festival in Baguio City, touted to be the biggest so far since it started in 2010.
The fragility of heritage monuments, which face threats from both natural and manmade disasters, is ironically underscored during National Heritage Month every May. On May 20, as part of
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