Even local government units must acknowledge the necessity of having scholars in the conservation and rehabilitation of our cultural heritage, said Commissioner Regalado Trota José of the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA), during the recent declaration of Casa del San Fernando, a colonial-era house on Sibuyan, Romblon, as an Important Cultural Property.
Imagine sitting in a Gothic all-steel church looking resplendent because of the blend of lights especially designed for an event celebrating sacred music, which, according to the Sacrosanctum Concilium, or the Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy of the Roman Catholic Church, “is a treasure of inestimable value, greater even than that of any other art.”
Filipino tenor Arthur Espiritu—last heard as Cassio in a recent Modena production of “Otello” and as Prince Ramiro in Rossini’s “La Cenerentola” mounted by Pittsburgh Opera last month—is all set to debut with the ABS-CBN Philharmonic under the baton of Gerard Salonga on June 5.
Heavenly voices are set to descend on the Far Eastern University (FEU) Auditorium when it hosts the fifth edition of Musica FEUropa, the only European Union-sponsored choral competition in the Philippines.
We’ve had to endure the summer heat long enough. Thank God summer is ending; the rains are insinuating the impending arrival of the wet season.
Parts of the Dead Sea Scrolls are up for sale — in tiny pieces.
Nearly 70 years after the discovery of the world’s oldest biblical manuscripts, the Palestinian family who originally sold them to scholars and institutions is now quietly marketing the leftovers — fragments the family says it has kept in a Swiss safe deposit box all these years.
AHA Chef Byron de Lemos shows how to prepare Peppermint and Mango Iced Tea. Royalty-free music courtesy of Kevin Macleod
Entrepreneur and engineer Felipe F. Cruz, the founder of FF Cruz & Co. Inc., will be remembered for his vision, hard work, honesty and generosity of spirit as much as his achievements in constructing major interchanges, ports and bridges in the country.
For Kevin Tan, one of the Philippines’ most eligible bachelors and eldest son of self-made billionaire Andrew Tan, to pop the big question, she must be quite a catch.
Tokyo had a distinctive way of welcoming spring when we were there last month. The drizzle was slightly heavy and the gusts of wind were strong enough to almost upturn the umbrella we were using, albeit in a futile manner, in Omotesando.
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