Nepal may install ladders on Mount Everest’s Hillary Step, the final rock wall which climbers have to scale to reach the summit, in a bid to ease congestion, the government said Monday.
Best-selling Japanese novelist Haruki Murakami next month will publish his first compilation of short stories in nine years, including one new offering, his publisher said Monday.
Starting on May 1, AirAsia Zest will fly twice a day from Manila to Incheon “in response to the growth in traffic between Philippines and South Korea,” the airline announced on Monday.
It won’t be nearly as much fun as eating candy bars, but a big study is being launched to see if pills containing the nutrients in dark chocolate can help prevent heart attacks and strokes.
Leon Gallery will hold its first auction this year, Glorious Easter Auction, on March 22, training the spotlight on antique sacred art objects as the Catholic world observes Lent.
“European people think that what happens is that Europe interacts with the rest of the world—but that’s wrong, it’s the other way around,” says Gerhard Wolf, director of Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz–Max-Planck-Institut, Florence, Italy.
Painter Juanito Torres’ new exhibit at Canvas Gallery and Garden, “Pride and Illusion,” explores the layered fusion of history, facets and influences that make up the Filipino. This dovetails with Canvas’ spirit since the art space has an annual group exhibit exploring artistic discourses on national identity—“Looking for Juan.”
The Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino (KWF) and 100 representatives of cultural communities nationwide have passed a resolution urging that every peace agreement and law be written in Filipino and the indigenous languages.
Finishing some oversized books can be a chore. Other books are so outsized that getting to that last page requires exertion. But then there are the rare heavyweights that turn getting to the end into achievement.
National Artist for Literature Virgilio S. Almario celebrated his 70th birthday with the launching of three new books and a lecture at the Tanghalan Teresita Quirino (Benavides Building) at the University of Santo Tomas.
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