Carmen Planas: 1st to test women’s suffrage
Ate Mameng, popularly known as Carmen Planas, would have turned a hundred today.
March 29, 2014
Ate Mameng, popularly known as Carmen Planas, would have turned a hundred today.
New Corella is a landlocked municipality between Davao del Norte and Compostela Valley provinces. The 2nd class town of 52,015 is one of Davao del Norte’s biggest rice producers.
It would be a pity if picnickers and nature lovers miss out on this gem. A 10-minute drive from the center of this agricultural town, Panas, is an idyllic mountain resort tucked deep in a forest and nestled between the hills, replete with natural multitiered waterfalls that cascade to a lagoon where intrepid swimmers can take a dip in its soothingly cold, crystal-clear waters.
The oven-roasted baby goat that greeted us at the Malagos Farmhouse outpost in Davao City was a treat we weren’t expecting but one we all welcomed. After all, the brand is known mainly for its range of exceptional goat cheeses.
As luxury furniture maker Philux explores new looks and designs, it also joins other trailblazing interior artisans that have found a home at LRI Design Plaza in Makati City.
The real Diana Vreeland loved being under the spotlight and to hold court. In her old age, she talked slow, so you really had no choice but to hang on her every word. In her column for Harper’s Bazaar, where she served as fashion editor, she loved giving outrageous suggestions like, “Why don’t you … wash your blond child’s hair in dead champagne?”
Upon my insistence, my cousins Gina Furman and Carmencita Purugganan brought me to The Grammy Museum in downtown Los Angeles. I had read of the exhibit of Ringo Starr’s memorabilia at the Grammy and, being a Beatles fan, I knew this was something I shouldn’t miss on my US visit.
For as long as there is a sky above us, there is still hope,” Maverick wrote on a card in Baguio. He made the brightly colored cover with a woodblock print of a candle and a bird.
You wouldn’t think Korean star Lee Min Ho had been here twice before, based on the hordes of fans who came to see him at the Benchsetter Fun Meet at Smart Araneta Coliseum last week.
We won’t deny it—we’re all kinda in love with Bruno Mars. And the day before his sold-out Manila concert, he gave us one more reason to love him.
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