There are many conservation success stories in the Philippines. Most of them are unknown. Bulusan Volcano Natural Park in Sorsogon...
At UP High in Padre Faura, after the war, we read Shakespeare, notably Hamlet, which, like all the bard’s plays, teems with memorable passages like the soliloquies and lines from the dialogue, as when Hamlet tells his stoic friend, “There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy.” This, after the ghost scene.
Outside the busy streets of Manila, in a province known more for pili nuts and whale sharks, is a gastronomic heaven. Sorsogon is many things to different people, but perhaps the best kept secret for those who have never been there is the food.
Miraculously, we survived the typhoon!” exclaimed designer Milo Naval, Sorsogon’s tourism consultant.
Growing up in Sorsogon City, Katherine Rodrigazo Naval would climb up the piles of copra in the bodega of her Lolo Siama, a grandfather from the paternal side.
The rain fell during the opening parade of the 20th Kasanggayahan festival in Sorsogon recently, and poured even harder during the Mass. But it did not become a hindrance for the Sorsoganons to stay and attend the celebration.
Scuba divers will never stop telling you: The Philippines is one of the best places in the world to dive. Just ask dedicated locals as well as visitors from all over the world, including award-winning underwater photographers and marine biologists, who come for stuff big and small.
Lovers of adventure and cheap thrills will find a paradise waiting for them, after initially overcoming the challenges posed by Matnog’s tricky water currents.
Furniture designer Milo Naval is in a phase in his career when design bears a social conscience—and wit.
I remember the Christmas I first fell for a boy. Literally.
