Arts & Living


Sparkling Celebration Of Fine Living

February 9, 2012
Once upon a time, in ancient Egypt, silver was the most precious of metals, accessible only to an elite few who lived life at its finest. 

Celebrity-Studded Wedding Of Enrile's Son

February 9, 2012
It wasn't just love that filled the air. It was glitz and glamour too. 

The Aisle Of Gold: 50 Years Of Love And Happiness

February 9, 2012
When Frank and Dolores met, they knew it was love.  

Youth Empowerment For Nation Building

February 8, 2012
Because of overpopulation, pollution and its location, the city of Navotas has always been prone to flooding.   

Szymborska's Literary World Mourns Death Of 'Greta Garbo Of Poetry'

February 6, 2012
Known for her poetry that lifts the ordinary to the realm of magic, sees the world in oblique, surprising ways and explores the comic in the human condition, Polish poet and Nobel Prize for Literature laureate Wislawa Szymborksa died last Feb. 1 in her native Krakow. She was 88. 

Rachel Grant: Beyond Being A Bond Girl (Last Part)

February 6, 2012
How was it bagging the Best Actress and the Best Fight Awards at the Shockfest Film Festival for Red Princess Blues?

Our Two Boys In Paris

February 6, 2012
Paris’ Musée d’Orsay visited the National Museum of Singapore, bringing works from the 1850s on, when artists worked with fresh inspiration, developed new theories and ventured into untried composition, color, technique. 

Jenny Lin Rivera Cortes: A Genius Mind-Sculptor

February 6, 2012
Sculptress Jenny Lin Cortes has the hands of a genius, the mind of a scientist and the heart of an artist – making her the Philippines’ young version of Renaissance man in the mold of Leonardo da Vinci, renowned for his deep passion for art and science. 

Art For A Vision

February 6, 2012
"Next to life, the greatest gift of God is eyesight.”   

The 75th Year Of The Philippines Yearbook Honors Familial Generations

February 5, 2012
The launch of the Philippines Yearbook 2012 was a significant milestone, as it ushered in their diamond celebration in grand style.  Publisher and editor-in-chief Vernon Go says: “Seventy-five is a big number. 

Pres. P-Noy's State of Grace

February 5, 2012
President Benigno S. Aquino III or P-Noy was the guest of honor at the 112th anniversary celebration of Manila Bulletin last Thursday and guess who was there too?

P-Noy And His Seoul Mate

February 5, 2012
The tiny cobbled streets of Intramuros were packed with cars leading to the office of the Manila Bulletin, the nation’s oldest newspaper, which was celebrating its 112th anniversary.

Economic Barometers: Rice, Gigi, LPG

February 5, 2012
One of the most memorable political statements of the 1986 Snap Election campaign was populist opposition candidate Cory Aquino’s lament that: “Ang galunggong po ay dose pesos na ang isang kilo. Sobra na, tama na, palitan na.”

Art Criticism: Boon Or Bane? (Conclusion)

January 30, 2012
Eighth, holistic. This paradigm synthesizes all the pictorial and tactile units including all the above paradigms save feminism into an organized and significant whoIe. 

Rachel Grant: Beyond Being A Bond Girl (Second of three parts)

January 30, 2012
Malay 

Moralde "Ral" Arrogante Utopian Vision: Romancing Copper, Brass

January 30, 2012
For more than 25 years, sculptor Moralde “Ral” Arrogante has been buying industrial products like copper, brass and aluminum from junk shops to create pre-industrial images and symbols of underdevelopment – like the houses on stilts of the Badjaos, an ethnic group in the southern Philippines, and the colorful shanties of slum dwellers in Metro Manila.  

Checking Saln And ITR Is No Fun In The Philippines

January 30, 2012
All you have are hazy shots of fin and tail taken from a wobbly banca, some from your last trip to Donsol and some this year.   

The 12th 'Manila’s Best Dressed' Gala Night - Earmarked For Charity

January 29, 2012
One glimpse at the theme of the 12th Manila’s Best Dressed Gala Awards Night says it all.  “Glamour and Elegance with a Heart” was a salute to the awardees’ outstanding leadership and contribution to society.

Cynthia Villar Saves A River

January 29, 2012
Cory veterans and the Yellow Ribbon Movement gathered at “Tita” Cory’s and Ninoy’s gravesite on her 79th birthday for a mass celebrated by Fr. Manoling Francisco, SJ.

It's always been fun here

January 25, 2012
The Department of Tourism’s (DOT) new campaign “It’s More Fun in the Philippines,” has generated a lot of buzz in the social media worldwide.  

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