16+ min ago   (630+ words) R.C Ladrido is a writer, copy editor, and independent researcher on art, culture, and food history of the Philippines. In a recent exhibit titled Hánag: Emergent Perspectives, a group of Iloilo artists and designers dedicated their works as an ode…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (585+ words) Ricky Ornopia studies German language and literature at the University of the Philippines. Antonio Kabigting Abad (1886-1964) is a forgotten Tagalog writer whose works deserve a second look. This is made more urgent by his 140th birth anniversary this August 2026 — fittingly, Buwan…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (464+ words) Claire Castro criticized Ivana Alawi for helping. There are no official statements from Claire Castro criticizing Ivana Alawi for extending help to others. The fake quote originated from a satirical graphic later presented as fact. Circulating graphics claim that Palace…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (983+ words) R.C Ladrido is a writer, copy editor, and independent researcher on art, culture, and food history of the Philippines. Ube, ubi, obi, uvi, uwhi, purple yam or greater yam. Ube remains a culturally important root crop embedded in Philippine culinary…...

2+ mon, 21+ hour ago   (1081+ words) The Philippine history book “A Past Revisited,” published in 1975, has always been associated with the late historian and war veteran Renato Constantino. But he was only one of two authors, the other being his wife Letizia Roxas Constantino. The exclusion…...

2+ mon, 4+ day ago   (910+ words) In a time of increasing global pressures, the fight for truth must endure. Fact-checkers from different parts of the globe gathered in the historic capital city of Vilnius, Lithuania for the annual Global Fact-checking Summit to reaffirm this commitment. Like…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (603+ words) There was at first a slight confusion over the name of the jazz bar where the event “Mermaids and Tangos” would be held. The numerals 78-45-33 served as the bar’s name. After some thinking, eureka! Those numbers refer to the formats…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (600+ words) R.C Ladrido is a writer, copy editor, and independent researcher on art, culture, and food history of the Philippines. 𝐏𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐛𝐚𝐬: 𝐀𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐀𝐧𝐢 features some 40 contemporary works by winners of the Philippine Art Awards through the years at the Iloilo Museum…...

3+ mon, 5+ day ago   (542+ words) Former beauty queen Vida Doria Legaspi is observing her 21st year as a painter with an ongoing exhibition called “Tapestry of Woven Dreams” at the second level atrium of The Podium on ADB Avenue, Ortigas Center, Pasig City. The exhibit with…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago   (364+ words) Bato Dela Rosa was caught by authorities on May 18, 2026. NBI Director Melvin Matibag did not announce Sen. Bato Dela Rosa’s arrest. The senator’s whereabouts remain unknown after he left the Senate on May 14. A content creator on YouTube and Facebook…...