CULTURE

What you didn’t know about the Banaue Rice Terraces

In case you haven’t heard, travel publisher and website Lonely Planet drew ire over a…

Miko Aspiras is the first Southeast Asian to be featured in So Good magazine

Andrew Zimmern predicted in 2012 that Filipino food was going to be the next big…

14 prayer parks to visit during the Holy Week

The historical and impressively designed churches in the country aren’t the only ones pilgrims should…

Remains of new human species were found in Callao Cave—now the cave needs protection

ICYMI, the skeletons of an extinct human species were found in Callao Cave. Called Homo…

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How well do we really know our palaspas beyond Palm Sunday?

As a child who’s a “spiritual but not religious” (whatever that means) Catholic, my parents…

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Filmmaker Jason Laxamana’s new project is a comic book about pre-colonial Philippines

Much has been said about the frailties of our history. But director Jason Laxamana has…

Remembering the Bataan Death March by the numbers

Following the bombing of the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941,…

Please stop putting light-skinned models and actors in brownface

Looks like we’re still at it. On Apr. 3, a local skin-whitening brand launched a…

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Help shape the map of all bookstores and book-centric museums in the country

Have you ever wished that you could just open up a resource to find all…

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How these bracelets gave jobs to hundreds of artisans around the world

This line of bracelets is making a statement that goes beyond style. Known for their…