culture

EDSA shrine now an important cultural property

Sitting at the corner of EDSA and Ortigas Avenue, the Shrine of Mary, Queen of…

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Six art exhibits to visit this week

So. It’s the end of the month and you’re feeling the blues. You might’ve thought…

You can learn to make your own tabletop games at Design Week Philippines 2019

Design Week Philippines is back and it will give us a peak into the world…

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…

Remembering the Bataan Death March by the numbers

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

What’s inside a National Artist’s house? A look inside Botong Francisco’s Angono atelier

The works of Carlos “Botong” Francisco have greatly contributed to the development of our country’s…

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LOOK: Local artists pay homage to Apo Whang-Od’s culture through murals

Mambabatok Apo Whang-Od is one of the most recognizable cultural figures to date. Last year…

National Museum now displays Jose P. Alcantara’s 50-feet relief sculpture

In 1961, Philam Life Foundation commissioned then 50-year-old Jose P. Alcantara to make one of…

Mark your calendars: Ruby Jack’s steaks are half-priced every 29th of the month

Have you ever heard of the Japanese Meat Day? On every 29th day of the…

Centuries-old cemetery in La Union was demolished to make way for a cockpit arena

The cemetery in Balaoan, La Union where the Siete Martires, the seven martyrs who stood…