Cooking Thai cuisine at Courtyard

PANAY News had the pleasure of participating in one of Courtyard by Marriott Iloilo executive chef Chachpol Suaisom’s Exclusive Thai Cuisine cooking class at the Runway Kitchen....

Youth leaders, unite!

Last Sept. 28 youth, leaders from all over Visayas gathered together for a day of fruitful discussions and fun activities. Held at The Mansion in Iloilo City, The...
Benedicto Cabrera’s BenCab Museum is located in Tuba, Benguet – an hour or so from central Baguio City.

Breathtaking Baguio (Part 2): The Philippines’ first ‘creative city’

BAGUIO holds a special place in my heart: I’ve gone on annual pilgrimages of sorts to the chilly city for four years now, and each time...

Passageways: The Pintô Art Museum

IT MAY already be quite obvious, but the Pintô Art Museum lends its name from the Filipino word for “door” – after all the most evocative...
The awesome team of Mayad Post Production House Inc.

Humán – from start to finish

LAUNCHED last month is the newest department under Mayad Post Production House Inc. (MPOST) called Humán, inspired by the Hiligaynon word human which means “done”...
The Cordillera region’s peerless luscious strawberries, still thriving with Baguio’s chilly climate.

Breathtaking Baguio (Part 1): Strawberry fields forever

THERE’S been much ado about Baguio’s quintessential Good Shepherd ube jam lately – what with a shortage in purple yams forcing sisters of the Cordillera convent to...

Daan Patungong Tawaya: A homecoming for heroism

“ANG pagbuo nang ating kasaysayan ay hindi madali,” relates historian John Barrios in the opening moments of “Daan Patungong Tawaya” – a documentary helmed by directors Kevin...
Prepare to laugh out loud with “The Panti Sisters.”

Pista ng Pelikulang Pilipino returns to celebrate 100 years of PH cinema

NOW on its third year, the Pista ng Pelikulang Pilipino (PPP) is back once again to delight audiences with a slate of ten entertaining and thought-provoking...
C.A.R.E. truly cares

C.A.R.E. goes BAWAW

BACOLOD City Ordinance No. 825 sets every Sept. 28 up to the Oct. 4 as Bacolod Animal Welfare Awareness Week or BAWAW. Our furbabies are surely...
What has endured as Librodo’s magnum opus is “Rosalinda,” his evocative capture of an unassuming cigarette vendor in downtown Iloilo. PHOTOS BY MANNY LIBRODO/COURTESY OF COURTYARD BY MARRIOTT ILOILO

Courtyard by Marriott Iloilo celebrates local color with Librodo’s ‘Laragway’

RENOWNED for his striking portraits and awe-inspiring festival snaps, Ilonggo photographer extraordinaire Manny Librodo in his illustrious career has proven inseparable from his stunning muses – among...