Turn off that TV
CHILDREN are often encouraged to face-a-book and read. But have you ever wondered what is happening to their parents and idols, the manongs and the...
Moment of Totality
BY JAZMIN BANAL
“New moon on Monday”
(Duran Duran, 1983, track 2)
On April 8, there was a total solar eclipse, the Moon captivating the sky and...
Bohol, natural and beautiful
BY JAZMIN BANAL
BOHOL is beautiful. You can visit it several times and still appreciate its charm.
Last year, I realized it can be considered as more...
Kawomenan
“AMY”, often described by her friends as timid, left the check-in counter at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport with relief. Her older sister is...
Music is revolution
AT WHAT stage in your life did you start listening to music as an album, as a collection of songs producing a single, physical...
Fix me
“LIGHTS will guide you home.” So goes the song of Coldplay. As seen from the photographs and videos shared by those who attended the...
Oy, Joke!
BY JAZMIN BANAL
WAS IT too soon? For Jo Koy, born of a Filipina mother and an American military man, who made fun of his...
My Love
BY JAZMIN BANAL
GOMBURZA — shown in cinemas nationwide through the Metro Manila Film Festival — is, as screenwriter Ricky Lee said, magnificent. The ending of...
Pasko, Pasko, Pasko
Nothing says Christmas like Christmas in the Philippines.
Parol and decorations adorning houses and street lamps, those Capiz shells and bright colors, the three wise men...
Eleven beautiful years
NOT EVERYONE is a fan of KathNiel. And yet, when Kathryn Bernardo confirmed her break-up with Daniel Padilla last week, even those in their...