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This Christmas, the best gift to your family is to go to cinemas and watch Zig Dulay’s Firefly. We have been following his career from his earlier short films to his newest creation, a magic realism film written by Angeli Atienza. ‘Firefly,’ a touching mother-son story As a kid in …

KENT, United Kingdom — A big fan of "The Crown"? Ever wanted to spend the holidays in a real castle? Touted as the “loveliest castle in the world,” Leeds Castle in Kent, United Kingdom was reportedly built in 1086 and since then, it served as home to some of Europe’s …

By BENJAMIN SARONDO Cesar Yuchongco, 69, is the owner of Isabel Game Farm. His goals include having a good fighting chicken, producing high quality chickens, and being a champion in cockfights. Right now, he has 300 chickens, available in various breeds on his four-hectare farm located in San Jose, Batangas. …

By BENJAMIN SARONDO Cesar Yuchongco, 69, owner of Isabel Game Farm, first became interested in chickens when he was a little kid. His family had a cockpit in Albay, Bicol, and he grew up watching the game and witnessed how the trainers prepared their roosters. Cesar Yuchongco is the owner …

By BENJAMIN SARONDO “One of the misconceptions about dairy farming and dairy business is that it is always about carabaos and cows, and that is what people know. They are not familiar with goat milk, which, as they say, is the closest to mother’s milk when it comes to taste,” …

Ed dela Cruz is a ‘relative finder’ who helps reunite long-lost family members in the Philippines and China. The Philippines has a long history with China that dates back to the pre-colonial era. Today, 25 percent of Filipinos have Chinese ancestry. Seventy-eight percent hail from the Quanzhou administrative region in …

Launched this month was Lemlúnay: Pagunita sa Gunita (Lemlúnay: A Reminder for Memory), the latest collection of poetry by National Artist for Literature Virgilio S. Almario. The launch caps a prolific year for the former chairman of Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino and National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA). …

Gentle and nurturing, the color of the year 2024 ushers in kindness and tenderness. Peach fuzz (PANTONE 13-1023), softly nestled between pink and orange, is centered on the human experience. Its all-embracing spirit enriches the mind, body, and soul, calls for a moment of stillness and sanctuary, and inspires peace …

TWO WOMEN IN ONE Two of the author’s favorite women, Diana Vreeland and Cherie Gil, merge into one, as the latter plays the former in the one-woman play Full Gallop staged in Manila in 2014 (Photo by Jo-An Bitagcol) “If it isn’t passion, if it isn’t burning, if it isn’t …

H.E. Amb. Luc Véron of the Delegation of EU to the Philippines Faisons en sorte que le sourire d’un enfant illumine notre vie chaque jour. Soyons nous-mêmes cet enfant qui sourit jour après jour à ses proches, ses voisins et au monde. Ensemble construisons la paix. [Let the smile of …