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The Philippine Postal Corporation (PHLPost) is releasing commemorative stamps of 6 Filipino National Artists, marking their 2017 Birth Centenary. They are Cesar Legaspi for visual arts, Daisy Avellana for film and theater, Jose Maceda for music, Wilfrido Ma. Guerrero national for theater, Leonor Orosa Goquingco for dance and Nick Joaquin for literature. PHLPost said that […]

For over 6 decades, 80-year old Lily Emralino has worked as a seamstress. However, during Traslacion, she spends most of her time sewing clothes for the Black Nazarene. She says that this is already a tradition as her mother did the same thing. More than this, however, Emralino says sewing for the Black Nazarene is […]

Our very own Rachelle Ann Go was cast as Eliza Schuyler in the West End production of Hamilton and she is totally slaying it! She performs along side Christine Allado, another Filipina talent who plays the role of Peggy and Rachel John, a British theater actress casted as Angelica Schuyler. The scene in the video […]

Janet Romulon, an evacuee in Tacloban City, braved the strong winds and the heavy downpour of Tropical Storm Urduja. She returned home from the evacuation center last December 16 because her 3 dogs were stuck inside the house and she was worried about their safety. Photo via Rappler “They’re stuck inside the house. I returned to make sure they’re all right,” Romulon said to Rappler.  We often hear people say that “dogs are family”.  Romulon proved it with her actions. No pets were allowed at the evacuation center where Romulon’s family and 750 others sought protection and shelter. Tacloban was declared under the state of calamity. Eight barangays were hit by landslides and a minimum of 80 barangays were flooded because of the unrelenting rain. While no casualties have been reported to date, two locals were injured by a landslide.