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THE SHORTAGE of skilled construction workers that is expected to hinder projects associated with the government’s infrastructure drive is being addressed to ensure that any delays will only be minimal, with limits on the overseas deployment of workers with the required skills under study.
YOKOHAMA, JAPAN — The Asian Development Bank (ADB) yesterday capped here the 50th meeting of its Board of Governors — themed: “Building Together the Prosperity of Asia” — with a commitment to strengthen efforts to develop infrastructure and make economic expansion more inclusive, as well as an agreement among some members to collectively fortify resilience in the face of growing uncertainty.
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Nick Joaquin [via Inquirer] Nick Joaquin is being honored by Penguin Classics with the first US publication of a collection of his works including the novel, “The Woman Who Had Two Navels and Tales of the Tropical Gothic.” The foreword to the book is credited to PEN/Open Book Award-winner Gina Apostol. The Penguin Random House release includes Joaquin’s best-known story “The Woman Who Had Two Navels,” about the country’s heritage seen through Filipino emigrants in Hong Kong. The Filipino writer’s play about history and change, “A Portrait of the Artist as Filipino” is also part of the selection, along with “May Day Eve” and “The Summer Solstice.” The Woman Who Had Two Navels and Tales of the Tropical Gothic [via Penguin Random House] “Nick Joaquin is widely considered one of the greatest Filipino writers, but he has remained little-known outside his home country despite writing in English,” the book description reads. Joaquin’s stories are likened to that of world-renowned writers Gabriel García Márquez and Mario Vargas Llosa: “Set amid the ruins of Manila devastated by World War II, his stories are steeped in the post-colonial anguish and hopes of his era and resonate with the ironic perspectives on colonial history of Gabriel García Márquez and Mario Vargas Llosa.” “His work meditates on the questions and challenges of the Filipino individual’s new freedom after a long history of colonialism, exploring folklore, centuries-old Catholic rites, the Spanish colonial past, magical realism, and baroque splendor and excess.” The classic works by the well-known Read More …
Filipina Kriesha Tiu is debuting as a Korean-pop artist after her successful performance on KPOP Star 6 talent competition in South Korea. Kriesha Tiu [via Facebook] The 17-year old talent will be launched as a solo artist under Urban Works Entertainment, a Korean agency. Tiu was runner up winner in the SBS television show together with Kim Hye-rin and Kim So-hee of the group KWINS. In her journey to the finals, Tiu was hailed in KPOP press as the Philippines’ pride as she amazed the Korean audience and the KPOP Star judges with her singing and dancing. She was at first eliminated but returned to KPOP Star as a wildcard choice of judges Yu Hui Yeol, Park Jin Young, and Yang Hyun Suk. She went on to the finals with her group KWINS, but were eventually bested by the boy group, Boyfriends. The Filipina K-pop artist is a native of Cebu who migrated to the United States with her family. Tiu has been doing front act performances in concerts when a talent agency discovered her and sent her to a Korean training camp, according to an ABSCBN report. While training she learned the Korean language, and improved her singing and dancing skills. In the network’s interview Tiu recounted the challenges of living away from her family for two years and sent out a message for aspiring artists: "Being a singer is not an easy dream to fulfill pero the most important thing is to be your own cheerleader because no Read More …
Contemporary Philippine cinema is getting the spotlight at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) of New York in June. Jaclyn Jose, in a scene from Brillante Mendoza’s Serbis [via Museum of Modern Art] MoMA is scheduled to present its new exhibit “A New Golden Age: Contemporary Philippine Cinema” showcasing 18 Filipino films spanning the years 2000 to present, and calls it the Third Golden Age of Philippine cinema after the first golden age in the 1950s, and the second golden age from the 1970s to early 80s. “The Philippines’ current wave of sustained creativity is unusual in its diversity of genre and style, audacious formal experimentation, and multiplicity of personal, social, and political perspectives. Defying simple description, this dizzying array of distinct cinematic statements makes it an exceptionally unique, vibrant movement,” goes the exhibit notes. The 13 Filipino directors whose works will be spotlighted include “Lav Diaz’s minimalist tales rendered at epic lengths,” Brillante Mendoza’s “gritty realist portrayals of the margins of society,” Raya Martin’s “experimentation with storytelling and form,” Ditsi Carolino’s “stark documentaries following the disenfranchised,” and Erik Matti’s “riveting thrillers.” The films to be exhibited from June 1-25 are: Motherland. 2017. Directed by Ramona S. Diaz Expressway. 2016. Directed by Ato Bautista Norte, the End of History. 2013. Directed by Lav Diaz Ma’ Rosa. 2016. Directed by Brillante Mendoza The Woman in the Septic Tank. 2011. Directed by Marlon Rivera Gemini. 2014. Directed by Ato Bautista Aparisyon (Apparition). 2012. Directed by Isabel Sandoval On the Job. 2013. Directed Read More …
Masquerade Concert Sa kahilingan ng nakararami, muling magtatanghal sa isang konsiyerto ang mga batikang Pilipinong mang-awit na sina Martin Nievera at Lani Misalucha sa Pechanga Resort & Casino Temecula, California, sa Mayo 13 sa ganap na 8p.m. Ito’y matapos ang matagumpay na pagtatanghal noong nakaraang Setyembre 2016. Bilang ‘Hari ng Ballad’, si Nievera ay nagkamit ng ‘ Box Office Entertainment Awards’ para sa Best Male Concert performer of the Year noon Abril 17, 2016, mula sa GMMSF, Inc.Sa loob ng 33 taon, inaaliw ni Nievera ang kanyang mga tagasunod hindi lamang ng mga awiting halaw mula sa Original Pinoy Music (OPM), kungdi’y di mabilang na mga awiting isinalin nito mula sa mga pamoso’t kilalang mang-aawit sa buong mundo. Nito lamang Agosto, si Nievera ay naglabas ng bago album— “The best of Martin Nievera—- Kahapon…Ngayon” mula sa pagtaguyod ng Polyeast recording. Isang Pilipinong mang-aawit, manunulat-awit, at aktor, si Nievera ay tumanggap ng 18 platinum, limang dobleng platinum, tatlong tripleng platinum at isang quadriple platinum na mga albums sa kabuuan ng kanyang career. Back-to-back, kasama ni Nievera ang “ Asia’s Nightingale,” Lani Misalucha, ang unang Asiano na bumandera sa main showroom ng Las Vegas strip na nagtatanghal kasama ang Hawaii’s Society of Seven sa Jubilee Theater ng Bally’s. Si Misalucha ay nagtataglay ng napakaraming talento, kung saan ang hanay ng mga awitin nito’y mula sa pop, rock, jazz, soul rhythm at blues at operatic areas. Sa mas pinabuti at pinag-ibayong konsiyerto, si Nievera at Misalucha ay magbibigay sa inyo ng isang patok na Read More …