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Jan 12, 2025 | 
plus.inquirer.net | Alya B. Honasan
The figure was both imposing and poignant, combining a riot of textures and references while standing under a neon sign that read “Stranieri Ovunque–Foreigners Everywhere.”That was the title of the 60th International Art Exhibition organized by La Biennale de Venezia in the beautiful Italian city, held last April 20 to Nov. 24, 2024.
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Apr 27, 2024 | 
thediarist.ph | Alya B. Honasan
Award-winning playwright and director Floy Quintos passed away April 27, Saturday, of a heart attack at age 63. Below, the author, a friend from his theater days, writes a grateful goodbye. Dear Floy,Kapatid naman. Hindi pa ako nakakabawi. Yes, I remember why I bore a grudge. You missed my mom’s wake. I was indignant, so years later, I missed your father’s wake, and didn’t get to say a proper goodbye to Tito Titus.
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Mar 16, 2024 | 
lifestyle.inquirer.net | Nastasha Verayo-De Villa |Cheche V. Moral |Pam Pastor |Alya B. Honasan
Celine Murillo turns over a P5 coin to reveal an embossed image of a Strongylodon macrobotrys, more commonly known as turquoise jade vine, jade vine or the local tayabak. In a short, digestible video, she proceeds to show and tell her followers and subscribers across various social media accounts (currently adding up to over 297,000) about this beautiful flowering plant that is endemic, not just native—and there’s a difference—to the Philippines.
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Mar 16, 2024 | 
lifestyle.inquirer.net | Cheche V. Moral |Pam Pastor |Nastasha Verayo-De Villa |Alya B. Honasan
If they were my mother or my father, how would I like to take care of them?”That’s what Sister Sandra da Silva reminds herself of daily as she performs her duties looking after the 82 grandmothers under her care at Little Sisters of the Abandoned Elderly, the San Juan City-based sanctuary for abandoned lolas. “We try to accomplish the words of our foundress: ‘to take care of their bodies in order to save their souls,’” she says.
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Mar 16, 2024 | 
lifestyle.inquirer.net | Pam Pastor |Nastasha Verayo-De Villa |Alya B. Honasan |Amadís Ma. Guerrero
It began with an invitation from Baclaran Church. It was March 2020, and the people at the National Shrine of Our Mother of Perpetual Help had mobilized, preparing food for front-liners and the homeless. Maybe Mae Paner would like to volunteer? “They know I can cook,” Paner told Lifestyle. Cooking might not be the first thing that comes to mind when you think of Paner.
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Mar 16, 2024 | lifestyle.inquirer.net | Pam Pastor |Nastasha Verayo-De Villa |Alya B. Honasan |Amadís Ma. Guerrero
It began with an invitation from Baclaran Church. It was March 2020, and the people at the National Shrine of Our Mother of Perpetual Help had mobilized, preparing food for front-liners and the homeless. Maybe Mae Paner would like to volunteer? “They know I can cook,” Paner told Lifestyle. Cooking might not be the first thing that comes to mind when you think of Paner.
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Mar 16, 2024 | 
lifestyle.inquirer.net | Pam Pastor |Nastasha Verayo-De Villa |Alya B. Honasan |Amadís Ma. Guerrero
Ask Margarita Forés how her passion for food started and she will tell you, “I was a fat kid who loved to eat.”Her family played a big role in igniting the chef and restaurateur’s love for cooking. Forés said, “Coming from a Negrense family who loves to celebrate around the table … Negrenses are so proud of their cuisine. We grew up in Manila but that heritage was around us all the time and we had regular trips to Bacolod, our home province.
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Mar 16, 2024 | lifestyle.inquirer.net | Pam Pastor |Nastasha Verayo-De Villa |Alya B. Honasan |Amadís Ma. Guerrero
Ask Margarita Forés how her passion for food started and she will tell you, “I was a fat kid who loved to eat.”Her family played a big role in igniting the chef and restaurateur’s love for cooking. Forés said, “Coming from a Negrense family who loves to celebrate around the table … Negrenses are so proud of their cuisine. We grew up in Manila but that heritage was around us all the time and we had regular trips to Bacolod, our home province.
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Mar 16, 2024 | 
lifestyle.inquirer.net | Nastasha Verayo-De Villa |Alya B. Honasan |Amadís Ma. Guerrero |Marge C. Enriquez
Visual artist Marina Cruz was having difficulty conceiving with her fellow artist husband Rodel Tapaya 15 years ago due to polycystic ovarian syndrome when they finally decided to adopt. Cruz initially underwent some workups and treatments, which she found to be “very stressful, frustrating and depressing.” So the couple decided to “think outside the box,” filled out some forms, waited for a match and finally brought home a son some months later.
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Mar 16, 2024 | lifestyle.inquirer.net | Nastasha Verayo-De Villa |Alya B. Honasan |Amadís Ma. Guerrero |Marge C. Enriquez
Visual artist Marina Cruz was having difficulty conceiving with her fellow artist husband Rodel Tapaya 15 years ago due to polycystic ovarian syndrome when they finally decided to adopt. Cruz initially underwent some workups and treatments, which she found to be “very stressful, frustrating and depressing.” So the couple decided to “think outside the box,” filled out some forms, waited for a match and finally brought home a son some months later.
