Pam Pastor

6 days ago | plus.inquirer.net | Pam Pastor

It’s a morning I will never forget. My mother pounded on my door, screaming, jolting me from sleep. My grandma wouldn’t wake up. She was breathing but unconscious. We needed an ambulance, quick. My mother had been trying to call the nearest hospital but no one was picking up. Instead, she wanted us to drive to the hospital that was five minutes away and get an ambulance to come back with us to my grandma’s house.

1 week ago | plus.inquirer.net | Pam Pastor

Today, The Itchyworms kick off their “Akin Ka Na Lang UK” tour in Manchester at Night & Day Cafe. Tomorrow, in Liverpool, they will have a full-circle moment at a special venue. Drummer Jazz Nicolas told Super, “We’re gonna be playing at the Cavern Club where The Beatles played noong bata pa sila. We’re gonna be playing some Beatles songs there.”The Beatles have always been an inspiration for the band.

1 week ago | plus.inquirer.net | Pam Pastor

High school friends Neve Tiotuico, Kian De Rivera, and Christopher Lacsina had a lot of things in common, including one consistent thing: clothes. The three, who enjoy ukay-ukay shopping and traveling from their hometown Angeles City to Metro Manila for events, decided to take their passion for fashion a step further. “We started to fall in love with the idea of creating a brand for ourselves,” Tiotuico told Lifestyle. They launched MayWe in February. “This has been brewing for months, even years.

1 week ago | plus.inquirer.net | Pam Pastor

Bram Ascan has always loved clothes, but he never thought he’d end up making them. But during the pandemic, he started selling vintage T-shirts, which then led to him selling all kinds of vintage clothing—from collegiate tees and denim to military pieces and workwear. “I had to do my own research to learn how to identify and date pieces, which led me to absorb tons of information about how clothes were made in the past and what they were originally used for,” he told Lifestyle.

1 week ago | plus.inquirer.net | Pam Pastor

Erik Vincent Saguiped, or Erv, has always loved the weird and the different. “It started during my preteens … I just love weird stuff and how expressive I can be in terms of what I wear and what I show to the public,” he told Lifestyle. Another thing he loves? Thrifting. He gets to share his passions through his two brands. Saguiped is the owner and founder of The Vintage Junkie Manila and the creative behind Karma Collective. He curates his finds at The Vintage Junkie Manila.