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Tilly’s birth will do us part: AI actor and the doomed commerce of inauthenticity

Previous era of the arts had subversiveness, vulgarity, and blasphemy as its main problems. Now its inauthenticity—the single remaining line that shouldn’t be crossed. In Western theater, the ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle discussed “Thespis of Icaria” in his foundational literary work, Poetics. Thespis is...

Anatomy of a repeating scandal: Lessons in investigating a failed 1926 public works project

Some 96 years ago, on June 12, 1929, the Graphic magazine published an article titled The Tinkers’ Dam by M. San Martin.

When there is no Planet B, how do you get to point C?

The astronauts got it right the first time. It was 1971 and Apollo 14 Lunar Module Pilot Edgar Mitchell peered through the small window of their spacecraft and saw a 360-degree panoramic view of the Earth, Moon, Sun, and the stars.”

El Colegio De San Ildefonso presents “The Acapulco–Manila Galleon: We Are the Pacific: The World That Emerged From The Tropics”

For two and a half centuries, from 1565 to 1815, the Acapulco–Manila navigation route created a network of exchanges that transformed life on both shores of the Pacific. More than a commercial link, it wove economic, social, political, and spiritual relationships that left...

Hymen, oh Hyménée!: Juan Luna’s love in a time of lunacy

Juan Luna’s ‘Hymen, oh Hyménée!’ drowns the public with overwhelming passion for the last time, 132 years later. From Oct. 7 to Oct. 16, the Ayala Museum held a special one-object exhibit. It was for a painting dubbed as “the holy grail of Philippine...

She looms a beauty: The power of weaving and femininity in ‘A Loom of Stories’

Seven artists led the female-charged 37th edition of the Of Art and Wine exhibit in the form of loom and weaving If one would lightly trace the original thread of weaving in our country’s history to find at what age we first practiced it,...

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Public service & Sto. Tomas Mayor Edna P. Sanchez: Good thoughts, good deeds, broad visions

It could be said that the “P” in Mayor Edna P. Sanchez stands for “Public service.” In the last nine years, this lady mayor...

Labor group stands with women workers on Women’s Day; Highlights equal rights, fight vs. contractualization, and call for living wage

On International Women's Day, the Federation of Free Workers (FFW) expressed its solidarity with women workers in their struggle for equal rights and opportunities...

Workers’ group urges PBBM: Recall RFID memo penalizing motorists at tollways

Calling the memorandum an insult to the Philippine money system, the Federation of Free Workers (FFW) has urged President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to direct...

Roster of winners Priority Area 3—Immunization

Claveria, Cagayan—Immunization The municipality has consistently allocated a budget for this program through collaborative efforts of the LGU’s various departments, including health, agriculture, environment, agriculture...