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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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MILF wants Bangsamoro bill passed by May

by Fil V. Elefante The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) has expressed concern over the Bangsamoro Basic Law’s passage in Congress. This concern was acknowledged...

Legislated ₱150 across-the-board now urgently needed, contrary to DOLE Opinion — FFW

The Federation of Free Workers (FFW) said that their labor coalition “respectfully disagrees” with the recent statement made by Labor Secretary Bienvenido Laguesma who...

HIDILYN DIAZ: Weightlifting’s not all strength and power, it’s a mind game, too

The young and innocent wildcard four Olympics ago is now a jaded veteran in search of the ultimate—a gold medal. It’s a case of a...

Covenant of Unity and Mutual Support Signed Between Gonzales of PDSP and Matula of FFW and WPP

Former Defense Secretary Norberto B. Gonzales, chairman of the Partido Demokratiko Sosyalista ng Pilipinas (PDSP), is set to file his certificate of candidacy for...