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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,...

The popularity of book fairs

It was my first time, some three years ago, to attend the Manila International Book Festival (MIBF) at the SMX Convention Center in Pasay. I was with a good friend then. Metro Manila still carried the bite of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the...

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CITEM: Conquering the globe with creativity, excellence, and innovation

Wearing a Filipiniana-inspired dress as she sat on a green bean-shaped couch on that balmy Tuesday afternoon, she exuded the hope and vibrant direction...

Chinese military strategy in a nutshell

Active defense. Those two words are the essence of the Communist Party of China’s military strategic thought, according to the official Chinese defense white paper...

Manila, Beijing hold second bilateral talks over South China Sea row

Meeting jaw to jaw is better than war.” This quote attributed to the late British Prime Minister Winston Churchill can probably best describe the continuing...

Poems Written in NEW YORK

THE ETERNAL WOMAN The eternal womancomplainsabout the quality of breadin the kitchen. Nor do I growlback at herthough she angers melike a nail in my foot. MOONCURSE Although...