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5 Reasons why you shouldn’t be afraid to invest in nice clothes

Comfort
Updated as of Sep 09 04:39 PM

The good news is that there is a resolute way to fight against clothes aging: Investing in high-quality clothes, despite it being costly. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: August 26, 2019

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 27 01:06 AM

Here are the day's big stories in photos. Read more »

Sanctuary for Lolas

Jire Carreon, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 26 10:08 AM

Members and supporters of the “Flowers for Lolas Campaign” unveil a marker at the garden sanctuary inside the Redemptorist Church in Baclaran, in honor of comfort women who suffered during the Japanese occupation in the Philippines during World War II. Read more »

New 'comfort women' memorial unveiled in Manila

Kyodo News
Posted at Aug 26 09:04 AM

MANILA - A new historical marker dedicated to Filipino "comfort women" was unveiled Sunday at a church in Manila, over a year after a similar memorial in the capital was removed due apparently to Japanese pressure. Read more »

Filipino women urge Japan's apology for wartime sexual abuse

Kyodo News
Posted at Aug 15 01:13 AM

Two Filipino women who claimed to have been sexually abused by Japanese soldiers during World War II called for a formal apology and compensation Wednesday during a rally in commemoration of the end of the war 74 years ago. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: August 14, 2019

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 15 12:16 AM

Here are the big stories today in photos Read more »

Farmers Plaza apologizes to trans woman over toilet fiasco

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 14 08:53 PM

MANILA - The management of Farmers Plaza in Araneta-Center Cubao apologized Wednesday to the transgender woman who was detained for using the female comfort room inside its mall. Read more »

Transgender woman, pinagbawalan na gumamit ng banyo ng mga babae sa mall

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 14 07:13 PM

Isang transgender woman ang pinagbawalan na gumamit ng banyo para sa mga babae sa isang mall sa Quezon City.  Read more »

74 years since

Bullit Marquez, AP
Posted at Aug 14 03:53 PM

Protesters display placards during a rally by comfort women or wartime sex slaves near the Presidential Palace to mark the 74th anniversary of the end of World War II on Wednesday in Manila. Read more »

Trans woman pinagbawalan na gumamit ng pambabaeng banyo sa QC

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 14 07:12 AM

Kinondena ng LGBT community ang diskriminasyon sa transgender woman na pinagbawalang gumamit ng banyo ng mga babae sa mall sa Quezon City. Read more »

#SOGIEEqualityNow tops local Twitter list, renews call for passage of LGBT rights bill

Davinci Maru, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 14 05:24 AM

MANILA—Twitter users are standing with 28-year-old Gretchen Custodio Diez after she was harassed and detained for using the women's comfort room of a shopping mall in Quezon City. Read more »

Trans woman detained after being harassed for using ladies' toilet in QC mall

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 14 05:17 AM

MANILA (2nd UPDATE)—A transgender woman was detained by police in Quezon City Tuesday afternoon after a scuffle with a mall personnel for using the female comfort room. Read more »

Gurong nag-post ukol sa comfort room na ginawang faculty room balak kasuhan

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 04 07:39 PM

Banta ng principal: kakasuhan ang guro tungkol sa mga comfort room na ginawa umanong faculty room.   Read more »

Paaralan sa Iloilo naglagay ng CR para sa mga LGBT

Joyce Clavecillas, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 25 01:01 AM

Ito ang paraan ng eskwelahan para mabigyang pansin ang mga pangangailangan ng lahat ng mga estudyante sa kanilang paaralan. Read more »

From Michelin-star to homestyle dining: 7 good reasons for a casino break in Macau

Cyrene de la Rosa
Updated as of Apr 21 10:47 AM

Beyond Chinese food, Macau offers a study in contrasts, from fine Michelin star dining to old-school Portuguese Read more »

Theater review: Comfortless catharsis in 'Nana Rosa'

Fred Hawson
Posted at Mar 13 01:13 PM

Now more than 25 years after her nationwide confession, the UP Playwrights Theater brings her story back to fore on stage in "Nana Rosa," written by Rody Vera and directed by Jose Estrella, before it gets swallowed up by time. Read more »

Why now is the perfect time to stage a play on comfort women

Totel V. De Jesus
Posted at Mar 11 05:11 PM

The gripping reminder on the sad fate of comfort women is retold in “Nana Rosa,” a new stage play by Rody Vera and directed by Jose Estrella, now on its final week at the Wilfrido Ma. Guerrero Theater in UP Diliman. Read more »

S. Korea to close Japan-funded 'comfort women' foundation

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 21 12:56 PM

South Korea on Wednesday announced the formal shutdown of a controversial Japanese-funded foundation created to help former wartime sex slaves  Read more »

Marikina eats: For one day only, Rustic Mornings will have a P600 buffet

Joko Magalong-De Veyra
Posted at Nov 13 06:19 AM

Rustic Mornings by Isabelo is celebrating its anniversary with a P600 one-day only buffet on Friday, November 16.  Read more »

Japan must do more for WWII 'comfort women': UN experts

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 17 09:04 PM

Mainstream historians say up to 200,000 women, mostly from Korea but also from other parts of Asia including China and the Philippines, were forced to work in Japanese military brothels during World War II. Read more »