Topic: ph

What Lean Alejandro can teach us about being a man

What Lean Alejandro can teach us about being a man

Jam Pascual
Posted at Sep 22 02:17 PM

In memory of Lean Alejandro's 32nd death anniversary, a young man reflects on the life of the charismatic revolutionary, his sense of adventure, and what he taught us about being our best possible selves — whether in days of freedom or days of disquiet. Read more »

This Maginhawa bakery has ingenious delights you won’t find elsewhere

This Maginhawa bakery has ingenious delights you won’t find elsewhere

Bam V. Abellon
Updated as of Sep 22 03:42 PM

The owners of Hiraya Bakery change their menu depending on what’s in season, combining local ingredients—such as sampinit, a local wild berry, and lipote, a homegrown fruit that tastes like plum—with traditional Western recipes. Hence, brioche buns with rambutan lavander flavor, a chocolate cerveza cake, and walnut cardamom balls. Read more »

How the early Pinoy films found a second home in Hawaii and ignited an industry

How the early Pinoy films found a second home in Hawaii and ignited an industry

Andrew Leavold
Updated as of Sep 22 12:55 PM

After years of researching Philippine B cinema, Andrew Leavold, the man behind the docu The Search for Weng Weng, is telling the untold story of how our earliest films made its way to Hawaii—initially to entertain Filipino sugar plantation workers, but eventually sparking a lively, lucrative industry all its own.   Read more »

What an internet Echo Chamber is—and why you should get out of it

What an internet Echo Chamber is—and why you should get out of it

Dominic Ligot
Posted at Sep 21 10:43 AM

These days, our cyberspace experience controlled by algorithms, which are scripted to control the data you consume based on your past behavior. But this digital “preaching to the choir” isn’t always a good thing, and has helped spread chaos and cost lives in the process. Read more »

Martial Law baby

Martial Law baby

Sol F. Juvida
Updated as of Sep 21 02:01 PM

An activist and journalist from the years of Marcos’s military rule tells her story of raising a child during the country’s darkest hours Read more »

Here are the 13 participating films in Cine Europa 22

Here are the 13 participating films in Cine Europa 22

ANCX Staff
Updated as of Sep 19 09:06 PM

The popular film festival will kick off a nine-stop nationwide tour tomorrow in Greenbelt 3. This edition's slate of films includes a Gerard Depardieu comedy, several tales of forbidden love, historical biopics, and Elle Fanning playing one of the most recognizable names in horror writing.  Read more »

David Beckham is coming to Manila this October

David Beckham is coming to Manila this October

ANCX Staff
Updated as of Sep 20 05:33 PM

The sports superstar will only be in town for a day though, and among his activities is an exhibition game with kids. Good news—Philam Life is offering a chance to watch him play live.  Read more »

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