• When Manila manufactured its own Elizabeth Taylor

  By Tony Joaquin The Philippines in the 1950s exuded arts and culture. Perhaps, it was because the country had just begun to slowly recover from a horrible world war barely five years before. In Manila there were stage presentations galore in schools as well as by private drama groups such as the Barangay Theatre Guild […]

  Posted: March 31st, 2011 ˑ  2 Comments
  Filled under: Entertainment, History

• ‘Took me 50 years to read all of Carlos Bulosan’s books’

  By Cristina DC Pastor; TF photo R Sonny Sampayan shares vicarious memories of celebrated Asian American writer Carlos Bulosan, the granduncle he never met. TF: Exactly how are you related to Carlos Bulosan? RSS: My paternal grandfather Marcos Sampayan and Carlos’ mother Meteria are siblings. So it’s Carlos Sampayan Bulosan. TF: And you never met. […]

  Posted: February 22nd, 2011 ˑ  5 Comments
  Filled under: Books, History