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The making, unmaking and remaking of Marcos as a hero
The Philippines is moving to anoint rapacious dictator Ferdinand Marcos a hero. First by having his portrait restored in the armed forces Hall of Heroes and very soon getting his body transferred to the Libingan ng mga Bayani, the U.S. equivalent of the Arlington National Cemetery reserved for war heroes. The armed forces historian […]
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‘Adoption was easy: 7 months — faster than labor’
By Maricar CP Hampton Actress and writer Leslie Lewis Sword raves about her adopted children from Rwanda and how they love to do ‘mano po.’ TF: How did you decide to adopt two children from Rwanda? LLS: My husband’s father was adopted and it was really important to him when he was a child to […]
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• A woman at the CORE of non-profit • Rizal’s ‘Fili’ goes on sale in June
Venessa Manzano was recently elected chair of the non-profit association for young professionals called CORE or Collaborative Opportunities for Raising Empowerment, Inc. She is the first female chair of CORE, after a succession of four chairpersons since it was founded in 2003. A native of Massachusetts, Venessa is born to first-generation Filipino parents and learned […]
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Wine with Coke? Wine not
By Cristina DC Pastor Whoever says sweet wine is for beginners hasn’t met Tim Hanni, wine educator from Napa, wine columnist for the HuffingtonPost, and a rebel among wine industry puritans. Or my hairdresser, Connie Lee. Let me tell you why I love Tim and Connie. They do not know each other, but they speak […]
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‘I couldn’t be Manny Pacquiao, so I joined a band’
By Anna Sian Last February, I was in the midst of editing a proposal for an engineering consulting firm, when the phone at my desk started ringing. I was called into the Human Resources office and promptly laid off. Well, not the worst thing in the world, I thought, it wasn’t really my thing anyway. […]
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In an Italian restaurant, veteran keeps memory of Los Banos Rescue alive
By Cristina DC Pastor The 1945 Rescue at Los Banos is a little-known POW mission in Philippine-American history. It is not nearly as religiously memorialized as the January 30, 1945 Cabanatuan Raid, which freed about 500 Allied soldiers and survivors of the Bataan Death March. But like Cabanatuan, Los Banos was harrowing as it was […]
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RN finds his passion in beauty pageants
By Cristina DC Pastor The beauty pageant bug bit Felix Manuel at age 6. A registered nurse, he’s been photographed with international beauty queens around the world, and can actually predict the winner even before the swimsuit comes on. TF: Isn’t 6 a bit too early to get hooked on beauty contests? FM: It is […]
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• Follow him @MannyPacquiao • Tagalog classes for children • Wanted: cultural performers for Independence Day
He came. He saw. He Tweeted. Manny Pacquiao, the eight-division world champion and lone congressional representative from the Sarangani province in the Philippines, has returned to Twitter. Manny’s authorized user name is @MannyPacquiao. Fans are invited to follow Manny as he trains with Freddie Roach for his World Boxing Organization (WBO) welterweight title defense against […]
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The Papaya challenge: Getting the youth to exercise
By Maricar CP Hampton There is life after “Desperate Housewives” and the activist vigor that came with it. Kevin Nadal, who led the 2007 online protest against the program for slurring Philippine medical schools, has taken on another cause: The campaign to educate the community about obesity and depression. TF: How serious is obesity and […]
