There is an almost child-like ebullience in artist Robert Alejandro’s works promoting Vice President Leni Robredo’s presidential candidacy. Done in various shades of pink, Robredo’s official campaign color, the artworks are full of hope, joy, and whimsy. It is easy to imagine that such positive vibes are coming from someone living a life of ease and comfort and without a...
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There is an almost child-like ebullience in artist Robert Alejandro’s works promoting Vice President Leni Robredo’s presidential candidacy. Done in...
When Barks and Meows are Terms of Endearment in Living with Pets
Photos by Charles Buban Who needs an alarm clock when you are awakened on cue by the barking and meowing,...
How to survive till the rest of the world sorts itself out (I)
CAGAYAN DE ORO—As a kid growing up in the Philippines in the 1980s, I was vaguely conscious of government exhortations...
How to survive… (II): Setting up an urban kitchen garden
CAGAYAN DE ORO—After doing what we could to adapt to the higher temperatures of our new environment in an Earth-friendly...
How To Survive…(III) Recipes to fortify us for the coming days
CAGAYAN DE ORO—Aside from tending your own kitchen garden, another surefire way to eat well and healthy while keeping within...
The work that isn’t work
The first time I went back to the PAWS (Philippine Animal Welfare Society) shelter in 2020 was to bury a...
SAFETY SPRAY Health workers spray chemicals on possible breeding grounds of mosquitoes carrying the dengue virus. —PHOTO FROM pna.gov.ph
Dengue epidemic: how to protect your family
The number of dengue cases is soaring all over the Philippines. An epidemic is now reported in 15 out of...
Marte Tagle feels at home within admiring distance of Mayon Volcano. —CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
Coming home to Manila in the pandemic: inward journeys
SYDNEY—“This is your captain speaking. We shall soon commence our descent into Melbourne …” I felt a lump in my...