“Delikado” is an eye-opening documentary that could use a little help in finding the multitude of viewers that it deserves. Its Emmy nomination, announced on July 28 thanks to the folks at the US National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences who deemed it worthy of inclusion for the 44th News and Documentary Emmy Awards...
Author: Charles E. Buban (Charles E. Buban)
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July was a thrilling month for women athletes
In the world of women’s sports, the month of July was thrilling. From July 23 to July 30, the second edition of the most prestigious stage race on the women’s cycling calendar—the Tour de France Femmes—tested the best female cyclists from around the world as they covered a 956-kilometer route throughout France. Of course, there’s...
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Filipinas’ World Cup Cinderella run ends, but applause, admiration remain
The FIFA Women’s World Cup match on July 30 that pitted a heavyweight against a team playing for the first time on football’s grandest stage resulted in what most sports pundits expected. Hope that the Filipinas—or the Philippine Women’s National Football Team—would pull an upset against Norway had been stoked by its 1-0 win in...
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Bolden is golden and Filipinas make World Cup herstory
Don’t count them out yet. It’s true that the Filipinas—or the Philippine Women’s National Football Team—were blanked, 2-0, by the top-ranked Swiss squad in their historic FIFA Women’s World Cup debut last July 21, strengthening the 500-1 chance given by the United Kingdom-based sports betting community platform, OLBG. But against New Zealand, which cohosts the...
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Kiko Pangilinan on how to empower small farmers
Small farmers are “still the best hope” for feeding a fast-growing population, according to former senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan, author of the Sagip Saka Act that is aimed at easing the lives of over 10 million Filipinos who produce the country’s food. Farming is arduous, as demonstrated by those who till the soil. It can...
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Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel exhibit opens in Manila
The painted scenes on the ceiling of the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel have fascinated me since I received the book “Michelangelo & the Pope’s Ceiling” more than a decade ago. A gift from my then future wife, the 384-page paperback by Ross King recounts the four extraordinary years–from 1508 to 1512—that the genius Michelangelo spent producing...
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‘Passionate’ tweeter Ted Herbosa is now health chief
The reputation of newly appointed Health Secretary Dr. Teodoro “Ted” Herbosa has preceded him, and certain sectors do not find it encouraging. In December 2017, while speaking at a leadership forum in New Delhi, former US president Barack Obama was asked about the perils of using Twitter where he had more than 97 million followers...
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‘Delikado’: forest defenders in the line of fire
The earth’s last remaining forest cover cleans the air we breathe, purifies water systems, provides habitat for plants and animals, and even helps slow down climate change by removing heat-trapping carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. It benefits everyone, but what happens if trees are indiscriminately cut for the high-value wood, if the most profitable minerals...
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Gilas’ redemption and 6 more golds for the Philippines in Phnom Penh
Not even the record-setting jump of Olympian and world No. 3 EJ Obiena—who bagged his third consecutive Southeast Asian Games pole vault gold medal—could have softened the blow. Neither could the record-smashing performances of Elreen Ando and Vanessa Sarno that earned them gold medals in their respective weightlifting events. Even gymnastics star Carlos Yulo’s medal...
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19 golds so far, but it’s a rough road ahead for Philippines at SEA Games
Win some, lose some. The Philippines sits in fourth place in the 32nd Southeast Asian Games’ (SEA Games) medal tally, with 19 gold, 28 silver, and 31 bronze medals as of the evening of May 8, and that ranking will expectedly be challenged by several factors in the remaining nine days. As host country, Cambodia had...