(Twenty-eighth of a series) On a good night, there’s a particular kind of hush that falls over a small jazz room right before a solo begins—the clink of glasses pausing, the low hum of conversation dropping to nothing, every ear angling toward the stage. It’s in that silence that saxophonist Dix Lucero does his clearest...
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At Everyone’s K-Pop Manila 2025, the theme is ‘Drop your moves and feel special’
Filipino K-Pop lovers are invited to what’s touted as “an immersive, all-out experience” to bring them closer to their passion. The event is Everyone’s K-Pop Manila 2025, a presentation by the Korean Cultural Center in the Philippines and Seoul Shinmun, in partnership with the Korea Copyright Protection Agency-Manila Office, Philippine K-pop Convention Inc., and Robinsons...
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Manila’s historic district of Pandacan, once known as ‘Little Italy,’ is in limbo
On March 10, 2015, asserting the primacy of human life and safety, the Supreme Court rejected the appeals of the “Big 3” oil companies Shell, Chevron, and Petron to its November 2014 ruling that they stop operations and relocate from the Pandacan Oil Depot in Manila. The oil companies were given six months to pull...
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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 throat. Every year when I visit my daughter here, I make a side trip to Victoria’s capital to see a dear friend from college. The pandemic paused the practice, and now, after three years, I...