NEW CLARK CITY — As a strategy, developers set aside land for a school to make real estate projects attractive to potential residents or investors. This government project in Central Luzon has allotted parcels of land to not one but six educational institutions. The scale of the project may explain the plan to put up...
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UP alumni to receive Glory Awards for excellence and impact in communication
Five alumni of the University of the Philippines College of Media and Communication will be presented the 2025 Glory Awards, formally known as the Gawad Gloria Feliciano, at the UPCMC annual homecoming tomorrow, Feb. 28. Those to be recognized for excellence and impact in their fields are veteran journalist Roberto Coloma, digital market research trailblazer...
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Let us make it a happier new year
As children, we realize quickly the falsehood of elf workshops, Rudolph, and Santa Claus. In our maturity, the next myth we debunk is that of a merry Christmas. Indeed, while Whitney Houston’s “I Will Always Love You” replays for the 13th time in a neighbor’s home, while guests biding time to bow out move on...
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Portraits in Jazz: Michael Mark Guevarra keeps it real
(Twenty-first of a series) If the end of the pandemic lockdown had a face, it was—at least for me—that of Michael Mark “Pikong” Guevarra. It was April 2022, the first night Tago Jazz Café opened its doors after nearly two years of silence. Setting up on stage that night were guitarist Riki Gonzales and Balooze,...
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UP’s Tanghal Tertulia wins Best Special Events Production honors at 38th Aliw Awards
The University of the Philippines’ flagship cultural program, Tanghal Tertulia, was announced one of three winners in the Best Special Events Production category at the 38th Aliw Awards held at The Manila Hotel on Dec. 15. Tanghal Tertulia distinguished itself as the only special event mounted by an educational institution of higher learning to be...
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Kabataan lawmaker says young Filipinos are ‘incredibly agitated’ by the theft of public funds and their future
For Kabataan Party-list Rep. Renee Louise Co, there was nothing performative in the halftime gig on Oct. 19 of the University of the Philippines (UP) Varsity Pep Squad and the De La Salle University (DLSU) Animo Squad in which they joined forces in assailing the massive corruption in flood control and other infrastructure projects. Co described...
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Dante C. Simbulan, 1930-2024: From military officer to scholar-activist
Long before Dante C. Simbulan’s path-breaking study on the Philippine elite, “The Modern Principalia: The Historical Evolution of the Philippine Ruling Oligarchy,” was published by the University of the Philippines Press in 2005, it had become “the much-quoted thesis on the socioeconomic elite in the Philippines,” according to Mark Turner, writing on the History of...
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Portraits in Jazz: Color her Skarlet
(Nineteenth of a series) I’ve known Skarlet Brown longer than almost any other jazz artist featured in this section. That’s probably why it took me so long to tell her story: I was too close, knew too much, and wasn’t quite sure how to frame her wild and magnificent mess. In fact, my first piece...
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Storytelling, design, and government initiatives: How are the Korean and Philippine film industries different?
South Korea’s film industry seems to be doing well looking in from the outside. According to data from the Korean Film Council (Kofic) on 2024 local box office hits, “Exhuma” was No. 1 with a total gross of $82,686,501 (11,914,785 tickets sold); “The Round-up: Punishment” was No. 2 with a total gross of $82,674,629 (11,...
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Running in (academic) ovals
In the week after the nth iteration of “The Great UP Run,” I found myself asking: What’s so great about it? Sure, this may be just a matter of branding, and brands don’t always have to make sense. But as any decent adman would know, a brand can only be as good as the service...