Produced by artist, filmmaker and essayist Tekla Aslanishvili, A State in a State is an experimental documentary tackling the railroads in the South Caucasus and Caspian regions as political borders. It will be screened for free in Bacolod’s Art District beginning September 23. The 2022 single-channel film traces the construction,…
PeopleAsia editor-in-chief JOANNE RAE RAMIREZ writes about then Press Secretary Ricardo “Dong” Puno Jr. in the magazine's September 2000 issue. Broadcast journalist, lawyer and former Press Secretary Dong Puno When Ricardo “Dong” Puno Jr. was first invited to the White House in 1989, he was part of the press pool…
Text by JOANNE RAE RAMIREZ Photos courtesy of TURISMO DE SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA Santiago de Compostela in northwest Spain is both a destination and a journey, a tourist spot and a spiritual beacon, a city of architectural marvels and edifices of faith. (Two pilgrims admire the breathtaking view from the…
Palawan: one of the Seven Wonders of the World, second time title-holder of Best Island in the World as voted by travel magazine  Conde Nast Traveler readers, and home to freedom fighters of the second World War.  Palawan’s treasures go beyond its scenic islands being an unbeatable embodiment of paradise. It was also…