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‘Heneral Luna’ stays away from latest battle, but wins anyway.

‘Heneral Luna’ stays away from latest battle, but wins anyway.

Not expecting to win the coveted Volpi Cup for Best Actor at the Venice International Film Festival, John Arcilla, who gained national fame  in 2015 with his widely acclaimed portrayal of the Filipino revolutionary general Antonio Luna, decided to miss the red-carpeted battle ground in Venice. John Arcilla receives his…
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Caritas Manila’s digital telethon to fund college scholarship program

Caritas Manila’s digital telethon to fund college scholarship program

Scholarship is open to poor but deserving students nationwide, but priority will be given to incoming college students and those taking up vocational-technical courses from the country’s poorest provinces and from among the urban poor in Metro Manila. The digital telethon is set on Monday, September 13. “Education is the…
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Premier auction house launches biggest annual auction

Premier auction house launches biggest annual auction

With “worlds we create” as its theme, this year's much awaited “Well-Appointed Life” auction of 130 Philippine artworks, including a Hidalgo, Joya, BenCab and Alcuaz, and 200 connoisseur-level objects is not only a portal to the past, but also a doorway to a whimsical future. It also aims to spark…
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SMDC ICE Tower: A new normal real estate ‘RESO-lution’

SMDC ICE Tower: A new normal real estate ‘RESO-lution’

By JOSE PAOLO S. DELA CRUZ From the downsized physical operations of many businesses, to the rise of upstart businessmen and women engaging in their own ventures from home — there are many reasons to think that Residential-Office (RESO) developments could very well emerge as the real estate trend of…
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Philippines receives first-ever award from the Venice Biennale

Philippines receives first-ever award from the Venice Biennale

After a 51-year hiatus since the country first joined in 1964, it was able to join the Venice Art Biennale once again in 2015 and the Venice Architecture Biennale the following year through the efforts of then Sen. Loren Legarda. Six years after rejoining the global art platform, the Philippines…
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