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Moveable feast rooted in childhood memories and mommy’s home cooking

The lockdown has brought this Brussels-based journalist-turned-chef back to her mother’s table, as she tries to assuage feelings of nostalgia, homesickness, frustration, fear and guilt. Like millions of people, including countless Filipinos now living abroad, seeking refuge at home during this pandemic, she’s using the extra time to push the…

Pinay caregiver gets a house from Michael Bublé

The Canadian crooner fulfills his late grandfather's dying wish by gifting his Filipina nurse with a dream home to call her own. By ALEX Y. VERGARA/ Photos from thescottbrothers.com Michael Bublé, with twin brothers Drew and Jonathan Scott, shows Minette the renovated home before making the big reveal. Amid dark,…

Pia Wurtzbach: From Miss Universe to ‘Mask’ crusader

BY JOSE PAOLO S. DELA CRUZ Her face may have been hailed as one of the most beautiful in the universe but Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach definitely has no qualms about covering it up for protection. And she believes frontliners should, too. In fact, the Miss Universe 2015 winner has…

Stand and deliver

My parents wanted me to have the best Christian education their modest means could afford. And, for them, UST was it. I don’t know if I turned out to be the kind of person they had envisioned me to become. But judging by the company I keep, I think they…

Dave Sandoval’s ‘flowerful’ message of hope

By JOSE PAOLO S. DELA CRUZ In the time of Covid-19, there is perhaps, no nobler task than being part of the frontline. It is for this very reason that doctors, nurses, workers in the food and service industry, as well as those in public service, among others, have been…

How COVID-19 almost snatched a pastor’s faith

BY JOANNE RAE RAMIREZ Priests and pastors have extraordinary faith, and have studied its tenets extensively. And yet, they, too, are all too human and are brought to the test. But perhaps, it is in their humanity that they are able to give witness to the strength and saving power…

When kindness, more than the virus, becomes contagious

What could be bigger than the unprecedented problem right before us, as this pandemic continues to test our strength and resolve as a people? But as the author has also found out since the ECQ was put in place over a month ago, our love and genuine concern for each…

That’s what friends are for

Rising above a personal tragedy that claimed the life of their son Franco in 2009, restaurateurs Mon and Monica Eugenio channeled their grief later that same year to form Franco’s Friends. Since then, the informal charity group springs into action to identify and help feed those in need, including…

Easter musings: How a reset button came in the most unexpected and unwelcome package

Everything in life, be it good or bad, big or small, mundane or life-defining, offers us an opportunity to grow, turn over a new leaf and become better versions of ourselves. May we come out of this string of events and experiences better, wiser, kinder and more grateful. By ALEX…

Making every moment count while on lockdown

If there’s one good thing that has resulted from all the doom and gloom we’ve been seeing and hearing lately due to COVID-19, it has made many of us stronger yet more compassionate toward other people, including ourselves, and grateful for small, everyday blessings that continue to come our way.…