Passions and Obsessions

Why Ernest Escaler believes the Guadalupe tilma is 'Mama Mary’s selfie’

The businessman and Marian devotee feels that the Blessed Virgin is in the Philippines for a reason

Art/Style/Travel Diaries

On Your Feet! opens to ovations at Proscenium Theater

The Emilio and Gloria Estefan musical gets the audience on its feet

Commentary

PNoy remembered as chief architect of Philippines' landmark West Philippine Sea arbitral victory

'.... yet until the end, we stood our ground'—President Benigno Aquino III, July 13, 2016

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“But I almost had PTSD from wearing high heels for 16 weeks. I feel like I should get a Medal of Freedom!”—Meryl Streep in an interview with British Vogue on her role as Miranda Priestly in Devil Wears Prada 2  I’ve forsworn high heels since my thirties. My late Lifestyle editor in the 1970s, Tere Orendain, introduced me to them after seeing me in clogs or slip-ons when I reported for…
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I’ve spent the last couple of months clutching my phone to my chest every morning and before bed, checking on Punch. It’s become a ritual—wake…
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ASIDE from my wallet, abanico, and handphone, there should always be a book in my bag. Its absence means I wouldn’t be able to read while having…
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Inevitably in my narratives, I turn my focus on my partner of 42 years, Rolly Fernandez. Our best times are when we’re eating and chatting. Oh, we…

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