Jethro Patalinghug: A moving narrative

Bai Hayde Quiñanola, Rob Gonzales 08/30/2015

The Philippines is the major supplier of labor migrants in Asia, a huge fraction of which are female overseas workers according to a study of the Women and Gender Institute for the United Nations Children’s Fund. Women,…

Robyn Schnieder: Wonderfully complex

Bai Hayde Quiñanola 07/26/2015

They say it takes only seven seconds to form the first impression— which means seven seconds to put your best foot forward and leave a good impression. While we come up with ways how to make seconds…

Leigh Bardugo: Grounded in fantasy

Bai Hayde Quiñanola, Maria Niza Mariñas 07/12/2015

Think of Russia in Leo Tolstoy’s “Anna Karenina.” Ridiculously expensive heavy gowns of bell-like skirts, slightly puffed shoulders, and corseted bodice. Now interject it with some flesh-eating monsters, gun fights, magic… and voila! Welcome to the Grisha…

HEY JOE SHOW: As Bisdak as Buwad

Bai Hayde Quiñanola 06/07/2015

These five American lads from Utah blend in with the foreign tourists strolling in Cebu until they open their mouths and speak in fluent Bisaya. No, you can be sure it’s not a Dubmash. Jake, Tylan, Connor,…

Gil Maningo: Art and passion

Bai Hayde Quiñanola 05/31/2015

The comical display of enlarged faces with exaggerated features that somehow have identifiable likeness to those of public figures and personalities around the room is a clue as to the type of artist that resides there. They…

E. Lockhart in the write mood

Bai Hayde Quiñanola, Maria Niza Mariñas 05/24/2015

The beach-wave hair, red-tinted lips and the conspicuous tattoo encircling the left bicep more than add character to a woman who is an accomplished book author with literary awards and recognition. Emily Jenkins, better known as E.…

Bai Hayde Quiñanola 05/16/2015

SUMMER is the perfect time to get ourselves out there. The most common, if not overused, place we find ourselves in is the beach because swimming or simply basking under the sun will never be overrated. For…

Isabelle Daza: Beauty ready for action

Bai Hayde Quiñanola, Maria Niza Mariñas, Rob Gonzales 01/25/2015

She’s got the looks, the body, the Miss Universe DNA. And she can kick butt! Meet Isabelle Daza—model, host and actress—and yes, daughter of the Philippines’ first Miss Universe Ms. Gloria Diaz. Indeed, the apple doesn’t fall…

Dingdong Dantes’ brave beginnings

Bai Hayde Quiñanola, Maria Niza Mariñas, Rob Gonzales 12/28/2014

It wasn’t fame or money that he earned most from working as an actor. Used to being always in the spotlight since he was very young, José Sixto González Dantes III, popularly known as Dingdong Dantes, has…

Marie Lu: The real deal

Bai Hayde Quiñanola, Maria Niza Mariñas 12/14/2014

Isn’t it human to feel hate after being banished from your home, or to be vengeful to the people who did you wrong? Redemption. Isn’t that something we can all relate to? Because, admit it, you’re tired…

Claudia Gray breaks normal

Bai Hayde Quiñanola, Maria Niza Mariñas 11/16/2014

What’s a person like when she’s a lawyer, journalist, disc jockey, cook, and traveler rolled into one? You have a geek with a cool pseudonym coming up with creatures, figures, and realms of her own so enthralling…

The dark quirky tales of Madeleine Roux

Bai Hayde Quiñanola, Maria Niza Mariñas 11/02/2014

That kind of night when things come alive in the dark; the dead wandering a bit, children chewing sweets past bedtime, and an apparently deranged man in a mask slaying promiscuous teens. That is pretty much how…

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