Lang Leav Poetry and Passion

Bai Hayde Quiñanola, Maria Niza Mariñas 07/01/2017

  CALL it buttonhole poetry, the type that’s shamelessly moored with mush and endless giggles in the circle. Lovebirds and hopeless romantics have pieces to share as well—a line or two that seem to speak to them.…

Mario’s passion: Giving the poor their sight back

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 06/24/2017

  Garbed in a surgical gown and armed with incision instruments, Dr. Mario Reyes sits on a chair and does cataract surgery on a patient. In 15 minutes, the procedure is over. It can be just another…

Palm Sunday

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 04/08/2017

Palma urges faithful to bring gospel of love on Holy Week In the face of poverty and nonstop killings, bring the gospel of love to the peripheries. This is the message of Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma as…

‘Buhing Kalbaryo’ changes venue

Nestle L. Semilla 04/05/2017

For 20 years, it has become an annual event in the City of Cebu that has drawn hundreds of spectators from all walks of life. Every Friday of Holy Week, actors, some of them city officials, bring…

Poems, Paintings, Passion: Literary and Visual Artists in one Exhibit

Cris Evert Lato-Ruffolo 04/03/2017

IT WAS a no-fuss gathering. There were no glamorous gowns and sparkling stilettos, no grand speeches, no fancy jewelry and high-and-mighty elites. Even the guest of honor, Mandaue City Vice Mayor Carlos Fortuna, knew his place in…

Pasos exhibit to deepen faith

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 03/26/2017

An exhibit of sacred images and a tableau depicting Jesus’ suffering and death are on display at the Archdiocesan Museum of Cebu located beside the Cebu Metropolitan Cathedral. Renowned iconographer Clodoveo “Louie” Nacorda said the Lenten exhibit…

Doctor by profession, artist by passion

Apple Ta-as 10/14/2016

On an ordinary day, you’d find Dr. Nanette Nacorda-Catigbe in a white coat treating patients in a modest clinic along N. Escario Street. But as soon as the last patient has left the office, Dr. Nanette takes…

Guts for Glory

PR 06/14/2015

AS THE famous Gretzky quote goes, “You miss one hundred percent of the shots you don’t take.” Statuesque beauty Ena Velasco doesn’t miss much because of her propensity to make tough choices. Faced with the decision of…

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…

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