Conversations with Sisters

Fatima Ignacio Gimenez - @inquirerdotnet 05/01/2023

Barely 5 feet in height, slightly stooped but very much agile despite the advancing years, she comes through the gate and straight to me to give me a tight hug. Finally, I get to meet the owner…

The octave of women’s voices

Sen. Risa Hontiveros - @inquirerdotnet 03/08/2023

  I always smile when I hear someone humming, because it means they are relaxed and at ease. Humming is such a private, genuine, and spontaneous joy. I indulge in it every chance I get, in between…

Separated for 40 years, sisters finally met under strange circumstances

Futch Anthony Inso 05/27/2022

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines — Two sisters who were separated for 40 years, have finally met each other due to their office uniform and through the contact-tracing efforts of the Lapu-Lapu City Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit (CESU). April…

Maureen Wroblewitz talks about gaining experience, sisters during MUPh journey

Immae Lachica 10/03/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines— Miss Universe Philippines 2021 first runner-up Maureen Wroblewitz may have failed to bring home the crown, but she is extremely happy for the experience and the new sisters that she met during the pageant.…

Sisters from Bohol gain online attention with release of their song ‘Mirisi Friend’

Raul Constantine L. Tabanao 06/01/2020

MOALBOAL, Cebu — Two sisters from Bohol province gained online attention after a video of their original composition which they called “Mirisi Friend” went viral. The song that talks of someone, who continues to hang on to…

Best friends find out they are sisters after 17 years

03/03/2020

Two women from Pennsylvania, USA, grew up being told that they looked alike and had to constantly deny that they were sisters. After 17 years of friendship and a DNA test, they found out that they indeed…

Chiong sisters slay case: 4th released convict, Aznar expected to yield

Tetch Torres-Tupas - INQUIRER.net 09/09/2019

MANILA, Philippines – The fourth convict in the Chiong sisters rape-slay case has also been released on the basis of good conduct time allowance, Justice Undersecretary and Department of Justice (DOJ) Spokesperson Markk Perete said Monday. Perete,…

SMS-Boystown hoopsters stun Don Bosco Greywolves, book U-18 CYBL finals seat

JONAS PANERIO 03/10/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Sisters of Mary-Boystown earned their biggest win to date, stunning the Don Bosco Greywolves, 44-28, to grab a seat in the finals of the Under-18 Division 1 of the Cebu Youth Basketball…

Sisters got game: SMS Girlstown nuns show some hoops skills

JONAS PANERIO 01/14/2019

Talisay City, Cebu – The nuns of the Sisters of Mary-Girlstown showed amateur superstars Thirdy Ravena and Kobe Paras that they had game as they swished one basket after another in a shootout during the culminating day…

‘Mary, Mary Me’ Trailer with sisters Toni and Alex Gonzaga released

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 12/04/2018

HOW would you feel if someone you loved in the past is now your sister’s fiance? The official trailer of the Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF) 2018 entry “Mary, Marry Me” was finally released on its Facebook…

Sisters vie for Binibining Cebu 2018 crown

Mich Padayhag 08/27/2018

THEY may be competing for the same crown but the Gillamac sisters—Kristine and Kemberly—claim that being in the Binibining Cebu pageant has brought them closer. “I am very excited about sharing this journey to my sister. Good…

My sister’s piano

Raymund Fernandez 07/31/2018

ERRATUM: Kinutil apologizes for a factual error in the previous column entitled, “Dinner at Sunzibar.” I misidentified Sunzibar’s partner as Dr. Bong. The correct name is Dr. Lorel Dee M.D. If anyone were to ask: ”What have…

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