Every new year, there is a curious tradition in Minalin, Pampanga where menfolk cross-dress and join a parade and even join beauty local contests. The folk tradition is called Aguman…
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Islander in the City | Pablo A. Tariman:
GINA LOLLOBRIGIDA, 95 & MANILA CONNECTIONS
On a Tuesday morning, the world woke up to the news that the Italian actress Gina Lollobrigida died on a clinic in Rome, Monday, January 16. She was 95. Also…
Islander in the City | Pablo A. Tariman:
NEW YEAR WITH GRANDCHILDREN & A WEEK OFF IN AMANPULO
Eldest daughter’s Christmas message was too good to be true. Bring my nephews and nieces for a three-day staycation in a Makati hotel on a weekend and let’s have a…
Islander in the City | Pablo A. Tariman:
WHEN STILLNESS BECOMES LIFE
To wake up With the cold night air Suddenly engulfed By the nocturnal View of the islands And the stillness stuns You are looking At the big wide sea And…
Islander in the City | Pablo A. Tariman:
TRIUMPH AND DISCORD IN THE 2022 MMFF
The 2022 48th Metro Manila Film Festival started with a bang with the traditional parade that stalled traffic in the Quezon City thoroughfares before opening day on December 25. Eight…
BEFORE NEW YEAR, MY SON-IN-LAW FOLLOWED MY DAUGHTER KERIMA
I never though t lightning would strike twice in a couple of years As I write this, it’s been a month since another family tragedy struck. On the day the…
Islander in the City | Pablo A. Tariman:
GRAND OPERA BEFORE CHRISTMAS
What do you do when you ended up in a hospital while dressing up for the gala night of Turandot? You check the internet when you found out you are…
Islander in the City | Pablo A. Tariman:
DEATH IN THE MORNING
One more time You rewind another life Gone at fifty With just his poems For his only son to peruse As last mementoes. No more time to grieve The…
Islander in the City | Pablo A. Tariman:
HANDEL’S MESSIAH IS 280-YEARS OLD & STILL THE WORLD’S CHRISTMAS FAVORITE
Music sources noted the first performance of Handel’s Messiah took place on April 13, 1742 in Dublin’s newest concert hall at the time. How come it is still the most…
Islander in the City | Pablo A. Tariman:
ODE TO THE RICH AND FAMOUS
The 2022 Quezon City International Film Festival opened Thursday night (Nov. 17) with a timely social satire and with a Filipino actor as the celebrated protagonist. Ruben Ostlund’s Triangle of…