(For Monsignor Ping Molina, Tony Zantua, Gregorio Sarmiento, Sr. Beda Camacho, Grace Sarmiento Gabao, Pablo de Leon, Pedro Rojas, Jesus Torrente** & especially to Architect J. Romano) There was…
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Islander in the City | Pablo A. Tariman:
SUSAN ROCES AT 80
A few days before her 80th birthday, Susan Roces.is still busy living her role as Lola Kap in FPJ’s Ang Probinsyano. In this scene, she is tearfully begging her grandson…
Islander in the City | Pablo A. Tariman:
SLOW DEATH FOR PHILAMIFE THEATER
If the Philamlife Theater along UN Avenue survived, it would have been 60 years old this September. But it had only a 52-year life; the last concert was in 2013.…
Islander in the City | Pablo A. Tariman:
WHEN YOU GET FLU AND MISTAKE IT FOR COVID-19
I get sick only once a year and it disappears in less than a week or two. On the week I watched three performances of Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor at…
Islander in the City:
JOHN LLOYD CRUZ: LESSONS FROM ISOLATION
I’ve met John Lloyd Cruz countless times in presscons where I get to ask him assorted questions. Star builder and publicist Ethel Ramos would always introduce me thus: “The next…
Islander in the City by Pablo A. Tariman:
One-on-One With Mayor Vico Sotto
Pasig City turned 448 years old last July 2 with less fanfare but with more substantial vision. The city’s 20th city executive, Mayor Vico Sotto, turned 32 last June 17…
Islander in the City by Pablo A. Tariman:
Honor
Sometimes Death has a message Telling us the virtues we ignored in life Are more recognizable When we say goodbye To earthly existence. This country has never…
Islander in the City by Pablo A. Tariman:
How to defile a national landmark
After all the hoopla about the third reopening of the Manila Metropolitan Theater – comes a big letdown: it reportedly carries a new name. Along with the announcement of the…
Islander in the City by Pablo A. Tariman:
LESSONS FROM TAIWAN
It must be a blessing living in Taiwan in time of the pandemic. Health experts world-wide agree Taiwan has one of the best government approaches in dealing with the…
Islander in the City by Pablo A. Tariman:
PHILIPPINES BAGS GRAND PRIX, BEST CONDUCTOR PRIZE IN INTERNATIONAL CHORAL COMPETITION
A Philippine choir does it again! Kammerchor Manila (KM) under conductor Anthony Go Villanueva bagged the Grand Prix and the Best Conductor Prize in the recently concluded Queen of the…