Portrait Of The Philippines: 500 Years Without Love

Five Hundred Years Without Love is the thought-provoking title of a new book launched on National Heroes Day, by bestselling author Alex Lacson.

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Published on 06/09/2020 by Puerto Parrot
Categories: Arts, Culture, History, Stories
Tags: country, Filipino, government, love, poor, Problems, Rizal, social, story

Bantayan Town Declares June 30 As Bantayan Day

The Municipality of Bantayan, one of the three towns on Bantayan Island, has declared June 30 of every year as Bantayan Day. Bantayan Day is a state-centered special holiday that is separate from the religious feast days traditionally observed by the town for its patrons, Saints Peter and Paul, every June 28 and 29.

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Published on 30/06/2020 by Puerto Parrot
Categories: Arts, Communities, News and Events
Tags: Bantayan, Festival

Learn To Love Urban Gardening With Plant Buddy Philippines

Running out of new things to try while locked up due to this health crisis? How about trying urban gardening? If you aren’t very comfortable about it yet, there are those who can help, such as this group from Cebu City who call themselves Plant Buddy PH.

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Published on 22/06/2020 by Puerto Parrot
Categories: Arts, Environment, Society

Sam Lo: 'We Gave It The Best Fight Of Our Life'

Cebuano beauty queen and Miss Grand International Philippines Samantha Lo might have ended her MGI journey empty handed but she was still very grateful for this once in a lifetime opportunity.

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Published on 26/10/2019 by Puerto Parrot
Categories: Arts, Culture, People
Tags: international

Photo Gallery: Pasigarbo Sa Sugbo 2019 Street Dance Parade Begins

The Pasigarbo sa Sugbo 2019 street dance performance kicked off this Sunday afternoon with the 44 participating contingents from the different towns and cities of Cebu province parading through Osmeña Boulevard in colorful theme-inspired costumes.

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Published on 25/08/2019 by Puerto Parrot
Categories: Arts, Culture, Travel
Tags: Festival

Artwork Done In 1 Hour: Cebuano Artist Shows How To Help Save Ailing Planet

How can a Cebuano artist raise awareness to the “wildfire crisis” in the Amazon rainforest in South America and the plight of Mother Earth in general?

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Published on 25/08/2019 by Puerto Parrot
Categories: Arts, Environment

Gayang: Igorot Folklore Goes To The Comic Book

Move over Darna, Captain Barbell and Dyesebel – no disrespect to your creator, the legendary Mars Ravelo. Here come Lampong, Pili, Inlablabbuut and others. The latter have come alive in a new comic book collaboration by young artists from the Cordilleras.

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Published on 18/07/2019 by Papagei
Categories: Arts, Culture, Mythology & folklore
Tags: Asbucan, Astudillo, Books, creatures, Folklore, Gayang, Gripo, Igorot, story, students

New “Old” Filipino Master Paintings Surface And Break Auction Records

They’re coming out of the woodwork and fetching auction records.
In recent years, several new works by Juan Luna, the Philippines’ acknowledged old but very disturbed master and the calmer, more stable Felix Resurreccion Hidalgo, have surfaced from out of nowhere and gone on to break auction records in the Philippines.

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Published on 16/05/2019 by Papagei
Categories: Arts

Philippines’ First Economic History Museum Opens In Calle Real, Iloilo

The Philippines’ first economic history museum has recently opened in Iloilo. The National Historical Commission of the Philippines has established the Museum of Philippine Economic History in what was once the Ynchausti Commercial House in Calle Real in Iloilo.

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Published on 04/03/2019 by Puerto Parrot
Categories: Arts, Business, Culture, History, Recreation
Tags: Iloilo, Museums

‘Lady Fishbone’ At District Gallery, Dexter Sy At Bencab Museum

New art galleries joined the recent 7th Art Fair Philippines, such as District Gallery, founded in 2017 by Artist Playground under composer Jesse Lucas and actor Roeder Camañag with Atty. Edsel Velasco of St. Vincent School.

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Published on 04/03/2019 by Puerto Parrot
Categories: Arts, Culture, Entertainment, Recreation
Tags: Award, exhibition, Galleries, Museums

Malasimbo Int'l Fest '19 Gets New Venue, More Music Heavyweights

The International Malasimbo Music & Arts Festival is moving to a new venue to optimize the experience for both festival goers and artists.

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Published on 16/02/2019 by Puerto Parrot
Categories: Arts, Culture, Leisure, Travel
Tags: Festival, Malasimbo, Puerto Galera

Tambayayong Festival Depicts The True Essence Of Tabangohanons

TABANGOS, Philippines — This Fourth Class Municipality of Leyte staged for the 4th consecutive year on Monday, Jan. 14 its Tambayayong Festival with the crowds growing each year since it first started in 2015.

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Published on 18/01/2019 by Puerto Parrot
Categories: Arts, Communities, Religion
Tags: Festival, Tambayayong Festival

The Biblical Basis Of Our Faith To Santo Niño

Who is the Santo Niño? Is he really miraculous? Does it have Biblical basis? Why do Catholics believe in him? Why do the faithful give importance of his image? Is it not against the Ten Commandments as provided for by the book of exodus?

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Published on 18/01/2019 by Puerto Parrot
Categories: Arts, Communities, Mythology & folklore, Religion
Tags: Catholicism, Santo Niño

Monica Ong: Capturing Poetry's Healing Power

Visual artist and poet Monica Ong has accomplished something special with her debut poetry collection, Silent Anatomies. With it, she creates a riveting connection, through a juxtaposition of diagram and diary, of family hierarchy, medical background and creative art. It is a unique interpretation of her own ancestral history and a way for her to reinforce a personal and familial identity.

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Published on 12/12/2018 by Papagei
Categories: Arts, Culture, People
Tags: Anatomies, Monica Ong, poetry

Enchanted Wisdom

If there’s anything our native childhood tales tell us of what our country and people were before the WhiteMan came, the most telling would be its setting in Nature, with invisible creatures like the diwata, duende, kapre, tikbalang and aswang sharing our world.

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Published on 01/11/2018 by Papagei
Categories: Arts, Culture, Mythology & folklore
Tags: Masbate, tales, Ticao, Tito Valiente

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