October, 2022

• 4 October

  Lopenze Artists Launch First Commercial Exhibit

  

  By Gem Suguitan Seven years ago, organizing a local artist group was but a dream. It took an exhibition to showcase the culture and arts of their town to gather thirteen artists from Lopez, Quezon called Lopenze Artists. They had individually joined various exhibitions in the Philippines and abroad since then. This year, they are once again having a show …

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• 4 October

  Hail! Angelica and her graceful, lighted-hearted and warm motherhood

  

  If one follows the life and love story of young actress Angelica Panganiban, one dares to say she’s one helluva of a fighter. In the middle of her struggles in life, Angelica is calm and practical, even jolly about what comes next to her survival. It is evident when she recently gave birth to a bouncing baby girl she and …

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• 4 October

  The real story behind the agony and the ecstasy of “Katips” showing in Japan

  

  The controversial film “Katips” getting to Japan isn’t an easy feat. At first, there were not a few Filipinos who wanted to show it in the House of the Rising Sun. Carmen Cañafranca-Wakamatsu, a kababayan (town mate) from Lopez, Quezon asked me to help her in reaching out to Vince Tañada, the director of the film. I told her I’d …

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• 4 October

  The lure of K-pop to the Filipino audience and Choi Min-Ho’s appearance at the fest

  

  The 16th Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival (BiFan) has been over for almost two months but the memories linger on in my mind especially about the overwhelming effects of Korean wave or hallyu in the Filipino psyche. Not only was BiFan the show window of K-pop culture but of quality international genre films as well. One of the stalwarts at …

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• 4 October

  UST routs Adamson as UAAP women’s basketball action returns

  

  The University of Santo Tomas (UST) still looked like the championship contender that it is despite the three-year absence after a 106-70 beatdown of Adamson in the return of the UAAP women’s basketball tournament on Saturday at the Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay City. In the first UAAP women’s basketball game amid the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic, the Golden …

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• 4 October

  Fil-Japanese karateka banners Phl squad in Asian Championships

  

  World Games champion Junna Tsukii is looking forward to a podium finish in the Asian Championships this year. The Filipino-Japanese karateka will banner Team Philippines on December 16 to 20 in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. “It would be nice to get a medal. But first, I have to sharpen my skill in preparation for the tournament,” Tsukii, who turned 31 on Friday, …

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• 4 October

  PBBM: PHL ‘ready to go the extra mile’ to bolster investments

  

  The Philippines is an ideal place to invest and the government is ready to go the extra mile to nurture strong partnerships with potential investors wanting to put their money in the country, President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. said as he opened a new airport facility in Central Luzon. “The simple message that underlay all that we did was that …

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• 4 October

  43rd ASEAN Maritime transport working group meeting

  

  The Philippines, through the Department of Transportation (DOTr) and its Maritime sector, shared meaningful moments with ASEAN counterparts as its delegation physically attended the 43rd ASEAN Maritime Transport Working Group Meeting (MTWG) last 20 to 22 September 2022 in Nha Trang, Viet Nam. The 43rd ASEAN MTWG Meeting, the first in-person meeting of the group since the COVID-19 pandemic, was …

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• 4 October

  Japanese officials ride MRT-3, inspect rail line improvements

  

  Japanese dignitaries rode the MRT-3 train to inspect rail improvement. They include Secretary to the Minister of Finance Shuntaro Suzuki, Felix Sato of the Japan Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Japanese Diplomats Hiroyuki Kudo and Daisuke Nihei, and representatives from the Sumitomo Corp.  They were welcomed by MRT-3 General Manager Engr. Federico J. Canar, Jr. and Operations Director Engr. Oscar B. …

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• 4 October

  DOTr pushes for bicycle use as alternative transport

  

  The Department of Transportation (DOTr) Road Sector has persistently pushed for the use of bicycles and recognizing it as a relevant, inclusive, and legitimate mode of transportation, especially in light of COVID-19 pandemic protocols, and now with the resumption of face-to-face classes of our students. In support of the recent worldwide celebration of WORLD CAR-FREE DAY, the DOTr, together with …

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