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Story and photos by Alvin I. Dacanay Rak of Aegis, the hit Philippine Educational Theater Association (Peta) musical that uses the songs of pop-rock band Aegis to tell the story of a young woman who dreams of achieving YouTube stardom, and the problems facing her perpetually flooded village, swept the Seventh Gawad Buhay! awards, earning 11 trophies at a three-hour-plus …

Review by Jake Coyle / The Associated Press Along the scaly spine of the Tyrannosaurus Rex runs the evolution of Hollywood blockbusteringaz. Twenty-two years ago, Steven Spielberg’s Jurassic Park set the standard for the kind of movie the industry has, ever since, bred like test-tube dinos. Their genes are genetically modified for the requisite computer-generated effects, merchandising tie-ins and theme …

The Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) has announced that it is now accepting entries to the 27th edition of the Gawad CCP Para sa Alternatibong Pelikula at Video (CCP Independent Film and Video Competition), or Gawad Alternatibo, which will be held in August.

By Alvin I. Dacanay Later this month the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP), its resident theater company Tanghalang Pilipino and respected playwrights’ group Writer’s Bloc will open the 11th edition of the Virgin Labfest, a three-week laboratory theater festival of untried, untested, unstaged and unpublished plays by new and veteran dramatists.

From that first bicycle ride to that first trip to the countryside, fathers have always been the go-to guys for adventures. Under the care and protection they have provided, life’s journey became easier for their children.

By Luis Leoncio Another multimillion-peso conflict-of-interest case has surfaced against Customs Commissioner Alberto Lina. The case, which involves the cancellation of a vital contract, could reportedly delay the Philippines’s integration into the single Asean (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) market.

By Lito U. Gagni Indeed, there is something unique about Tzu Chi volunteers around the globe: It is their sense of duty to serve their fellow men. And they all point to the teachings of Master Cheng, whose thoughts were immortalized as Jing Si aphorisms.

The government’s economic officials have admitted that the effect of massive underspending under the Aquino administration had a lot to do with the disappointing 5.2-percent growth in the first quarter, despite earlier claims this year that it was ramping up its expenditures through frontloading.

By Riza Lozada The United States Agency for International Development (Usaid) and the Department of Energy (DOE) have joined hands to spur investments in renewable-energy projects by cutting red tape.

Three global developments compel us to analyze the Phillippines mining industry against the traditional exploitive imagery that the sector is arrayed against where perceived negativity reigns due to persistent misconceptions.