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Few stars in the Philippines shone as brightly as the vaudeville celebrity Juanita Antido in the 1920s. She even performed in places like Penang, Shanghai, and Hong Kong. But she was far ahead of her time, and after being imprisoned in a convent, she ended up being jailed in Bilibid for daring to be with the man she loved. This is her story.
In the 1920s Philippines, few stars shone as bright as the vaudeville celebrity Juanita Antido. She led quite a life, but it was deemed scandalous in early 20th century Philippines. Antido was dubbed the "Queen of Jazz in the Orient." She performed ...
They're known to be corrosion-resistant.
You've probably seen this distinct steel fence in different parts of the Philippines, especially in post-war houses or in towns that have been around for a while. It's these steel planks with holes in rows and with teeth-like ...
It's the Familia Luzuriaga Cemetery.
Surrounded by vast sugarcane plantations, Bacolod City in Negros Occidental is known for its well-preserved ancestral houses as well as museums and restaurants that were once mansions of the hacienderos. At the junction of Lopez Jaena Street and Burgos Avenue in ...
So physically removed from the pains and troubles of the Filipino people is the site the Senate chose for its new building in Bonifacio Global City, that one wonders what it might do to the soul of the institution.
In one of his letters, the English poet John Keats asked, "Do you not see how necessary a world of pains and troubles is to school an intelligence and make it a soul?"So physically removed from the pains and troubles of ...
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The mini-moon will be orbiting Earth from September 29 to November 25.
For the next two months, we're probably going to see a second moon, which is as rare a phenomenon as any.Recently, a study by the American Astronomical Society found that the asteroid 2024 PT5 will be orbiting Earth between September ...
Vicente Alvarez Dizon might not have the same name recall of contemporaries like Fernando Amorsolo, Vicente Manansala, Galo Ocampo, or Victorio Edades, but his contributions to the burgeoning Filipino art landscape of the early 20th century are invaluable.
Vicente Alvarez Dizon's name is often lost in the annals of Philippine art history. The Filipino artist, illustrator, and lecturer was a true pioneer in every sense of the word. He might not have the name recall of contemporaries like Galo ...
It seems that selfie-related deaths have had a steady increase over the years, with some studies reporting numbers in the 500s. The latest casualty is a star 23-year-old Czech gymnast.
It's funny to think about just how different people's traveling habits have changed. From bringing a map and a few cameras on trips and videocams to now basically bringing just a phone. Travel selfies are a relatively new trend, perhaps, ...
Some groundbreaking research on how cat sh*t can one day treat neurological disorders.
It turns out that soiled cat poop may have some surprising benefits. In the future, we may well just see treatments for diseases like Parkinson's centered around, well, cat sh*t.Toxoplasma gondii is the commonly found parasite in cat feces. ...
The last line, 'Now I know my ABCs...,' has also changed.
Most of us sing the English ABC song the same way: a slow and rhythmic start from the letters A to G, and then another set with the same tempo from H to K. Then comes a deep breath to blurt out ...
Woodwork? Oyster? Or a little bit of both? What exactly is this weird, delicious thing and how can we find it?
When it comes to exotic regional delicacies, the Philippines has quite the range. From Aetas' Tapang Usa and the Cebuano soup Tuslob Buwa to some of the more common like Balut, these weirder local cuisines are byproducts of Filipino multiculturalism Filipino.Adding ...
That's probably not what it's called, but you know what we're talking about.
Unless you took up gymnastics as an extracurricular or have a very niche interest in watching the sport, most of us don't know anything about it. It's likely we just got drawn into it, especially when Filipino gymnast Carlos Yulo ...
So he can stick his landing (pun intended).
At this point, most of us have probably seen Filipino gymnast Carlos Yulo's gold medal-worthy routines during the final rounds of the Men's Floor Exercise and Men's Vault events at the Paris Olympics 2024. His three-and-a- ...
It was a bastion of resistance during the Philippine-American War.
Bamban, a municipality in the province of Tarlac, is making the headlines these days amid issues with its mayor, who allegedly grew up on a farm. But more than a hundred years ago, this town bounded by a river on one side ...
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