Pope Francis: The Greatest Modern Pope?

On March 13, 2013, Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio became Pope Francis — the first pope with this regnal name, taken in honor of St. buy flagyl...

Drake, Black Keys, Weird Al to perform at Governor’s Ball

Amy Poehler named Harvard’s Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Comedy star Amy Poehler has been named 2015 Woman of the Year by Harvard University’s Hasty Pudding Theatricals. The group said Tuesday Poehler’s...

Puccini’s Le Boheme presented by Met Opera at Greenbelt Makati on Jan.13

MANILA — The world-acclaimed Le Boheme opera in four acts of Giacomo Puccini uploads in high definition (HD) series on Jan. 13 at Greenbelt Cinema 3...

‘Goodbye to Language’ top pick of NYC film critics

NEW YORK — The National Society of Film Critics has chosen the 3-D movie “Goodbye to Language” as the best picture of 2014 in their 49th...

Solon wants probe on historical and cultural devaluation of cultural properties in Manila

MANILA — Kabataan Partylist Rep. Terry L. Ridon has asked the House Committee on Metro Manila Development to investigate the historical and cultural devaluation of several...

Congress to honor winning Filipino filmmaker

MANILA — The House of Representatives is set to honor writer and director Jason Paul Laxamana whose film “Magkakabaung” (The Coffin Maker) won the Best Asian...

Merriam-Webster names ‘culture’ Word of the Year

NEW YORK — A nation, a workplace, an ethnicity, a passion, an outsized personality. The people who comprise these things, who fawn or rail against them,...

F. Sionil Jose honoured, promoted in France’s Order of Arts and Letters

MANILA, Philippines – National Artist for Literature F. Sionil Jose has been promoted to the rank of Officier (Officer) in France’s Order des Arts et des...

A bit red, a bit brown: Pantone picks full bodied Marsala as top colour of the new year

NEW YORK—Let’s hear it for Marsala, the wine-influenced, red-kissed colour of 2015, as chosen by Pantone. “Hardy, robust, satisfying, fulfilling. At the same time there’s a...