A major exhibition celebrating the 80th anniversary of The Little Prince‘s publication in France has opened in Hong Kong, offering visitors a rare opportunity to explore the life and legacy of its creator, French writer and aviator Antoine de Saint-Exupéry.…
As Americans celebrate Independence Day on July 4, the date evokes a different chapter of history in the Philippines. For Filipinos, July 4 was once the country’s Independence Day. It marked the moment in 1946 when the United States formally…
June 19 marks the birth anniversary of Jose Rizal, widely regarded as the Philippines’ national hero, whose novels helped ignite a movement against Spanish colonial rule and whose execution in 1896 transformed him into a symbol of the nation’s struggle…
A traditional wooden boat carrying Indigenous Tao seafarers from Taiwan has crossed the Bashi Channel to reunite with the Ivatan people of the northern Philippines, reviving a maritime link that had lain dormant for three centuries. The vessel, Ovayan, arrived…
In a country of more than 7,000 islands, many Filipino children today are growing up immersed in worlds that look and sound nothing like their own. Their favorite characters often speak with foreign accents, their adventures unfold in distant settings,…
A bowl of halo-halo emerged as an unexpected symbol of Philippine-Japan friendship during President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s state visit to Tokyo after Japanese Emperor Naruhito revealed a fondness for the iconic Filipino dessert. Marcos shared the story with members of…
As museums around the world mark International Museum Day on May 18, the Philippines is seeing renewed momentum in cultural infrastructure, with new museums and heritage spaces opening across the country in recent years. The expansion reflects growing efforts to…
National Heritage Month celebration in the Philippines often turns attention to churches, ancestral houses, and historical monuments; but this year, one exhibition at the National Museum of Fine Arts is revisiting a different chapter of the country’s cultural memory—the sleek,…
Before he became a National Artist for Architecture, Francisco “Bobby” Mañosa was designing toys—and, for a time, quietly shaping a generation of Filipino childhood. In the early 1960s, long before landmarks like the Coconut Palace or the EDSA Shrine defined…
For centuries, the Pacific Ocean was not a barrier but a bridge—linking continents, cultures, and economies long before the modern idea of globalization took hold. At the center of that vast exchange stood Manila, where ships crossed between Asia and…
