Inquirer file photo MANILA, Philippines Groups opposed to the so-called commercialization of the University of the Philippines (UP) Diliman campus in Quezon City staged a protest during the opening of a supermarket at the DiliMall on Monday even as
MANILAdavinci’s gold, Philippines To ease traffic congestion during the Christmas season, the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) and mall operators in the National Capital Region yesterday agreed to adjust mall hours. Instead of 10 a.m
This month’s theater productions are all about the gift that keeps on giving: Our relationships with our loved ones We’re getting closer and closer to Christmas, and even the stories we’re seeing on stage reflect the social spirit of the
MANILAbetking, Philippines Sen. Ronald dela Rosa has opposed the move of the Senate Blue Ribbon committee to make public the transcript of its drug war investigation, where former president Rodrigo Duterte admitted to having a death squad. The senat
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Chef Kirk Westaway of Michelin-starred Jaan by Kirk Westaway is launching his first casual dining concept. While it’s not in Singapore, it is a short hop, skip and plane ride away – in Ho Chi Minh City. Named The Albion by Kirk Westaway, the restaur
For Johan Ingersbet, making his choreographic debut at the Paris Opera Ballet is to return to the grit and glamour that he remembers of the Palais Garnier. He danced in the palace of opera and ballet in 1995 (“Or was it 1996?” he asked in a recent i
The Australia Letter is a weekly newsletter from our Australia bureau. This week’s issue is written by Yan Zhuang, an Australian reporter in the Seoul bureau (who is very excited about the metro). They arrived well before dawn, some from across the
Tanzania’s main opposition party said on Monday that the police had detained its top leaders and dozens of others ahead of a planned demonstration — the second such crackdown in two months by the government of President Samia Suluhu Hassan, who came