One of NYC’s durable businesses is Pinoy-owned

By Ricky Lo | April 26, 2014 - 12:00am

In the midst of the wealthy Gramercy area of downtown Manhattan in New York City, a proudly Filipino-owned salon and spa has stood as a symbol of beauty and longevity, pampering over the last four decades now...

NYPD arrests suspect in Fil-Am writer’s attack

By Ricky Lo | February 1, 2014 - 12:00am

A week after Randy Gener was beaten up and left for dead on a street in Manhattan, a suspect was arrested last Tuesday by the NYPD. Gener is a Fil-Am theater writer and lecturer who was here two years ago to receive...

Why Pomeranz loves the Philippines so much

By Ricky Lo | November 28, 2013 - 12:00am

Since the early ‘80s when he first performed here, David Pomeranz has been coming so many times that he has lost count.

NY culturati at Noli gala

NY culturati at Noli gala

By Ricky Lo | October 21, 2013 - 12:00am

A bold move to bring the first Tagalog opera at the cultural center of the world that is New York City finally happened two...

L.A. Times on OTJ: Heartbreaking as it is heart-stopping

By Ricky Lo | October 15, 2013 - 12:00am

Did the Film Academy of the Philippines err in not picking the action-thriller flick On The Job (OTJ) as the Philippines’ official submission to the 2014 Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film...

Tickets to Saigon 2014 on sale starting Sept. 9

By Ricky Lo | September 10, 2013 - 12:00am

BREAKING NEWS: Starting yesterday, Sept. 9, tickets to Miss Saigon’s staging in May 2014 have started selling.

Solar City on Manila Bay/Miriam vs CP users

By FROM THE STANDS | By Domini M. Torrevillas | September 10, 2013 - 12:00am

One day not long from now, you and I may wake up beholding a city risen from the waters of Manila Bay. No, it’s not going to be floating roofs and walls resulting from dreadful floods.

A Dangerous Life revisited

By Ricky Lo | August 21, 2013 - 12:00am

…It moves, inspires, thrills, entertains and informs. You certainly can’t ask more of a movie than that…A risky venture but it is a powerful success… — Excerpt from a review of A...

The day Karen met her idol Diane Sawyer

The day Karen met her idol Diane Sawyer

By Ricky Lo | August 12, 2013 - 12:00am

As a seasoned journalist who has interviewed celebrities of all types (from politics, business, sports and showbiz), Karen...

In october polls Talisay officials’ kin to vie for positions

By Garry B. Lao | July 24, 2013 - 12:00am

With barely three months before the 2013 synchronized barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections, Talisay City Mayor Johnny delos Reyes’ son Clifford is running as chairman in Bulacao, a barangay with a population...

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