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Japan extends ¥300-M grant to RP

By Marianne V. Go | April 2, 2007 - 12:00am

Japan is extending a ¥300-million grant to the Philippines intended specifically for Filipino rice farmers. According to Agriculture Secretary Arthur Yap, the Japan Grant Assistance...

Business

US July 4 celebration: A bridge to memories

By SUNDRY STROKES | July 15, 2006 - 12:00am

The title is not original; "A Bridge to Old Memories" is from an American magazine. In fact, our house is cluttered with back issues of Life, Time, Newsweek, The Saturday Review of Literature, The...

Opinion

Ching Symphony to be premiered in Berlin / Classix / Other events

By SUNDRY STROKES | February 11, 2006 - 12:00am

Just received is the following exciting news for cognoscenti and music lovers:

Opinion

Japanese ventriloquist / Yatco-Gutierrez concert: Reprising a review

By SUNDRY STROKES | November 30, 2005 - 12:00am

At the embassy residence, Ambassador Ryuichiro Yamazaki presented illusion artist Ikkoku Tamaki, a young, brilliant Japanese ventriloquist who has performed in Las Vegas, and other major US cities with immense...

Opinion

Japan-Phil duo concert / US presents RP artists / Lacoste 12.12 project

By SUNDRY STROKES | October 8, 2005 - 12:00am

Two women – the slim and pretty Japanese violinist Reiko Otami, and our own legendary pianist, the equally slim and pretty Nena R. Villanueva – interpreted at the CCP main theater a formidable widely diverse...

Opinion