Text by: Kimmy Baraoidan Photos by: Chris Quintana and Kimmy Baraoidan The adhan (call to prayer) echoes throughout the mosque and nearby houses in Los Baños, Laguna just before 6:00 a.m. While the town is still half-asleep, a hypnotic male voice chants over the loudspeakers, summoning members of the Muslim congregation to the mosque for…
Text by: Kimmy Baraoidan Comic strips courtesy of Manix Abrera “At dahil hindi natutulog ang balita, nakatutok kami beinte-kwatro oras (And because the news never sleeps, we are tuned in twenty-four hours),” goes the spiel of veteran news anchor Mike Enriquez of GMA Network–a mantra that everybody in the media would come to know as early…
Text by: Sheenah Tan Photos by: Chris Quintana and Kimmy Baraoidan Surely, funk is yet another common genre in the country’s indie music, but to fuse it with rock n’ roll? Now we’re talking. Enter Lovecore’s Funk n’ Roll, a 13-track album that was released just last month. The band further strengthened funk and rock…
Text and photos by: Kimmy Baraoidan There's a Filipino saying that goes, “Ang hindi marunong lumingon sa pinanggalingan ay 'di makararating sa paroroonan (He who does not know where he comes from will never get to his destination). In pursuing any art form, an artist must know the history of the medium, its masters and…
Tapat Tula ni Maki de la Rosa Sapagkat madalas nating gamitin ang mga kataga upang ikubli yaong mga nais naman talaga nating ilantad, sa pinakasinungaling na paraan lamang tayo nagiging matapat. (mula sa kanyang librong Hanggang Doon Na Rin Lang, unang koleksyon ng kanyang mga tula) Minsang kinilala ang mga tula ni Ma. Cecilia "Maki"…
Macbeth Philippines and Sonic Pitch Events and Productions in collaboration with SouthCrib Productions and Coffeemugazine presents SIMULA - Valley Of Chrome Commemorative Show in San Pablo City with performances by Give Chance To Run Walk Me Home Yesterday's Hero False Promises Breaking The Rulez Samadi September 17, 2016, 8:00 p.m., Daddy's Point Bar and Resto Schetelig Ave.,…
Text by: Kimmy Baraoidan Photos by: Chris Quintana and Kimmy Baraoidan “Life happened,” says Lovecore vocalist Cy Sorongon when asked what took the band so long to release their first full-length album Funk n' Roll. Other bands would have stopped and quit, but for Lovecore, life goes on. Cy, guitarist Reg Gutierrez, bassist Frame Ong,…
Text and photos by Dax Simbol Sonny (not his real name) is sweating bullets. The water in the glass he's holding is half empty. No, he didn't drink it; he lost half of the water with his hands still shaking. Oplan Tokhang which means toktok-hangyo or knock and plead is the Philippine National Police's (PNP)…
Text by: Kimmy Baraoidan Photos by: Kimmy Baraoidan and Bong Ranes Six in the morning and the green mosque quickly filled up with Muslims. They were there to celebrate Eid al-Fitr, which marked the end of Ramadan. Eid al-Fitr is Arabic for ‘festival of breaking the fast.’ During Ramadan, Muslims fast from sunrise to sunset for…
Text by: Kimmy Baraoidan Photos by: Chris Quintana and Kimmy Baraoidan A total of 2,245 students from the University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB) were conferred their degrees during the university’s 44th commencement exercises held on June 25 at the D.L. Umali Freedom Park. Biology graduate Christian Jirard Z. Custodio finished at the top…