Amid an outpouring of generosity for typhoon victims in Manila and other parts of Luzon, The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) issued an advisory preventing the public from donating the following relief items: old ninong-type barongs, Halloween witch wigs, lace beaded dresses, Darna outfits, The Joker masks, pastel-colored floral gowns, belly dancing outfits, ...

(Aledel is Aledel Gonzales, music buff and former Sun.Star reporter) July 29, Monday, 12:51 p.m. Aledel: Insoy! Kumusta? Me: Hi Del. Ok pa sa olrayt! 80s kaayo nga expression no? Hehehe. Aledel: No problemo. I deal with 80s stuff on a daily basis. Remember, I'm married to an 80s guy, hahaha! Me: Mao gyud. I was with your ...

lamac, pinamungajan, cebu met with a mountaineering group last night to organize a trek to one of tsinelas' areas in a remote mountain barangay in the province. ABANGAN!

our new TSINELAS logo's debut. thanks to jaq siwala

Since the issue on how our pop singers interpret our national anthem during Pacquiao fights is nothing new, I'm reposting an old article on the subject too. Till the next fight. The problem with ‘Lupang Hinirang’ I promise this won’t be another Pacquiao-Barrera piece. A Pacquiao victory was so expected that it was boring. In fact, the ...

I am not into marine conservation thing and stuff. My exposure to the richness of our oceans’ resources doesn’t go beyond the gastronomic pleasure of eating grilled tangigue (Spanish mackerel). But a couple of weeks ago I was touched by news about dolphins dying under mysterious circumstances. It was not the image of dolphins breathing their ...

A newspaper reader doesn’t usually expect anything big to read on a Monday. Sunday is normally a lazy day for journalists, except for some occasional landslides that for some unknown reason mostly happen on weekends, in which case the next day’s front page photos will have politicians looking mad at nature for making the lives ...

Let’s start with word definition. What is “staphylococcus aureus”? Like many words in the medical profession, the root word of staphylococcus aureus is Greek until it evolved into a phrase used by doctors today to make us lay people understand less our illnesses. Why can’t they just tell us that we have these nasty bacteria ...

I have two confessions to make. But we’ll go to them later. It took me weeks to decide to mention in this column the most puzzling singing group of all time: Village People. The mere mention of the group here will alienate younger readers who didn’t have the misfortune of enduring songs like “Macho Man” in ...

I’ve been accused of writing about things that shouldn’t merit a space in the  Main Opinion pages of a respectable newspaper such as the one you’re holding now. Serious opinion readers -- meaning those who can understand the content of a Michael Rama speech – emailed me that I should be transferred to the Entertainment ...