The Young Entrepreneurs of Pampanga (YEP), a group of new generation of businesspersons, are leading some of the biggest companies in the province. Here’s what we can all learn from them. During their free time, good friends Paolo Carlos and Anton Rodriguez enjoy the sumptuous food and excellent selection of wine at La Bodega, playing …
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The SUNny side of Happiness
Living with the pandemic in Tokyo, Japan maybe daunting. But visual artist Dennis Sun continues to share a dose of positive vibes and spread cheer with his creative genius in an upcoming show, “HAPPINESS Art Exhibition”. The new exhibit will be taking place on February 26 to March 25, 2021 at Shinjuku’s Gallery O-Guard Miruku …
Ride in solidarity with #Friendship259
A group of Kapampangan bikers is organizing a solidarity ride for the hundreds of trees that are soon to be cut along Fil-Am Friendship Hi-Way in Angeles City. The event titled “PALDAKAN SIKANAN PARA KARENG TANAMAN” is scheduled on February 21, 2021. Participants are advised to bring their own bells and/or horns for the said …
Setting the new scene
Young filmmakers from Pampanga share their stories on overcoming the pandemic, and their plans to tell more stories about their people and the culture they love A muscular guy is seated on a sofa beside his frail-looking father. He used his shirt’s collar to wipe his tears trying and hide his emotions to no avail. …
Internet keeps Kapampangan culinary industry alive
It was supposed to be an exciting year for everyone, especially for the business sector. The slogan Vision 2020 became a mantra as the majority had high hopes on what the year could have brought to the economy. But COVID-19 happened and the world stopped. One of the sectors adversely affected by the pandemic is …
Kapampangan film ‘GULIS’ competes in Shanghai festival
The Kapampangan local cinema celebrates another feat! ‘GULIS’, written and directed by Kapampangan filmmaker Kyle Jumayne Francisco, is a nominee at the Shanghai Queer Film Festival – Asian Short Film Competition. The Kapampangan short film premiered internationally on December 12, and is competing against entries from Japan, South Korea, China, Taiwan, Singapore, and Israel. Shanghai …
Taking a ‘shot’ with a borrowed camera
Just like any other high school boy, Gerald Gloton was once hesitant to start a craft that soon he will surely love. It was days before his graduation in 2010 when he got a chance to play with a DSLR camera. He borrowed it from a college senior in the University of the Assumption, a …
Reviving a language one post at a time
Kapampangan vloggers maximize social media use to save their native tongue. Six-year-old Nicole gets her white dress soiled while playing kurang-kurangan (toy kitchen set) with her cousins in their verdant backyard in the rural town of Minalin, Pampanga on a hot Saturday afternoon. Without minding the plastic pan, the makeshift stove, and the leaves she …