Philippine Daily Inquirer articles from January 2001

Philippine Daily Inquirer archives from January 2001

Art for all and all for art.
January 13, 2001... Byline: Rodolfo A. G. Silvestre Jr. TO SAY THAT THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF MANILA HAS JUST ACQUIRED A NEW DIRECTOR MAY SOUND A BIT ODD. VICTORINO "INO" MANALO, AFTER ALL, IS NOT AN OBJET D'ART MEANT FOR DISPLAY. YET, THE NEW BOSS AT ONE...

Public art, private dreams.
January 13, 2001... Byline: Joy Rojas ALTHOUGH THERE WAS NO REASON WHY MAKATI POLICE SHOULD BE LOOKING FOR JOSE MENDOZA BACK IN LATE 1969, THE SCULPTOR, A QUIET AND UNASSUMING MAN WHO WAS ALWAYS TOO SHY TO TALK ABOUT HIMSELF OR HIS ART, IMMEDIATELY WENT...

Sound mind, sound body.
January 13, 2001... Byline: Cesar Miguel Escano CAX MAYUGA IS CAUGHT BETWEEN TWO LIFESTYLES: THAT OF A BODYBUILDER AND BEING A STUDENT. IF HE HAD HIS WAY, HE WOULD BE BOTH. BUT SINCE THE TWO ARE HARDLY COMPATIBLE, CAX JUGGLES HIS TIME AS BEST AS HE CAN AS HE...

How Harris Mamaluba rebuilt his home.
January 13, 2001... ON THAT FATEFUL DAY IN MAY, HARRIS MAMALUBA AND OTHER MUSLIM, CHRISTIAN AND LUMAD CHILDREN IN COTABATO, MAGUINDANAO AND LANAO DEL SUR SAW THE WORLD AS THEY KNOW IT SHATTER IN A HAIL OF BULLETS AND RUMBLE OF TANKS. The armed conflict...

Changing Image.
January 13, 2001... Byline: Cora Llamas ``HOW DOES IT FEEL TO BE A ROLE MODEL?" LEA SALONGA PONDERED THE QUESTION. THE TONY AND OLIVIER AWARDEE HAS BECOME AN INSPIRATION TO YOUNG FILIPINO THEATER ARTISTS WHO WANT TO MAKE IT BIG ON BROADWAY. BUT AS HER...

Gentleman scholar.
January 13, 2001... Byline: Jonathan Best WHILE SIFTING THROUGH THE OFFERINGS OF A DEALER AT THE AYALA MUSEUM'S ANTIQUES FAIR A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO, I CAME ACROSS A FASCINATING LITTLE SEPIA-TONED PHOTOGRAPH. A HANDSOME YOUNG MAN WITH A SOMEWHAT...

Dear Memeg,.
January 13, 2001... Byline: Michael G. Umaming THERE WAS ONCE AN ALAPO (GRANDFATHER/GRANDMOTHER) WHO NEVER HAD THE CHANCE TO GO TO SCHOOL. BUT HIS FORESIGHT AND LEADERSHIP MADE HIM A MAN BEFORE HIS TIME. Your mother remembers him most as one who dared...

Hyperactive Angel.
January 6, 2001... Byline: Eric S. Caruncho SURE, SHE CAN DO THE HELICOPTER, BUT PIA GUANIO'S MORE THAN JUST A HIGH-FLYING TV BABE. THINK OF HER AS THE WINDOWS XP OF TELEVISION PERSONALITIES: A MORE EFFICIENT MULTI TASKING PLATFORM, A MUCH FRIENDLIER...

For Art's sake.
January 6, 2001... Byline: Jonathan Best LAST NOVEMBER RENATE KANT, AN ACCLAIMED GERMAN ART CONSERVATOR AND RESTORER NOW BASED IN SINGAPORE, MADE A SHORT VISIT TO MANILA. SHE WAS INVITED HERE TO GIVE HER PROFESSIONAL ADVICE REGARDING SEVERAL IMPORTANT...

David's Goliath.
January 6, 2001... Byline: Pennie Azarcon-dela Cruz BACK WHEN HE WAS A MINT-CONDITION ENGLISH TOURIST IN THE EARLY '80S WHO APPROACHED LOCAL COLOR WITH THE EAGERNESS OF A PUPPY, DAVID GUERRERO USED TO HANG OUT WITH SOME SCRUFFY LOWLIFES IN SEEDY CUBAO. ...

For love of the Mountain.
January 6, 2001... Byline: Ed L. Santoalla THE GREAT MIGUEL MALVAR, THE LAST REVOLUTIONARY GENERAL TO SURRENDER TO THE AMERICANS IN THE ILL-FATED WAR FOR PHILIPPINE INDEPENDENCE, BELIEVED IN IT: NO GREATER AMULET IS THERE THAN LOVE OF GOD FIRST AND...

Gaming the Pinoy way.
January 6, 2001... Byline: Ruel S. De Vera YOU KNOW THAT YOU'RE DEALING WITH A SPECIAL GROUP WHEN THE COMPANY IS CELEBRATING AS ITS LATEST TECHNICAL INNOVATION THE ARRIVAL OF TONG-ITS ON THE WORLD WIDE WEB. THAT GROUP IS INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDER...

Another shot at Life.
January 6, 2001... Byline: Jizelle P. Bautista KATHRYN GRACE TAN IS ONE OF THE TOP YOUNG TALENTS IN PHILIPPINE WOMEN'S BASKETBALL, AS PROVEN BY THE WNCAA MYTHICAL PLAYER AWARD SHE RECEIVED A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO. BUT WHAT MAKES HER SPECIAL GOES...

Soulful songs for skeptical.
January 6, 2001... THE start of every year is always an opportune time for soul-searching and spiritual renewal. World-weary listeners won't find a more accessible source of musical soul food than the Jesuit Music Ministry anthology album "Something More: Songs...