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You know the persistence of online posts—an old photo receives a comment and that image long inactive comes up to the surface again, like some flotsam pushed by errant waves. There is this case of an old photograph dated 1899, which shows five individuals—two men on either side and in the middle, three women. One
Philstar.com takes you on a trip down memory lane and gives you a glimpse of the glory days of some of these heritage buildings and how they look now.
“It was never dead. But there is a need to put mechanisms in place to prevent the built heritage in Escolta, and other heritage districts, to be completely erased in the name of progress."
The Rape of Manila was one of the most brutal and bloodiest battles during WWII with over 100,000 to 500,000 casualties, and over thousands raped by the Japanese.
For years, the Manila Metropolitan Theater (MET) has been a sight of decay after it was closed down in 1996. But through the efforts of the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) and culture lovers in the country, we were greeted with news in January this year that the Grand Dame of Manila can finally, after 25 years, reclaim its throne. The MET is now set to reopen in April 2021 with an inaugural performance for the 500th anniversary of the Victory at Mactan on 27th April. But before we once again lay our eyes on the beautiful halls of the historic building, here are