Regine Cabato, Author at newswatchplus.ph

Films to look forward to in 2018

Regine Cabato — Fri, 29 Dec 2017 22:18:57 +0000

Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, December 29) — The last year has been a good one for film, but the new year means new movies. “Kita Kita” set a new record for the highest grossing independent film, while other romantic comedies like “I Love You to the Stars and Back” and “I’m Drunk, I Love You”

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Taiwan approves visa-free travel for Filipinos

Regine Cabato — Fri, 29 Sep 2017 03:43:56 +0000

Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, September 29) — Visa-free privileges for Filipinos were approved by Taiwanese Premiere Lai Ching-te, the Taiwan state-run news agency reported Thursday. The new policy covers a stay in Taiwan of up to 14 days. Its trial period is slated for either October or November, with an official date expected to be

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How Alden Richards became the face of a martial law documentary

Regine Cabato — Mon, 25 Sep 2017 19:33:08 +0000

Alden Richards plays student activist and torture victim Bonifacio "Boni" Ilagan in "Alaala: A Martial Law Special." CNN Philippines Life talks to director Adolfo Alix Jr. on the television adaptation of Ilagan’s story. Screencap from GMA PUBLIC AFFAIRS/YOUTUBE

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6 Filipino scientists who are changing the world

Regine Cabato — Tue, 27 Jun 2017 17:22:54 +0000

You hear about Filipino singers and actresses making waves around the world, but what about the doctorate student looking to end tuberculosis, or the researcher surveying an African region that could soon be an ocean? Illustrations by ROSS DU

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How Shakespeare helped a young Jesuit meet the love of his life

Regine Cabato — Mon, 24 Apr 2017 09:18:54 +0000

One of William Shakespeare’s classics became the unwitting theme to a love story involving a schoolteacher, a young Jesuit, and several students from a remote island off the coast of Zamboanga. Illustration by RAXENNE MANIQUIZ

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This might be your last year to access birth control

Regine Cabato — Fri, 31 Mar 2017 16:38:28 +0000

Manila (CNN Philippines Life) — Joy Cabeñan has a problem. Her bedridden mother, for one, has bone cancer. Rosalie Cabeñan was the subject of the award-winning GMA News TV documentary “Bente Dos,” named for the number of her children. Joy, the sixteenth of 18 surviving children, was around 13 when the documentary aired in 2012.

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What a culinary pilgrimage reveals about Laguna

Regine Cabato — Fri, 03 Mar 2017 15:38:49 +0000

One of the staples in Laguna’s culinary tradition is the bibingka. In photo: Bibingka made with coconut meat, Star Margarine, and Magnolia Cheezee. Photo courtesy of SAN MIGUEL PUREFOODS CULINARY CENTER

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