The Philippines is coming back to the Venice Biennale after an absence of 51 years. Meet the visionaire behind our provocative exhibit.
MANILA, Philippines – From May 9 to Nov. 22, the art world shall descend on the Venice Biennale. It’s the oldest contemporary art event on the globe, and in its 56 editions — one held every other year since 1895 — it has arguably become the most prestigious. The world’s superpowers always participate, having built permanent pavilions in the […]
Don’t have time to visit all 90 national shows at this year’s Venice Biennale?
Here’s our choice of the must-sees
Australia, Giardini
Fiona Hall is a veteran installation artist, accustomed to sprawling monographic shows, whose meticulously detailed works raise questions of nature and nurture, and comment, often wryly, on the human condition. Wrong Way Time comprises hundreds of multi-part works that together probe global politics, finance and the environment — ‘a minefield of madness, badness, sadness’, in the words of the artist. Hall’s […]
AN ACT FACILITATING AND REGULATING INTERNATIONAL DISASTER RELIEF AND INITIAL RECOVERY ASSISTANCE AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Scope: National
Legislative status: Pending in the Committee (5/6/2015)
http://senate.gov.ph/lis/bill_res.aspx?congress=16&q=SBN-2742
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SBN-2742 (as filed)
AN ACT RENEWING THE FRANCHISE GRANTED TO SATELLITE PAGING SYSTEMS PHILIPPINES, INC. (PRESENTLY KNOWN AS NOW TELECOM COMPANY, INC.) UNDER REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7301, AS AMENDED BY REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7940, ENTITLED ‘AN ACT GRANTING SATELLITE PAGING SYSTEMS PHILIPPINES, INC., A FRANCHISE TO CONSTRUCT, ESTABLISH, OPERATE AND MAINTAIN RADIO PAGING SYSTEMS AND TRUNKED RADIO SYSTEMS WITHIN THE PHILIPPINES FOR A PERIOD OF TWENTY-FIVE (25) YEARS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES’ FOR ANOTHER TWENTY-FIVE (25) YEARS FROM THE EFFECTIVITY OF THE ACT
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Senator Loren Legarda today paid tribute to the millions of Filipino workers, both here and abroad, as the entire country celebrates Labor Day on May 1.
“I salute our country’s workforce for their significant contribution to the economy. Our country would not function without them. It is only fair that we look closely into the specific needs of all Filipino workers, including those working overseas, and address these concerns,” said Legarda.
“We have the moral and legal obligation to defend the rights […]
