Author: Silver Michelle Baena Ciriacruz

We’re very happy that the war in Marawi is finally over and the work of rehabilitation is now happening.  And we are thankful that the WhenInManila.com community rallied behind our call to help send relief …

How can anyone be so heartless? Someone abandoned this cute two-year-old pup at the Palonegro International Airport in Bucaramanga, Colombia. For over a month, she wandered its halls waiting for her owner to return. But he or she …

Social media has its downsides but it also has its upsides, one of which is that it allows concerned citizens to immediately report concerns and crowdsource for help.  One example is this one. A netizen …

Let’s face it. With 8.5 million users in the Philippines, Instagram has got HUGE potential here. It’s not a shiny new toy anymore; it’s the ‘it’ platform where you can share your stories with a very active …

Despite the National Cultural Heritage Law (Republic Act No. 10066) seeking to protect structures over 50 years old, heritage structures seem to have a habit of biting the dust in the city of Manila. The …

Who doesn’t love a good story? Especially if it’s the true story of where Filipinos came from? A Lolong Time Ago, the first volume of Halo Halo Histories, gives that. It shares a prehistory of the Philippines that …

When you have experienced the horrors of extra-judicial killings (EJKs) up close, do you just weep and rail against the injustice of it? Or will you use your voice to confront the world and ask …

Project PAG-ASA (or ‘Hope’ in English) is led by two Singapore based non-profit organizations – Little Heroes’ Dreams and Engineering Good. The main beneficiary organization is The Handmaids of Christ the King, a Catholic congregation …

Just in, The Book Stop Project has been conferred the 2018 German Design Award for Excellent Communications Design Architecture by the German Design Council, which considers only unique design trends.  This Library Pops Up in Different Parts of …

Cats, kittens, and more cats. They are everywhere, where we live, work, and play. Some are sweet, many are shy, and all are cute–at least, to us, pet lovers. But to some, unfortunately, they are …