LUNA, LA UNION—This coastal town known for its stone and pebble beaches boasts of a stone house that has become one of its most famous attractions. Stepping through the “Bahay na Bato,” owned by ...

When people would ask for directions to his house, the subdivision guards would say, “Hanapin niyo yung Bahay ni Batman” or one that looks like “a haunted house.” Other descriptions visitors have used ...

Let me tell you how it goes,” said Jaime Diones, 50. “The story begins at Mt. Bahay na Bato (stone house), then Mt. Hagdan (staircase) and, of course, we have Mt. Silyang Bato (stone chair),” he said.

We’ve said it before and we’re saying it again: Our government blatantly lacks cultural heritage literacy. “Government officials give more priority to keeping its investors than its own culture,” ...

Creating a modern home that will remain essentially Filipino has gone beyond the traditional notions of the bahay kubo and bahay na bato. Apart from the use of indigenous materials such as capiz and ...