Dominique Zurbano

Copywriter with 3-4 years of experience. Certified in Content Marketing and Digital Marketing.
I like to cry over Grey's Anatomy when not working.

The bright side of social media

The news had been coming in for some time. The situation had deteriorated. For the past several years, a terrible civil war has been raging in Syria. Dramatic images have gone viral—from Syrian children casualties of bombings, to the young clown entertaining the kids to give them hope, or to this generation’s Anne Frank—a seven-year-old girl who, with the help of her journalist mother, documented the deaths and devastation. The plight of the Syrian people is a problem that the Filipino youth h

The young distinguish between martial law in Mindanao–and in entire PH

On May 23, 2017, a band of rebels called the Maute group, invaded the city of Marawi, Lanao del Sur. Since then, disturbing images of destruction and violence in the city known as the Summer Capital of the South have flooded television, print and social media. Insurgents took over a school and city hall, set a church on fire and held a Catholic priest and some parishioners hostage. Hundreds have been killed in the senseless battles that appear to have no end in sight just yet. The spate of vio

Gil Cuerva: Shooting star

Visit us on Instagram To be You;  Facebook: To be You; e-mail inq.tobeyou@gmail.com It was a busy day when we interviewed Gil Cuerva, but he assured us he was taking it all in stride. At 21, the Filipino-Spanish heartthrob said he was no stranger to flashing lights, cameras clicking and rolling, and punishing schedules. Before being cast as Matteo Domingo on GMA 7’s Philippine remake of the popular Korean drama “My Love from the Star,” Cuerva was first a model. Now he’s stepping up as leading

Jude Macasinag’s bold, embellished works a hit at Tatler Ball, Artefino

Visit us on Instagram To be You;  Facebook: To be You; e-mail inq.tobeyou@gmail.com You can tell Jude Macasinag is a fashion designer. Check out the 18-year-old’s Instagram account, note the details in the photos he takes with his camera, and the posts that show his richly embellished, boldly colorful creations. If a painter uses paints and brushes, Macasinag has sketches and his chosen medium—fabric. “I hardly watch TV nowadays but I’ve been catching up on ‘Game of Thrones’ whenever time per

Young artists mount exhibit on childhood dreams

Visit us on Instagram To be You;  Facebook: To be You; e-mail inq.tobeyou@gmail.com Longing, passion and what-ifs are the themes that inspired the artworks of a group exhibit by Shelved Wishes, which opened last June 16 at Prism Gallery in Makati. Consisting of Filipino visual artists (some of them contributors of Inquirer Lifestyle’s To be You section) and creative writers, Shelved Wishes produced artworks depicting their childhood dreams in styles that range from colorful and whimsical to da