CEBU CITY – A 67-year-old American national drowned while diving off Malapascua Island in Daanbantayan town, northern Cebu on Friday, April 21. Police identified the fatality as Mark Alan Shea, who was temporarily living in Barangay Logon, Malapascua. Police said the victim was recorded at...
The Bureau of Immigration (BI) has arrested an alleged American pedophile wanted by authorities in Wisconsin for sexually molesting a child nearly two decades ago. Bureau of Immigration Immigration Commissioner Norman Tansingco identified the fugitive as Francisco Gomez, 62, who was arrested in...
A US citizen with Filipino descent died in a Lunar New Year mass shooting incident in California, the Philippine Consulate General (PCG) in Los Angeles reported on Tuesday. In a statement, the PCG identified the victim as 68-year-old Valentino Alvero, who was among the 11 people killed after a...
In Xiaohongshu, a lifestyle app commonly referred to as China's Instagram, thousands of posts bearing the hashtag “American farm style” have taken social media by storm. Photo by Tony Mucci/Pexels While imitating American life has been an evolving theme for many social media influencers...
The American Film Institute (AFI), “a nonprofit organization with a mandate to champion the moving image as an art form” established in 1967, announced the 10 outstanding films and 10 outstanding TV programs selected as honorees of its AFI Awards 2022. “AFI AWARDS shines a light upon...
Foreign business groups in the country are keenly watching the proposed creation of a Maharlika Wealth Fund, a Philippine sovereign wealth fund, being pushed in the Lower House. “We are following it with great interest,” said Lars Wittig, president of the European Chamber of Commerce of the...
UNDER THE MICROSCOPE Dr. Raymund W. Lo Thanksgiving Day – it’s an American tradition, but like most anything American, it has wormed its way into universal consciousness. It all started when the pilgrims, a religious sect escaping persecution in its native England, landed in Plymouth,...
Taylor Swift loomed large at the recent American Music Awards, winning in all the categories she was nominated in. The event was held Sunday, November 20, at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, California. Swift's haul include Artist of the year honors. The “All Too Well” singer also won...
K-pop powerhouse BTS made history at the 2022 American Music Awards (AMAs), held on Nov. 20 at the Microsoft Theater at L.A. Live in Los Angeles. BTS won the AMAs’ Favorite Pop Duo or Group, the fourth straight year that they bagged the award. They first won the award in 2019. BTS...
The 2022 American Music Awards will be held on Nov. 20 at the Microsoft Theater at L.A. Live in Los Angeles. Ahead of the ceremony, VegasInsider.com listed all the records that can be broken by artists including Taylor Swift, BTS and Harry Styles. (Clockwise from top left) Taylor Swift, Harry...
K-pop boy band Tomorrow X Together (TXT) will be attending the 2022 American Music Awards (AMAs), which will be held on Nov. 20 (Nov. 21 in the Philippines) at the Microsoft Theater at L.A. Live in Los Angeles. The AMAs announced on Nov. 17 about Tomorrow X Together’s appearance at the music...
Each veteran has a story. US Army Col. Edward Evans, AFP Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Bartolome Bacarro, US Ambassador MaryKay Carlson, and American Battle Monuments Commission Secretary Charles Djou lead the first public and in-person Veterans Day ceremony in Manila since 2019. (Photo courtesy of the...
