NEW YORK CITY, United States - Grammy-nominated K-pop group BTS took over New York’s Times Square with the premiere of a music video for Samsung Unpacked. Samsung held its latest Unpacked global event in New York on Aug. 10 to reveal its latest gadgets: the Galaxy Z Flip4, Galaxy Z Fold4, Watch5...
The overwhelming mandate that President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. garnered in the May 2022 polls has become the impetus for the 19th Congress to embark on a legislative agenda that will address the travails that the Philippines is going through, which include the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, and the...
TECH4GOOD Monchito Ibrahim Last week, we talked about how the internet is fast changing how work is done and how it spawned the development of the gig economy. In these trying times, gig work has become a critical survival lifeline for many people by providing livelihood opportunities. Today, we...
UNDER THE MICROSCOPE Dr. Raymund W. Lo The dust has cleared. The people have spoken. We will have a new president whose father preceded him 36 years ago. What is going to be interesting is how this new government will fare, considering the numerous challenges facing the Philippines. Can it cope...
President Duterte hoped the new graduates of the Philippine Military Academy (PMA) would remain true to their oath despite the numerous things they can do in a fast-changing society. President Duterte reminds new graduates of the Philippine Military Academy (PMA) to stay true to their oath amid the...
NEW YORK, United States – The New York Times, owner of the hit game Wordle, hastily changed the solution Monday from "fetus," a term recently catapulted into the news as US abortion rights face possible restrictions by the Supreme Court. The initial 'Wordle' solution for May 9, 2022 was...
WASHINGTON, United States – The bells at Washington National Cathedral rang out 1,000 times Monday, with each toll representing 1,000 deaths from Covid-19, as the United States closed in on the grim milestone of almost one million Covid dead. The National Cathedral The United States has...
China Banking Corporation (China Bank) made it to the Financial Times' 2022 ranking of the top 500 high growth companies in the Asia Pacific region—the only bank among the 15 Philippine companies in the comprehensive list. The Asia-Pacific High-Growth Companies 2022, compiled by British newspaper...
BRAZZAVILLE, Congo -- Africa must boost the vaccination rate against COVID-19 ''six times'' to reach the target of 70 percent vaccine coverage set for the end of the first half of 2022, the World Health Organization (WHO) said Thursday. President Cyril Ramaphosa gets his COVID-19 vaccine (AFP)...
'Wordle' app (AFP) NEW YORK (AFP) - The New York Times announced Monday it had bought Wordle, a phenomenon played by millions just four months after the game burst onto the Internet, for an "undisclosed price in the low seven figures." Created by engineer Josh Wardle, the game consists of guessing...
WORDLE PHOTO NEW YORK, United States -- The New York Times announced Monday it had bought Wordle, a phenomenon played by millions just four months after the game burst onto the Internet, for an ''undisclosed price in the low seven figures.'' Created by engineer Josh Wardle, the game consists of...
Angela Ken Young Kapamilya musician Angela Ken is the latest female artist to land a coveted billboard feature in the middle of Times Square in New York City as the face of Spotify Philippines’ EQUAL campaign this January. Barely a year into her music career after she signed with ABS-CBN Music...
