Pasig City dealt San Juan its first loss in the third conference of the Professional Chess Association of the Philippines (PCAP) online chess tournament with a 15.5-5.5 victory Saturday. Sherily Cua, Rudy Ibañez, Kevin Arquero and Eric Labog Jr. provided two wins apiece for the Pasig City King...
Polling firm Gallup Korea released the top 20 favorite TV shows in South Korea for the month of October. The survey was conducted among 1,000 people aged 18 and above nationwide from Oct. 19 to 21. (Clockwise from top left) “Hangout with Yoo,” “Young Lady and Gentleman,” “One the Woman”...
“Forester of Nations & The Last Resort” reveals the significant events that shaped the life of lawyer Estelito Mendoza whose brilliant career started when he was tapped by former President Ferdinand Marcos to join his government initially as Solicitor General. 'Forester of Nations & The...
PEACE-MAKER Jose de Venecia Jr. Former Speaker of the House Our brother Oscar was 13 and we were 9 years old when we lost our dearest, loving 45-year-old mother Casimira to tuberculosis in September 1945, which left us with vast emptiness for a long time. Growing up in our hometown Dagupan, Oscar...
HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRIPEVINE: OUR NEW ABNORMAL Think about it, one of the enduring post-paid, ‘on-credit’ elements we still enjoy in our lives is our electricity bill. Here in Metro Manila at least, it remains an essential service we can avail of, and pay for, after it’s been utilized and...
THE VIEW FROM RIZAL Dr. Jun Ynares We overheard the spokesperson of a private research organization make a bold prediction at an AM radio interview that the number of daily COVID 19 infections in the country could go down to as low as 2,000 by about the end of November this year. We do not know the...
And Tim Yap, Michelline Syjuco, and Meryll Yan have signed up for it Except for the “bagat,” a ghost haunting party at the town plaza in the municipality of Sibalom, San Jose De Buenavista, Antique, which was cancelled this year as a precautionary measure against COVID-19, Halloween in the...
David Chua Actor/director David Chua gamely took on the challenge of cosplaying one of his favorite characters, and with the scenic Escolta district as his backdrop, recreated some of his favorite scenes from the iconic DC Comics movies which starred Heath Ledger and Joaquin Phoenix. With his...
Prompted by wanderlust and inspired by a memorable all-Filipino birthday and thanksgiving dinner at The Maynila Ballroom of The Manila Hotel FINDING FILIPINO The Eiffel tower Fresh Spring Roll of Heart of Palm Traditional Lumpia Sauce Chimichurri Sauce In Paris, I walk the length of Lafayette,...
The health pandemic is not yet over but the world is now bracing for another kind of global pandemic – climate change. Like the virus which plagued the planet for more than a year and drastically changed the way we live, climate change also has the capacity to destroy lives and livelihood by...
IT’S THE SMALL THINGS This weekend is Halloween weekend. If not for the pandemic restrictions, we would all be preparing for eager and happy children trick or treating outside our homes – a much anticipated tradition we have adapted into our culture. Growing up, I always associated Halloween...
A nurse prepares a syringe of the Pfizer-BioNtech Covid-19 vaccine at a vaccination centre, in Garlan, western France, on May 31, 2021. Fred TANNEAU / AFP A pediatric infectious disease expert recommended to the government that it should first inoculate at least 50 percent of its target population...
