Medicines (File Photo) The Lung Center of the Philippines (LCP) and the Quirino Memorial Medical Center (QMMC) are encouraging coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patients to participate in the clinical trial to test the effectiveness of antiviral drug Molnupiravir in the treatment of the said...
The reactions of The Voice Kids Philippines’ first winner Lyca Gairanod and TV journalist Karen Davila on the latter’s YouTube channel, have now become a trending meme in social media . But, apart from their shocked and surprised faces, there are other footages from Karen’s interview worth...
Perfect for your work breaks Aside from the four full-length films curated for the “Indie Nation” section of this year’s festival, Cinemalaya also features a handful of short films that are divided into three programs. ‘Regta’ by Gab Gantala Program A consists of films such as the short...
There's a battle for public attention at least every Monday. President Rodrigo Duterte delivers a taped public address on August 16, 2021. (Malacañang) With his taped weekly address often aired late at night and running long, President Duterte is letting the public make a choice: Be informed about...
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) urged on Tuesday, August 17, local government units (LGUs) to support the “Balik Eskwela 2021’’ program to ensure the efficient kick-off for the coming school year amid the challenges posed by the COVID-19 (coronavirus disease-2019)...
The United States Embassy in the Philippines on Tuesday announced the cancellation of nonimmigrant B1/B2 (Business/Tourist) visa interview appointments scheduled through September 30, 2021 in response to the continued significant worldwide challenges related to the COVID-19 pandemic. United States...
BTS (left) and the Aug. 21-dated Billboard Hot 100 chart (Twitter / Billboard Charts) K-pop superstars BTS’ “Butter” grabbed seventh place on Billboard Hot 100 from fourth last week after spending nine weeks at No. 1 on the chart. According to Billboard, “Butter” took seventh place on...
ONE FOR THE ROAD James Deakin I remember the day vividly. It was November of 2013. Yolanda had just torn through most of Leyte, Tacloban, Ormoc and other nearby towns. It was devastating. Unlike anything any of us had ever seen before. I had just missed a flight to the Tokyo Motor Show and was...
At least 16 suspected communist rebels died in intense firefight between the Philippine Army (PA) and New People's Army (NPA) in Dolores, Eastern Samar on Monday, Aug. 16. (8th Infantry "Stormtroopers" Division / Facebook) The encounter happened around 4 a.m. at an alleged NPA hideout in Barangay...
The Boyz (Twitter) K-pop boy band The Boyz achieved a personal best when their new album sold more than 500,000 copies. The Boyz released “Thrill-ing” on Aug. 9 and according to Hanteo Chart, the album sold 523,630 copies in the first week of release, an increase of 146 percent from their...
Wesley So Grandmaster Wesley So finished in fourth place behind eventual champion and fellow American Hikaru Nakamura in the Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz of the Grand Chess Tour on Sunday. So finished with 4.5 points in the last nine of the 18-round blitz section for an 18.5-point total behind...
Fromis 9 (Twitter) Nine-member K-pop girl group Fromis 9 will now be managed by Pledis Entertainment, the Korean agency that previously managed the defunct girl group Pristin, and currently supervises Seventeen and NU’EST. In an announcement released on Aug. 16, Pledis Entertainment said the...
