Cardinal Jose Advincula of Capiz and the archbishop-elect of Manila. (COURTESY OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF CAPIZ) The “red hat” ceremony for Cardinal Jose Advincula supposedly scheduled on Tuesday, June 8, has been postponed due to the threat of coronavirus disease (COVID-19). This was announced by...
The University of the Philippines (UP) and the De La Salle University (DLSU) both dropped in the 2021 Times Higher Education Asia University Rankings. University of the Philippines and De La Salle University UP fell to the 84th spot from the 65th place after getting a score of 43.9 from last year's...
Netflix recently unveiled images from the fifth and final season of "La Casa de Papel (Money Heist)." Among them is an encounter involving two key characters - Professor and Sierra, with the latter pointing gun at the former. The Professor or Sergio Marquina, played by Álvaro Morte, is the...
IT’S THE SMALL THINGS Alex Eduque When COVID-19 first hit, I remember thinking to myself at some point that it would be over in no time. It was March last year when we locked down, and I had just returned from a trip abroad to finalize details for what was supposed to be my destination wedding in...
NIGHT OWL Anna Mae Yu Lamentillo Metro Manila traffic has improved in recent months — but the “Build, Build, Build” team is not yet done. In the next 60 days, two bridges across Pasig River will open and is expected to decongest at least 50,000 vehicles out of EDSA and C5. The best part?...
Scenes from 'Kingdom: Ashin of the North' (Netflix) Popular OTT platform Netflix has announced the date of release of Korean actress Jun Ji-hyun’s “Kingdom: Ashin of the North,” a special episode of the “Kingdom” series. It said “Kingdom: Ashin of the North” will be released...
Photo from Execration Execration will be looking to bring the experience from its impressive WePlay AniMajor run in a last attempt to qualify for $40 million (over P1 billion) The International 10 later this month. Coach Kimuel "Kim0" Borromeo Rodis' Execration crew pulled off surprising results...
The United States is just awaiting the decision of President Duterte regarding the fate of the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA), US Embassy Charge d’Affaires John Law said Friday. (via United States Embassy in Manila website) Law said both the US and Philippine sides spent weeks of “productive...
The government's pandemic task force has allowed those who received their two doses of coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccines in the Philippines to re-enter the country, Malacañang said. Returning Overseas Filipino Workers at the NAIA (Ted ALJIBE / AFP / MANILA BULLETIN) In a statement, Presidential...
The government's pandemic task force has allowed the Philippine Racing Commission (PhilRaCom) to have two more racing days starting next month. In a statement, Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque said the Inter-agency Task Force (IATF) for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases allowed the...
The Inter-agency Task Force (IATF) for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases has placed Davao City and General Santos City under stricter quarantine classifications due to the rise of cases of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque (OPS / FILE PHOTO /...
SURVIVOR’S TALE (Ms. de Vera, 26, is the Manila Bulletin reporter covering the health beat.) I thought I was invincible but the virus got me. Since January 2020, I covered the developments related to the current pandemic — from the time it first appeared and was being called a “mysterious...
