The ‘worst’ spy agent penetrates Chile’s retirement home The worst “spy” in history is the subject of a film noir documentary entitled, “The Mole Agent,” directed by filmmaker Maite Alberdi. The 90-minute documentary begins with a job search for a retired elderly male aged 80...
Chef Chele Gonzalez considers the recognition the silver lining to the cloud of a very long, challenging year ESSENTIALIST DINING Chef Chele Gonzalez of Gallery by Chele Released, along with the region’s top restaurants at the ninth edition of Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants this year, is the...
Lara Pearl Alvarez (ONE Championship) Two Filipino bets posted contrasting results in the pilot episode of ONE Championship's edition of "The Apprentice." Louie Sangalang emerged successful in their team's first physical and business challenges while Lara Pearl Alvarez, a single mother who used to...
Top-seeded teams Laguna Heroes and Iloilo Kisela Knights banner the field when the quarterfinals of the Professional Chess Association of the Philippines (PCAP) All-Filipino Conference fires off on Wednesday, March 24. Laguna and Iloilo claimed the No. 1 seeding in the Northern and Southern...
Louie Sangalang and Lara Pearl Alvarez (ONE Championship) Filipino bets Lara Pearl Alvarez and Louie Sangalang made the most out of their Singapore experience when they competed in ONE Championship's edition of "The Apprentice." In a recent media availability, Alvarez said the overall experience is...
THE VIEW FROM RIZAL Dr. Jun Ynares “Are we at a worse situation today than where we were a year ago?” This was the worried message I got from a relative recently. She said she heard the news that the country registered a staggering 7,000-plus new cases of COVID-19 infection. This, according to...
Nesthy Petecio, right, with her late best friend, Alexcel Dargantes (Photo from Nesthy Petecio's Facebook account) World champion boxer Nesthy Petecio believes she got plenty of divine help from her late best friend, Alexcel Dargantes, in getting a berth to this year's Tokyo Olympics. Petecio paid...
IT’S THE SMALL THINGS Alex Eduque Last week, I wrote a tribute of sorts to the women of my world – they who have nurtured, reared, strengthened and raised me all these years. These are the women who amidst challenging times are a constant reminder to me to always look at my glass as half full...
Nesthy Petecio arrives at the NAIA Terminal 3 after bagging the gold medal at the AIBA Women’s World Boxing Championship in Ulan Ude, Russia. (PHOTO BY ALVIN KASIBAN) The International Olympic Committee Boxing Task Force (IOC-BTF) has sent to the Philippine Olympic Committee confirmatory...
Tokyo Olympic-bound boxers Eumir Felix Marcial and Irish Magno (Handout photo) The Association of Boxing Alliances in the Philippines (ABAP) has shed light on the recent social media clamor of Olympic-bound boxers Irish Magno and Eumir Felix Marcial. ABAP, in a statement Friday, March 19, explained...
Online classes, for parents, teachers, and students, are not a walk in the park. Unstable internet connection, gadgets that are not at par to the online schooling requirements, and a good studying/teaching environment at home are some of the many challenges that we are facing today. And, yes, let's...
Colleges and universities across the Philippines are set to gear up for this year’s EU Whiz, an annual inter-collegiate competition spearheaded by the Delegation of the European Union (EU) to the Philippines. For the very first time since 2006, the competition is set to happen online. Apart from...
