HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRIPE-VINE: OUR NEW ABNORMAL Philip Cu Unjieng (Part 2) First used this title for my December 26 column, and it looks like the situation has cleared up only to a small degree, while simultaneously also getting murkier. So are we in terrible shape in contrast with other...
Experimental fashion designer launches human body-inspired collection HAIR-RAISING Fix Your Hair Top Long Version In 1957, Ed Gein was arrested after authorities discovered a museum of horrors inside his farmhouse in Plainfield, Wisconsin: Various human body parts were used as fixtures and...
Mikee Quintos and Kelvin Miranda Like the favorite Pinoy dish adobo, viewers and netizens can’t seem to get enough of ‘The Lost Recipe’ as the fantasy-romance series bannered by Mikee Quintos and Kelvin Miranda becomes officially the highest rating program on GMA News TV (GNTV) this 2021 and...
iKON (Twitter) iKON, which won the “daesang” (grand prize) for the song “Love Scenario,” is in the final stages of negotiation to join “Kingdom,” a competition between K-pop boy bands. Korean media reported that iKON, if finally confirmed to appear on the show, will be competing against...
Emirates has partnered with the International Air Transport Association (IATA) to become one of the first airlines in the world to trial the IATA Travel Pass, a 'digital passport' that verifies passengers' pre-travel test or vaccination to comply with any government's COVID-19 requirements. Before...
The Amateur Softball Association of the Philippines wants to waste no time in preparing the women’s softball team for the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou, China. With softball scrapped from this year’s Vietnam SEA Games, ASAPHIL secretary general Cheska Altomonte said it would be best for the Blu...
Lesser known Kevin Arquero shocked Olympiad veteran and FIDE Master Mari Joseph Turqueza on board two to lift the unheralded Cavite Spartans to a 12.5-8.5 win over the Rizal Batch Towers in the Professional Chess Association of the Philippines’ (PCAP) online All-Filipino Conference Wednesday....
Stationery at The SM Store helps students of Basud Elementary School celebrate the new year with fresh school supplies and refreshed hope. On January 7, employee volunteers from SM visited the campus and donated backpacks, writing pads, rulers, pencils, ballpens, notebooks, and crayons for the...
From Lisa Zwerling (“ER”; “FlashForward”) and Karyn Usher (“Prison Break”; “Bones”), comes the eight-episode STARZ Original Series, The Rook, a supernatural spy thriller which lands in Asia for the first time. The series stars Emma Greenwell (“Shameless”; “The Path”), Joely...
Havaianas releases the Assumption College limited edition collection Image source: Havaianas Philippines Havaianas Philippines just launched the first-ever Havaianas Assumption collection. "As a proud graduate of Assumption High School celebrating her 25th homecoming, or Velada, I am thrilled to...
Globe’s recently acquired professional and managed services arm, Cascadeo, won Managed Services Provider (MSP) of the Year at the Channel Partner Insight Innovation Awards 2020. “Whether it's in the US or in the Philippines, Cascadeo sets the benchmark that today's best services are powered...
CHAFF FROM THE GRAIN Hector RR Villanueva “If we want things to stay as they are, things will have to change.” – Giuseppe di Lampadusa The solution to every problem it seems is to create a task force and leave it at that. With vaccines at hand to tame the raging coronavirus pandemic, and...
