Short but sweet and a resounding success. That's how music lovers described the Rush Hour Concert with the Manila Symphony Orchestra held online for the very first time last October 30. OPM music fans were treated to an hour of pop songs such as Limang-Dipang Tao" (1981), composed and...
Finance Secretary Sonny Dominguez (NTF AGAINST COVID-19 / MANILA BULLETIN) The Department of Finance (DOF) urged the chief executives of local government units (LGUs) to borrow money to bankroll projects that would help the country recover from the coronavirus-induced global economic crisis....
How two young artists joined forces to revive and cultivate Babaylan culture Every Halloween season, or Undas as Filipinos call it, people look for some spooky story to complete the vibe of the celebration. These stories range from supposed paranormal activities and horror movies to personal...
‘Kingdom’ season 2’s cliffhanger ending births a sidequel that’s coming in 2021 If you’re one of the few who have yet to watch the Korean zombie period series Kingdom , then close this page and come back once you’ve watched two seasons of it on Netflix. But if you’re updated with the...
Light up the Christmas tree and gather moments while you may What’s key now is to make milestones of every possible moment. One such moment was the reopening of the iconic lobby of The Peninsula Manila on Sunday, one day before the ceremonial opening with the hotel’s general manager...
Security Guard with Flashlight (Image by © Colin Anderson/Brand X/Corbis) Eye to eye “Have you heard the story of the guard in our campus?” I asked just to make sure I’m the one who knows about it. “Alin ‘yung inaswang niya ‘yung asawa ng kapitbahay nya?” one of my classmates...
Fetching goddaughters “Okay if you think your stories are scary, you should listen to this!” my classmates from Laguna boasted. “There was a woman who visited a friend whom she hadn’t seen for a long time. This woman was standing by the gate of the house of her friend, who was doing...
PEACE-MAKER Jose de Venecia Jr. Former Speaker of the House The United Nations celebrates its 75 th founding anniversary this year in the midst of the raging coronavirus plague, which has infected more than 40 million people and claimed more than one million human lives worldwide, devastated the...
Photo from ONE Championship Eduard Folayang fell short anew after suffering a defeat to lightweight contender Antonio Caruso. The Team Lakay star had a grand plan of possibly earning another title shot in after he clinched the lightweight title twice in the ONE Championship. But the recent loss is...
Photo from ONE Championship Australian fighter Antonio Caruso showed a lot of respect and sportsmanship after defeating two-time lightweight champion Eduard Folayang Friday night in ONE: Inside the Matrix at the Singapore Indoor Stadium. After referee Justin Brown raised the left arm of Caruso as...
The nurse After our class, we went to one of our classmate’s houses to celebrate. Still with a hangover from our professor’s story, we took turns in telling our own horror tales. One of my classmates from Surigao del Sur started. “There was this mother who is about to go to the...
Scary tales from the teens of the ‘90s During the 90’s, stories about creatures like aswang, mananangal, tikbalang, kapre, tiktik, tyanak scared us, especially for those of us who lived in the province. But since we’re doubtful these creatures really exist, because we haven’t seen one, we...
