The iconic Pinoy Big Brother (PBB) house in Quezon City has officially closed its doors, ending a 21-year run as both a beloved reality TV landmark and an unofficial tourist destination, as the show prepares to move to a brand-new location. Laurenti Dyogi, head of TV Production and Star Magic,...
South Korean powerhouse director Nam Ki Hoon didn 't just visit the Philippines — he fell in love with it. Trip after trip, vacation after vacation, he kept coming back, drawn by something he couldn 't quite resist. His Filipino friends say it best: Nam isn 't just a Korean...
Low- and mid-rise buildings in Metro Manila are the most vulnerable to collapse if the long-feared “Big One” strikes, with simulation estimates showing that up to 13 percent of such structures could be heavily damaged or collapse during intensity 8 shaking along the West Valley Fault,...
The Manila City Government held an Intramuros-wide earthquake drill on Friday, Jan. 30, to test its readiness in times of disasters and calamities, particularly the dreaded 7.2 magnitude quake dubbed "The Big One" that is predicted to hit Metro Manila earlier or later than 2058 that could cause...
(UPDATED) The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) rescued nine individuals aboard a motorbanca that lost power while sailing off Big Lagoon, a popular tourist destination in El Nido, Palawan on Sunday, Dec. 28. A report from the PCG said a distress call was received by personnel of the Coast Guard Station...
DAVAO CITY – The Davao City government officially welcomed on Thursday, Nov. 13, the return of the world’s largest traveling book sale — Big Bad Wolf Books — that opened its 2025 edition at The Tent of Azuela Cove with over one million book titles. Acting Davao City Mayor Sebastian...
The officials of the Metro Manila Council (MMC) and the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) on Tuesday, Nov. 4, said they will adhere to the Department of the Interior and Local Government 's (DILG) infrastructure audit on both public and private buildings in their respective...
DAVAO CITY – Big Bad Wolf Books, the world’s largest book sale, will return to Davao City from Nov. 13 to 24 at The Tent, Azuela Cove in Lanang, featuring around one million books with nearly 20,000 titles. Co-founder and executive director Jacqueline Ng said on Tuesday, Oct. 28, that they will...
Stressing disaster preparedness must start in the community, Manila Mayor Francisco "Isko Moreno" Domagoso tasked the chairmen of the city 's 100 zones to come up with their respective community-based preparedness plans and hold regular disaster preparedness exercises to ensure the safety of...
More than 150,000 individuals participated in a city-wide earthquake drill in Marikina City on Monday, Oct. 20, to ensure the city government and the public 's readiness during disasters, particularly the long-anticipated magnitude 7.2 quake that may hit Metro Manila anytime, dubbed as "The...
Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Jonvic Remulla said on Thursday, Oct. 16, that informal settler families (ISFs) would likely suffer the most casualties should a major earthquake — the so-called “Big One” — hit Metro Manila or nearby areas. During the Senate...
Manila Mayor Francisco "Isko Moreno" Domagoso has ordered the drafting and passage of a city ordinance that will require all business establishments in Manila with ten or more employees to have at least one certified first aider on staff. The directive was made during a board meeting of the...
