Socialite Heart Evangelista gamely accepted the challenge of fans for her to shop at a neighborhood sundry store. On Instagram, she proudly shared her experience, noting how it brought back childhood memories. "Thank you for asking me to do that - I had so much fun!!!" she said. She then encouraged...
The Department of Energy (DOE) is seeking “investor-challengers” in the auction of at least 10 coal blocks in Mindanao covered by the unsolicited proposal of Manila-based Grand Thermal Power Corporation. In a notice published by the energy department, the submission of offers of the interested...
Here’s to making our 2022 health resolution happen! “New Year, new me.” That is the mantra that we hear a lot every year as people write away the things they want to leave in the past, the new habits they want to do in the present, and their strategy toward a better future. We hear it so...
Overall travel demand strengthened in 2021 despite travel restrictions due to Omicron but it is far from normal in many parts of the world and the challenge for 2022 is to "normalize travel", according to International Air Transport Association (IATA) Director General Willie Walsh. media "Last...
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) will no longer hire contact-tracers this year, citing a cut in the budget of the department as the reason. In an interview over ANC, DILG Undersecretary Jonathan Malaya stated that the agency is facing an uphill battle as the budget for its...
It's called "the penny challenge" Gadgets can be a boon and a bane, and it all depends on how us humans use them. Take for example, Amazon's Alexa that has been quite helpful, especially to parents. Alexa is a virtual assistant technology that works through voice command and automatically activates...
TANZA, Cavite – A fun money game that took a romantic turn is making the rounds online. During a Christmas eve gathering, Roldan Rivera proposed to his girlfriend, Rachelle Ann Rosales, through the popular "sandok pera" (scoop money) challenge. "Sandok pera" is a game where a player scoops...
Only 14 days are left before the deadline of entries for the startup competition of the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT). (Photo / DICT Facebook Page) The Philippine Startup Challenge (PSC) 2021 aims to encourage and support Filipinos to create an innovative and...
Three groups of farmers and agripreneurs from the National Capital Region (NCR) have received a stat-up capital for their agribusiness venture proposals as part of their reward for winning the Young Farmers Challenge Regional Level Award. The winners were picked among the 40 young Filipinos who...
Kusina Kween Home cooks can show off their prized Christmas recipes in Cinema One’s Noche Buena challenge, where a P50,000 cash prize is at stake and the first-ever “Cinema One Kusina Kween” will be hailed. “Kusina Kween: The Noche Buena Challenge Promo” is open to all moms, titas and...
By Dr. Manuel M. Dayrit MD, MSc, Former Secretary of Health Many of us have lost loved ones, friends, or acquaintances to COVID-19. Just this month, I lost a medical school classmate who is an ENT surgeon. On the other hand, I have classmates and friends who battled COVID and survived. The spectre...
Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles expects that there would still be a clamor from the public to have election candidates tested for illegal drug use. Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles holds a virtual press conference on Nov. 19, 2021 (Screenshot from Facebook live) "There's always been that clamor...
