Who better to tell the story about ghosts at Malacañan Palace than President Marcos, himself, who had resided in the presidential palace as a son of former President Ferdinand E. Marcos, and is now back there with his own family as the country's 17th Chief Executive. President Ferdinand Marcos...
Hollywood and local celebrities share their eerie paranormal encounters Spooky season it is! Some actors provide haunting performances on the screen or stage. Others are just haunted. These celebrities swear these ghost stories aren't the result of tricks but of real-life spirit encounters. These...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian has called on the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) to step up its efforts against the proliferation of "ghost" and fake receipts. According to Gatchalian, such activities are denting government revenues and adversely affecting micro-enterprises. The senator...
The Parañaque city government will conduct a thorough review of personnel records to weed out “ghost employees” who have been eating a huge portion of the city’s budget. Mayor Eric Olivarez ordered on Sunday, Jan 29, the review after noticing discrepancies in the number of personnel being...
The Ghost Month is being celebrated this year from July 29 to Aug. 26 and Netflix has released Asian horror titles to watch. “It is believed on the first day of the month, the gates of hell open up and ghosts are free to feed and enjoy themselves for one month. On the last day of the month, the...
THE RIGHT MOVE Chinese Filipinos (Chinoys) are one of the largest overseas Chinese communities in Southeast Asia with Chinese immigration to the Philippines occurring mostly during the Spanish colonization of the islands between the 16th and 19th centuries. The most recent data on the Chinoy...
Photo by Andrew Ridley from Unsplash. Ecologists have previously found that trees communicate and share nutrients by using underground fungal networks. Researchers have being studying this further and now speculate that fungal networks are able to communicate through a language made up of up to 50...
DEADLY DELICIOUS Burger King Ghost Whopper No one wants to be ghosted. But if it’s Burger King we’re talking about, we welcome it with open arms… and mouths! The famous burger chain has conjured up a perfect paranormal treat, the Ghost Whopper, made especially for daring wanderers. Sandwiched...
Illo's Party Trays serves joy and delectable eats fit for at-home celebrations In our pre-pandemic time, food already had a significant role in our lives. It kept us strong, gave us energy, and fueled us to push through any obstacles we face every day. But during the onset of the pandemic, food...
Photo from RSG Philippines Popular Mobile Legends: Bang Bang streamer Elyson "GHOST Wrecker" Caranza has turned pro as RSG Philippines revealed him as one of its players in the upcoming MPL Philippines Season 8. Wrecker, known for his trash talking antics on his mostly 1v1 streams, joined MPL-PH...
Or why the recent debut of animated series Trese should have our own version of ghosts and ghouls stirring in their graves FILIPINO MYTHOS REPRESENTATION Trese art from the comic book It’s a mystery that we have not made quite a global export industry of Philippine horror. Stretching the...
NIGHT OWL Anna Mae Yu Lamentillo Metro Manila traffic has improved in recent months — but the “Build, Build, Build” team is not yet done. In the next 60 days, two bridges across Pasig River will open and is expected to decongest at least 50,000 vehicles out of EDSA and C5. The best part?...
