Actress Denise Laurel recently went under the knife, sharing the story behind it in a social media post. "06.09.22 I gave birth!," she jested, posting a photo of her and the cyst that she had removed. She named it "Harry." "lol jk Meet Harry the cyst haha Thankyou to @draivee @drzteo and Doc...
PH cuisine gets the spotlight at the Philippines Fair 2022 in Tokyo Philippine Ambassador Jose C. Laurel V led the opening ceremony of the Philippines Fair 2022 at the Parkside Diner of The Imperial Hotel with Yukio Kanao, the hotel’s general manager, and Filipina chef Mareve Inomata. Ambassador...
The Philippines has encouraged Japanese businessmen to keep the country as a "top-of-mind" investment destination during a recent virtual economic briefing with Japanese companies. (Photo courtesy of the DFA) Philippine Ambassador to Japan Jose C. Laurel V urged the foreign firms in the briefing...
In celebration of a technological breakthrough that energizes water, Rajo Laurel presents an ode to biomorphic forms in his 2021 holiday collection Fluid is Rajo Laurel’s 2021 holiday collection, fluid like water that flows. Each piece is shaped as if by the forces of nature, blown by the wind,...
Through a film, historians rehabilitate the memory of the Philippines’ third President, seen as a wartime Japanese collaborator in popular memory IN BLACK AND WHITE The docu-drama, as the title suggests, revolves around the misunderstood nationalist and former Philippine President Jose P. Laurel....
GOATS AND BEERS Inside Vincent's Place Kambingan This is a reprise of something I wrote in 2015 when for the first time in like two decades, I sat down for an inuman, a drinking session, in which you would sit in one place throughout the night (instead of hobnobbing around, as you would...
Now it can be told! Sol Mercado, professional basketball player and former fiance of actress Denise Laurel, is back in the dating game. And this time, he's making sweet music with beauty queen Sandra Lemonon. https://mb.com.ph/2021/01/27/why-did-sandra-lemonon-retire-from-pageantry/ In fact, on...
More than 300 Japanese guests from Japan’s leading corporate and financial institutions have participated in the virtual Philippine Economic Briefing (PEB) that highlighted the Duterte administration’s efforts to push for a much stronger and more inclusive economy in the post-COVID-19 pandemic...
What's in a comment? Well, a lot. Particularly if it touches on race, religion or sexual orientation, among others. Kyla is currently in hot water after a fan page bearing her name posted a comment seemingly denouncing a transgender weightlifter's participation in the ongoing Olympics. The comment...
Filipino athletes wore their pride on their sleeves as they donned fashion designer Rajo Laurel's barong during the opening ceremonies of the Tokyo Olympics 2020 last July 23, 2021. According to Philippine Sports Commission, the male athletes were clad in cocoon silk barong featuring...
The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) on Thursday, July 15, lauded the Lyceum of the Philippines University (LPU) for being rated as a 4-Stars Institution by the QS Stars Ratings System of the Quacquarelli Symonds (QS). LPU logo (https://www.lpu.edu.ph/) / CHED logo (Facebook page) “I know it...
A most luminous star Celia Diaz Laurel (Photo from her Facebook page) The Philippine art scene mourns the passing of Celia Diaz Laurel last July 12, 2021, due to stroke. Apart from being the wife of former Vice President of the Philippines, the late Salvador Laurel, Celia was known for her love for...
