*AT THE CENTRAL CYCLE* Trail store in the historic district of Clyde, Central Otago, New Zealand: Bikes, trails, and Christine White. “Biking is ‘huge’ in New Zealand,” so says Christine White, general manager of Central Cycle Trails in Clyde, one afternoon weeks ago as we talked while the...
HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRIPE-VINE: OUR NEW ABNORMAL As was crucially seen during the recent health crisis, the malls of today are more than congregation centers for recreation, dining and/or shopping. Thanks to their strategic locations, and their serving as walk-in magnets for the community;...
HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRIPE-VINE: OUR NEW ABNORMAL In what has been universally acknowledged as the digital age, it might seem ironic and foolhardy to mount a Philippine Book Festival that literally champions the published book - with no digitized, online version in sight. But that’s exactly what...
Japanese Ambassador to Manila Koshikawa Kazuhiko has a list of recommended Filipino restaurants operating in Tokyo, namely "New Nanay" and "Kapetayo Tokyo." Japanese Ambassador to Manila Koshikawa Kazuhiko at Filipino restaurant, New Nanay, in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo from Amb. Kazuhiko/Twitter) In a...
From left: World Vision Operations Manager Visayas Field Officer, Bonifacio Calapan; TESDA Leyte Provincial Director, Rolando Bade; TESDA VIII Regional Director, Gamaliel Vicente Jr. CESO III, ASEAN ENG.; Tacloban City Council Member, Dr. Elvira Casal; Isuzu Motors Limited Senior...
The Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) announced the in-person mass oathtaking for the new criminologists to be held on June 15 in Tacloban City. (PRC / MANILA BULLETIN) Inductees were mandated to register before noon of the day of the oathtaking at...
Former New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern. (AFP / MANILA BULLETIN) SYDNEY, Australia -- New Zealand honoured former prime minister Jacinda Ardern with the title of dame on Monday, citing her leadership after the 2019 Christchurch mosque massacre and during the Covid-19 pandemic. Ardern, 42,...
HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRIPE-VINE: OUR NEW ABNORMAL Live events are back in a truly big way. Theater, ballet, product launches, sports events, seminars and forums, they’ve all returned with a vengeance – and I know that’s manna from heaven for a host of talents, creative agencies, and events...
Canada and New Zealand have both expressed their "grave concern" over the killing of yet another Filipino journalist. Their embassies on Wednesday issued a joint statement, where they called for the immediate investigation into the killing of radio broadcaster Cresenciano Bunduquin. Bunduquin was...
The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) has allowed the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) to open 64 slots for lawyers with basic salary of around P82,000 in a move to attract more people from the legal profession to join the department in settling land dispute-related legal battles in...
Iconic style moments don’t just happen on the runway. It also took place on the street, in film and TV shows, as well as on the court and other sporting platforms. A testament to the latter was that moment in the 1996 World Series, wherein in a sea of navy blue caps for the Yankees, a red one...
HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRIPEVINE: OUR NEW ABNORMAL While sustainability has been a global buzzword for over a decade now, and the concept of ESG (Environment, Social and Governance) agendas were adopted by the United Nations some eight years ago; it’s still a term that’s often ignored,...
