Team Secret remained as the Philippines' last pillar of hope after securing a playoff spot in the VALORANT Champions Tour (VCT) 2022: APAC Stage 2 Challengers Monday, June 20. Team Secret kept its APAC dreams alive by sweeping Vietnam's Fancy United Esports, 2-0, in Group D's lower bracket. The...
A member of K-pop boy band Monsta X’s security staff died in the US during the group's concert tour. Agency Starship Entertainment made the announcement on Monsta X’s fan cafe on June 13. Monsta X in Atlanta (Twitter) Monsta X in Fort Worth, Texas (Twitter) Monsta X held their “No Limit US...
K-pop boy band The Boyz have postponed two shows in the US after members and staff tested positive for Covid-19. They are currently in the US for “The Boyz World Tour: The B-Zone in USA” concert tour. The Boyz in the US (Twitter) The Boyz's (from left) Kevin, Juyeon and Q have tested positive...
K-pop boy band The Boyz are currently on their “The Boyz World Tour: The B-Zone” in the US but a member is skipping the Atlanta leg due to health reasons. IST Entertainment, The Boyz’s agency, announced that member Q will be absent from the Atlanta concert. The Boyz member Q (Twitter) The...
PH Consul General goes on a gastronomic tour of this Canadian town’s ‘Little Manila’ Philippine Consul General Orontes V. Castro and members of the Philippine press in Toronto visited three Filipino Restaurant Month (FRM) participants, and tried out what each restaurant had to offer. Kamayan...
K-pop boy band Seventeen will be embarking on a new world tour starting in June, their agency announced. “The wait finally ends here. The Seventeen World Tour is coming to you," Pledis Entertainment announced on May 17. Seventeen (Pledis Entertainment) Seventeen will kick off the world tour on...
Wesley So suffered yet another heartbreaker as he blew what could have been the title and settled for a second place finish in the 2022 Grand Chess Tour’s Superbet Chess Classic in Bucharest, Romania Saturday. The two-time United States champion missed several winning chances and suffered a...
Wesley So fought world No. 2 Alireza Firouzja to a draw and stayed at the helm with fellow American Levon Aronian after the eighth and penultimate round of the 2022 Grand Chess Tour’s Superbet Chess Classic in Bucharest, Romania Friday. So split the point with Firouzja after 38 moves of a...
Wesley So drew with Romanian Bogdan-Daniel Deac to retain the lead with fellow American Levon Aronian after seven rounds of the 2022 Grand Chess Tour’s Superbet Chess Classic in Bucharest, Romania Thursday. Photo from Superbet Chess Classic So, who once held the solo lead after the fourth round,...
BX (aka Byounggon), the leader of K-pop boy band CIX, has tested positive for Covid-19 in the US. CIX have finished their first “Rebel” concert tour in the US, holding shows in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Atlanta, Dallas, Chicago and New York from April 27 to May 10. CIX's BX (Instagram) C9...
K-pop girl group (G)I-DLE will be embarking on a world tour starting June and Manila is one of the stops. (G)I-DLE, composed of Miyeon, Minnie, Soyeon, Yuqi and Shuhua, announced their “2022 (G)I-DLE World Tour: Just Me ( )I-DLE” on their social media channels on May 12. (G)I-DLE (Cube...
Reigning US 9-ball open champion Carlo Biado dominated top competitor Raymund Faraon in the Finals to bag the National 10-Ball Tournament title – a fitting send-off before he flies to Vietnam for the 31st Southeast Asian Games. Biado defeated Faraon in a convincing 11-3 fashion to emerge as the...
