Anthony Davis #3 of the Los Angeles Lakers is congratulated by Lebron James #23 after a dunk against the Portland Trail Blazers in the second half in Game Three of the first round of the playoffs at the AdventHealth Arena at the ESPN Wide World Of Sports Complex on August 22, 2020 in Lake Buena...
IT’S THE SMALL THINGS Alex Eduque Here we are at the end of our 21st in quarantine, and at the tail end of the second week of the re-imposed Modified Enhanced Community Quarantine (MECQ) to heed the cry of health workers and other frontliners. I would say that the re-imposition of MECQ was met...
IT’S THE SMALL THINGS Twenty weeks into quarantine, and we are back on Modified Enhanced Community Quarantine. As someone who used to thrive and live a super-fast-paced everyday life, five months of being at and working from home would have been unimaginable in the past. Yet, here we are – 140...
These days, face masks are lifelines during the Covid-19 pandemic. And there’s no better way for artists from all over Panay Island, particularly Iloilo, to honor them than by making creative interpretations of rather lifeless objects that have become a significant part of our daily lives under...
Alex Gonzaga and Mikee Morada pose with their families (Instagram) Alex Gonzaga and fiancé Mikee Morada marked a milestone in their relationship as engaged couple. The two and their respective families recently met for what Filipinos called "pamamanhikan," a custom where a man pays a visit...
IT’S THE SMALL THINGS Alex M. Eduque Last Monday was President Rodrigo Roa Duterte’s fifth State of the Nation Address (SONA). Though very different from the norm given the current situation, it forced me to ponder not only about the current situation in the Philippines, but also about the...
Joe Kelly #17 of the Los Angeles Dodgers had words with Carlos Correa #1 of the Houston Astros as he walks off the mound after a series of high inside pitches in the sixth inning at Minute Maid Park on July 28, 2020 in Houston, Texas. Both benches were emptied. (Bob Levey / Getty Images / AFP) Los...
IT’S THE SMALL THINGS Looking back at the week last week was, it most definitely was one that saw a lot of anxiety, uncertainty, fear, and emotions. Amidst the rising COVID-19 cases came the decision of Congress to junk ABS-CBN’s franchise. While every person reacted to the ruling differently,...
Unmute your mics and enable your cameras as ‘Best of Comedy Manila,’ a showcase of award-winning and outstanding Filipino comedians, debuts online A few months ago, local comedian Red Ollero was perturbed by the state of comedy in the country, as the pandemic Covid-19 entered our lives and...
Major American corporations back Harvard and MIT’s lawsuit against the latest restrictions on international students studying in the US The biggest names in the tech industry have backed up higher education institutions in their ongoing lawsuit over the Trump administration’s latest...
IT’S THE SMALL THINGS Sixteen weeks later, and I feel like a sense of normalcy (if we can even call it that) in terms of human behavior, despite the climbing number of cases, is crawling back into our lives. While it will take a while for things to return to how we knew it (if it ever really...
IT’S THE SMALL THINGS It is with no surprise that on the first week of the year, my social media feed was filled with photos – all, if not most, with an accompanying caption that had to do with resolutions and goals for the coming year. Indeed, the new year is one of those occasions when we...
