Alexander Zverev of Germany returns the ball during his Men's Singles quarterfinal match against Borna Coric of Croatia on Day Nine of the 2020 US Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on September 8, 2020 in the Queens borough of New York City. Al Bello/Getty Images/AFP NEW YORK...
Mercedes' British driver Lewis Hamilton competes during the qualifying session at the Autodromo Nazionale circuit in Monza on September 5, 2020 ahead of the Italian Formula One Grand Prix. (Photo by Mark Thompson / POOL / AFP) Lewis Hamilton claimed pole position with a new lap record at Monza for...
When I was two years old, I memorized, from cover to cover, The Wolf and the Seven Little Kids . I was read to every night before bedtime. A creature of habit, even before I could talk in complete sentences, I would pick the same book over and over again. Whenever I would hear the last few words of...
IT’S THE SMALL THINGS Alex Eduque Twenty-four weeks into quarantine, and today, I celebrate my 30th birthday. What is most definitely considered a milestone birthday though will be celebrated in the most muted of manner – sans fancy, fanfare, let alone a fiesta – but in the presence of and...
“She must be getting poor! Kawawa naman (Pity her),” says one netizen, who obviously is not aware that selling properties is not “equal” to experiencing poverty. For ages, buying and selling a property is part of the economy. Majority of the world’s population have experienced...
IT’S THE SMALL THINGS Alex Eduque This month of August is buwan ng Wika – the month we celebrate our language, and in our unique case, our many dialects because the Philippines is much more than one monolithic language and culture. In our household alone, we have native Tagalog, Bisaya,...
ALEX EALA Philippines’ top junior netter Alex Eala outshone her foreign rivals to capture the XXXII Circuit Illes Baleats Toni Nadal Heliocare Tournament in Mallorca, Spain. The world No. 4 routed Matilda Mutavdzic of Great Britain 4-0, 4-1 in her first tournament post-quarantine. Prior to her...
Lakers breeze past Trail Blazers LeBron James #23 of the Los Angeles Lakers looks on against the Portland Trail Blazers during Round One, Game Three on August 22, 2020 in Orlando, Florida at the AdventHealth Arena. (Joe Murphy / NBAE via Getty Images / AFP) The Los Angeles Lakers breezed past the...
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...
