Not everyone agrees with Lolit Solis relating to Bea Alonzo’s looks. These include producers of “1521: The Battle of Mactan,” a film with a multinational cast to be shot in Palawan. In there, Bea is Diwata, a character described as a young native princess with goddess-like beauty. Of course....
Where can we travel and still enjoy despite the rainy season? This is probably the question for most of us in the Philippines when the monsoon months arrive. As we all know, June is the start of the rainy season while July and August receive the most rainfall. This wet season can stretch to...
Veteran showbiz scribe Cristy Fermin is pursuing legal action against dancer-actress Dawn Chang's lawyer, Atty. Rafael Vicente Calinisan. This is what Cristy's legal team as led by Atty. Ferdinand Topacio, told PEP. Ph, recently, relating, “We’re now laying the groundwork for filing next...
Manila Mayor Francisco “Isko Moreno” Domagoso called on the Filipinos to support the government’s battle against the COVID-19 pandemic. “I am also posing this challenge to each and every one of you, every one of us, the private sector, communities, corporations big and small, and down to...
Editorial The effects of climate change couldn’t be more glaring as the country woke up with the ravages of Typhoon Odette. In some parts of Visayas and Mindanao, communication lines were cut, roads were destroyed, houses tumbled down like sandcastles. And again, calls for help resonated and...
For the record, it's "Lapulapu"--not "Lapu-Lapu"--when referring to the first Philippine hero. Photo from Wikipedia. The caption reads, “Imaginary posthumous portrait of Lapulapu by Carlo Caacbay for the National Historical Commission of the Philippines, 2019.” The standard spelling of the name...
The health pandemic is not yet over but the world is now bracing for another kind of global pandemic – climate change. Like the virus which plagued the planet for more than a year and drastically changed the way we live, climate change also has the capacity to destroy lives and livelihood by...
A true kilig -fest Everyone has fallen in love with Kim Seon-Ho’s dimples even way back when he was Good Boy in the Netflix series “Start Up.” This time around, he gets paired with Korea’s original nine-tailed fox, a.k.a. “ Gumiho ” Shin Min-A, who also happens to have such loveable...
Opposition coalition 1Sambayan on Thursday, October 7, vowed full support for Vice President Leni Robredo who joined the 2022 presidential race even as this will be an “uphill battle” against the resources of the current administration. 1Sambayan (Photo courtesy of Neri Colmenares) Robredo...
PEACE-MAKER Jose de Venecia Jr. Former Speaker of the House Now that the Taliban have taken over the reins of government in Afghanistan, they now face their more difficult battle, that of governing and rebuilding their war-torn country. The future of some 38 million Afghans are now in the hands of...
SYDNEY, Australia -- As Australia's most populated states struggled to cope with the rising toll of the highly contagious Delta strain of COVID-19, an ever-growing number of people are overcoming their initial reluctance to get vaccinated. People line up outside a COVID-19 vaccination center in...
Angelina Jolie scored a win in her legal battle with Brad Pitt on Friday as the private judge overseeing their divorce and custody matters was disqualified from the case. Superstars Pitt and Jolie, who have six children and were once Hollywood's highest profile couple, filed to dissolve their...
