For a majority of our hotels and dining establishments, it’s about pressing the Restart button, and flexing their muscles as they embrace what hopefully will be the road to normalcy or the new version of what qualifies as our post-COVID world. The New World Makati was one of my pre-pandemic...
Are we endemic yet? CLINICAL MATTERS Six hundred thousand new Covid-19 cases in one day in South Korea! Nearly 300,000 in Germany! Almost 200,000 in Vietnam! These numbers almost sound made up. Unimaginable. While many people were apoplectic at the nearly 39,000 cases we had in January 2022, the...
DOHA, Qatar -- The Ukraine conflict has unleashed a "Third World War" over misinformation, an official from the beleaguered country said Saturday, while experts warned of the difficulty in convincing Russians what their army is doing. Russia's war on Ukraine has also forced a profound change in the...
Water is life. So, if water is life, then easy access to fresh water is a basic right that each and every person in this world must enjoy. The reality, however, is far from it. United Nations data revealed that 2.2 billion people in the world have no access to safe water. It is an alarming number...
Quezon City Jail's Male Dormitory personnel and persons deprived of liberty (PDL) on Thursday, March 24, marked World Tubercolosis (TB) Day with contests and activities inside the facility. The event, led by Jail Supt. Michelle Bonto, QC Jail warden, saw the participation of 15 PDLs who represented...
A week before announcing its top 50 finest restaurants in Asia, The World’s 50 Best Restaurants reveals the premier dining spots in the continent that made its 51-100 list this 2022. “This year’s 51-100 list features 25 new entries and turns the spotlight on the region’s emerging talent,”...
Scottie Thompson has rocked different colorways of his World Balance signature shoe Scottie 1, ranging from the original and all-red to the all-white and black and gold variations. Scottie Thompson wearing the ST1 all-red colorway (PBA) But what could be the next colorway for ST1? While World...
Mark Magsayo is back to business as he prepares for a training camp next month at the Wild Card Gym in Los Angeles, California in preparation for his first world title defense against former world champion Rey Vargas. WBC featherweight champion Mark Magsayo (Showtime Boxing) After spending a...
The Philippines is now the second happiest country in Southeast Asia, according to the 2022 World Happiness Report (WHR), Malacañang announced. (FILE PHOTO) Presidential Communications Secretary Martin Andanar said the Philippines earned the second spot among Southeast Asian countries in the...
Reigning World Boxing Council (WBC) featherweight champion Mark Magsayo has paid a courtesy call to his idol Sen. Manny Pacquiao. WBC featherweight champion Mark Magsayo and Sen. Manny Pacquiao (Photo from Mark Magsayo's official Facebook page) "The moment I have been waiting for, finally! To bring...
File Photo Fil-Am sprinter Kristina Knott posted a season-best performance in the World Indoor Athletics Championships Friday at the Stark Arena in Belgrade, Serbia. The country’s lone competitor in the tournament, the Tokyo Olympian clocked 7.39 seconds in the women’s 60-meter dash to finish...
Our Home kicks off World Sleep Day with these super steal promos Sleep, it''s one of those everyday activities we take for granted but we should be prioritizing as much as we can. There's no better time to have that "wake up call" than on World Sleep Day, March 18. An annual celebration that aims...
