Oscar best supporting actress Youn Yuh-jung of the movie “Minari” was bestowed South Korea’s highest Order of Cultural Merit by the government during the 2021 Korea Popular Culture and Arts Awards, organized by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and Korea Creative Content Agency...
More than three-fourths of the country’s economy remain under heightened restrictions, the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) said, warning this prolonged-quarantine period will not come without consequences on future generations. Since the onset of COVID-19 pandemic in March last...
Zombies are the perfect metaphor for human greed, our tendency to devour everything in our path because we want more, more, more and we can’t help ourselves IN DUE CORPSE Movie poster of Filipino zombie film Block Z by Mikhail Red I don’t know why I am obsessed with zombies. I’m not a zombie...
Audiophile, a platform for Filipino audiobooks, says ‘there is no need to choose’ Reading a book is a personal experience. It can take you to wonderworlds, wars, and even destinations on distant galaxies all through the artful combination of words. As you read through every sentence, your...
Newport Mall showcases Filipino artworks in a Grand Charity Christmas museum-in-a-mall attraction A Christmas decked with Filipino art, that is what Newport Mall is bringing this coming Yuletide season as it unveils a grand museum-in-a-mall attraction that spotlights local creativity. Newport...
State-run Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp. (Pagcor) posted a contraction in revenues in the first nine-months of the year, missing its target for the period. Based on the Pagcor’s third-quarter budget performance report, its income from gaming operations declined by 0.21 percent to P22.28...
The National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) said that allowing businesses to fully operate is a more sustainable approach than providing government subsidies to sectors that lost their income as result of the prolonged lockdowns. Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Karl Kendrick T. Chua...
Anticipating the adverse effect on hundreds of families by the government’s flood mitigation project in Cavite Economic Zone, the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has finalized a planned construction of housing units with the National Housing Authority (NHA) in the province....
AREIT Inc. (AREIT), the pioneer real estate investment trust in the Philippines, is moving towards net zero operational emissions and is on track to be the country’s first carbon neutral REIT. In a statement, AREIT underscored its commitment to Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG)...
A teachers' group asked the Department of Education (DepEd) to release aid for school teachers who got infected or died of coronavirus disease (COVID-19). (Photo from ASSERT) In a statement released Wednesday, Oct. 27, the Action and Solidarity for the Empowerment of Teachers (ASSERT) said that...
The Philippine Center for Postharvest Development and Mechanization (PHilMech) has distributed farm machines worth P439.8 million in Leyte, benefitting 131 qualified farmers’ cooperatives and associations (FCAs) from 38 municipalities and cities of the province. The P439.8-million worth of...
‘No Time To Die’ to open in Philippine cinemas this November It sure is going to be the end of an era as Daniel Craig portrays James Bond for the last time in “No Time To Die,” ending his 15-year-long journey as the most famous double-O agent in cinematic history. “I started it like that...
