Wesley So (FIDE / File Photo) Grandmaster Wesley So and his United States team survived a shock seventh-round meltdown to rule Pool D of the top division and earn an outright spot to the quarterfinals of the FIDE Online Chess Olympiad Sunday. Playing Board One minus GMs Fabiano Caruana and Hikaru...
Dominic Ochoa (YouTube) Dominic Ochoa has been selling fruits for income amid pandemic. The actor, 46, started delivering fruits and other food products in their area last March. “It is not safe to go to places. Especially ngayon, ang nakukuhanan ngayon ng virus yung grocery, bangko. So...
Mark Paragua The Philippines salvaged some measure of pride as it downed Turkmenistan 4.5-1.5 to finish fifth out of 10 teams in Pool A of Division II of the FIDE Online Chess Olympiad on Sunday. Grandmaster Mark Paragua spearheaded the ninth and final round triumph with a win over International...
WGM Janelle Mae Frayna (Photo from Janelle Frayna's Facebook account) The Philippines absorbed stinging defeats to Belgium, 3.5-2.5, and Australia, 4-2, to slip to joint fifth after six rounds of the FIDE Online Chess Olympiad Saturday. The Nationals were leading the Belgians in the fifth round,...
IM Daniel Quizon (Photo from Daniel Quizon's Facebook account) The Philippines ran into the rock-solid Germany wall and absorbed a 5-1 defeat but stayed tied for third after three rounds of the FIDE Online Chess Olympiad Friday. International Master Daniel Quizon averted a shutout as he magically...
Severino, IPCA draw Scotland Sander Severino (Photo from Sander Severino's Facebook account) A Sander Severino-led International Physically Disabled Chess Association (IPCA) battled Scotland to a 3-3 draw to stay in the hunt in the first FIDE Online Olympiad 2020 Friday night. Tapped to play Board...
His new baby, the newest on-demand delivery app, Pick.a.roo, is designed to make contactless shopping faster and easier for Filipino families It took more than a year for Megaworld’s executive vice president and chief strategy officer Kevin Tan to find the mobile app he was looking for. But prior...
Nadine Lustre A lot of people are into online selling these days to earn a living or augment their finances amid pandemic. Celebrities are no exception. In fact, Nadine Lustre has ventured to flower arrangements. After giving her millions of Instagram followers a glimpse of her creations,...
Zsa Zsa Padilla (Instagram) There's no stopping Zsa Padilla from learning things about farming. The actress-singer just finished an online training session on organic farming. She underwent the virtual seminar on July 25 to 26, as per her Instagram post. Among the topics discussed were how to...
WANTED A screen cap from the first scene of Sino si Toto Ong Creators for Change ambassador Lex uses his artistic platform to remind his viewers about the importance of fact-checking Technology, specifically the internet, has brought a lot of good things to our lives. It connects us with our loved...
The times have not kept them idle By Veronica V. Wuson PAINT ED Fidel Sarmiento teaches painting online to seniors Strangely enough, the global pandemic, which initially limelighted seniors as most vulnerable, has spawned a breed of Filipino seniors who buck the trend of dire global stats. In...
The CEU alumnus gained Internet traction over not just one, but two viral social media posts about his good deeds It is the good deeds that we often think nobody notices that add up to create a better world. A random act of kindness may seem small to one person but can mean everything to another....
