Recent data released by Twitter showed the Philippines among top 5 countries in the world with the most avid K-pop fans. Twitter released the data to celebrate 10 years of #KpopTwitter. It included the most mentioned K-pop artists and songs and top 20 markets for K-pop in the world. “Through your...
K-pop boy bands BTS, NCT, ATEEZ and EXO became the most tweeted about musicians in the US during the quarantine period. Twitter provided Manila Bulletin Entertainment with the Twitter From Home trend report with the list of most tweeted about musicians, movies, TV shows and food, and emoji trends...
Five things you should know about the Filipina Tiktok sensation Bella Poarch ’s name doesn’t exactly ring a bell in the Twitter world and K-pop fandom, until one controversial slip-up in a video showing her tattoo of the Japanese rising sun. To Koreans, the symbol seems to be a counterpart of...
Korean netizens’ criticism of Filipina TikToker Bella Poarch sparks online backlash Filipina TikTok star, Bella Poarch, drew flak on social media after netizens took notice of her left arm tattoo, the Rising Sun flag of Japan. The flag is associated with Japanese imperialism, as well as the East...
The young star is trending once again after her internet issue has been resolved Just two days after Liza Soberano called out her previous Internet Service Provider (ISP) for its slow connection and service, major telecommunications company PLDT came to the young celebrity’s rescue....
Social media is still quite toxic for celebrities as Alessandra de Rossi found out recently, making an offhand comment about the Manila Bay white sand project. Taking to Twitter to poke fun on the issue, Alex said, “Pakibilis-bilisan naman ang paglatag ng white sand sa Manila Bay para sa...
You can’t bring a strong woman like her down Celebrity mom Jennylyn Mercado wasn’t afraid to speak her mind on Aug. 31 when she tweeted a post with an accompanying screenshot of a certain TJ Santiago , “ Respeto naman sa mga babaeng inanakan lang .” This didn’t go too well with the single...
Clint Bondad (file photo) Clint Bondad has been posting short, random and seemingly cryptic messages on his Instagram Story, prompting some of his followers to do a Justin Bieber: “What do you mean?” The actor is the ex-boyfriend of Miss Universe 2018 Catriona Gray, who is now in a...
A Filipino medical student chronicles on Twitter a unique medical repatriation mission in the middle of the Covid-19 health crisis Like most Filipinos, Rafa Abaya was expecting he would not set foot onto a plane for months due to the health crisis. He would have been surprised if was able to get...
This is to help women and children fight this ‘shadow pandemic’ Data has shown that since there has been a spike in gender-based violence among women and children since the community quarantine started. In a report to Congress , President Rodrigo Duterte said that since the lockdown...
