To celebrate the birthday of her daughter, a homeless mother taped a cardboard box inscribed with “Happy 7th birthday, Janella” and nearly inflated balloons on the roll-up door of a closed establishment in Makati City. Photo courtesy of Kim Raytos/ MANILA BULLETIN The heart-warming scene was...
Have you seen Greenwich's ''Di mahal, tulad mo' commercial? Still from Greenwich's ad From time to time, we sat down in front of our television or with our devices and encountered a few commercials and unwanted ads. Some became instant hits with great humor and a catchy jingle, others thug the...
It turns out that the Caloocan City resort which was closed down by authorities for operating and accepting guests while under the persisting modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ) didn't even have accreditation from the Department of Tourism (DOT). VIOLATOR — The Department of Tourism...
After a two-week investigation, the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) has decided to sack the two traffic enforcers who went viral online for extorting P1,000 from a motorist-couple along EDSA last month. (Photo from Miriel Custodio's Facebook) It was only last April 26 when MMDA...
The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) has identified the two traffic enforcers who allegedly extorted P1,000 from a couple over the weekend. "Nakita na po namin (We've seen it)," lawyer Vic Trinidad, Director III of the MMDA's Metropolitan Public Safety Office, said in an interview...
Circulating in China's social media platform sharing site Weibo this week are photos of a little boy smelling someone's feet with the captions, "training masochism since childhood" and "parent leadership has been blocked" in Chinese. According to the Weixin , one of the thousands who shared the...
Is this even safe to consume? Garnering over 12 million views and 104,000 shares, this was not the first time the parents of Baday posted their little girl eating a plate of live coconut worms. According to asiatimes , "coconut worms larvae come from eggs laid by large beetles and are considered a...
Going viral over the weekend was 26-year-old nurse Alyssa Legaspi's Facebook post on fake negative RT-PCR results. "I needed a facility that can do home service with fast results and can be booked that day or the next day," she tells Manila Bulletin Lifestyle. "I found this facebook group called...
Summer is here, and whether we're at home or out at a resort, children will most likely stay all day in the water to beat the heat. Just a few days ago, Chen Valdez Agramon posted screenshots from a video of her younger brother Ralph being resuscitated. From the video (warning: sensitive parts)...
Eighteen-year-old Miguel Rondina didn't think that his post would go viral. It was a simple wish from a graduating high school student—to experience a physical and actual graduation ceremony supposedly set this April 16 for him and his batchmates. Photo from Unsplash In his now viral post...
This pandemic has been challenging for the whole world, even more so for those who are handicapped because movement is more limited compared to regular people. For seven years, Melbert Carreon has witnessed this PWD vendor selling tomatoes and calamansi in their area in Golden Shower, Payatas....
When your friend who's turning a year older has no plans of celebrating his birthday, what do you do? His group of friends are the sweetest because they surprised him with a simple party for the celebrant Marbi "Biboy" Francisco. Draco Linnys Sudaria shared snippets of what happened yesterday as...
