Jin, a member of K-pop boy band BTS, took first place in the brand reputation rankings for individual members of K-pop boy bands for November. The Korea Corporate Research Institute released the brand reputation index based on the analysis of 108.23 million brand big data covering 703 members of...
LONDON, United Kingdom -- Getting up close to Big Ben requires earplugs, and ear defenders over them to be safe. When the 13.7-tonne bell sounds, the vibration hits you in the chest. After a five-year restoration project, the world-famous ringer is back with a bong. In this file photo taken on...
Senator Rafael ‘’Raffy’’ Tulfo said Tuesday, Aug. 16 that government must focus on the "big fish", like big-time oil smugglers, and not on some small fry if it really wants to collect serious money through taxation. This, after Tulfo slammed the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) following...
A big loss to Filipinos. Pampanga 2nd district Rep. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo That's how Senior Deputy Speaker and Pampanga 2nd district Rep. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo described the passing of Philippine sports icon and track and Asian field star Lydia de Vega. "Lydia 'Diay' de Vega-Mercado’s demise...
The priority bills being eyed by President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. are pro-big businesses and not pro-masses, says Gabriela Women’s Party-list Rep. Arlene Brosas. Rep. Arlene Brosas of the Gabriela Women's Party-list (File Photo) “Marcos Jr.'s priority bills are pro-big businesses;...
(That’s what I want) Just out of my teens, while I was starting up in advertising, I declared to a friend, “I’m going to be rich!” I had just emerged from a positivity seminar, flying high on the wings of optimism. “But do you like money?” asked my friend, who sent me to that seminar as...
What was once solely virtual now turns into physical Vintana.ph , originally a virtual contemporary art gallery, has always been true to its vision. They’ve pushed to democratize the prevailing art scene, to turn young, contemporary artists into household names, and carve a symbiotic future for...
Were you thrilled by this week's "big time" price rollback on pump fuel products? Bayan Muna Party-list Rep. Carlos Zarate (Facebook) If so, you shouldn't, based on former Bayan Muna Rep. Carlos Zarate's perspective on fuel price movements so far this 2022. "Since January this year diesel prices...
HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRIPE-VINE: OUR NEW ABNORMAL If there’s one highlight of the inaugural dinner that hit the sweet spot with me, it would be how exuberant, nourishing music resounded through the halls of Malacañang Palace that auspicious night. Now I’m not ignorant of the fact that this new...
With the question on the House Speakership in the 19th Congress practically settled with the expected ascension of Leyte 1st district Rep. Martin Romualdez, the focus now shifts to who will be the House Majority Leader. But what makes the position so important? For all intents and purposes, the...
TWENTY-seven-year old Victorias City Mayor Javier Miguel ‘Javi’ Benitez (2nd from left) takes oath before his uncle, Rep. Francisco ‘Kiko’ Benitez, at the Victorias Sports and Amusement Center in Victorias City, Negros Occidental. Present during the event were his parents, Bacolod City...
Is BTS’ RM getting married? A YouTube channel uploaded a video on June 23 with the title “ Married soon, witnessed by Korean community in the U.S.” The channel based the rumors on a post on a Korean online mall based in the US. The YouTube channel claimed that a person said, "I recently...
