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Mara Wilson (Instagram) American actress Mara Wilson surprised her fans recently by tweeting in TagLish (Tagalog and English), asking for the meaning of Filipino word "naman." "Ano meaning ang 'naman'? Salamat," she wrote. Mara added in the thread that she does not think it means "yes." "Also I...

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...

The award-winning actress holds her first-ever masterclass MASTERCLASS As an artist, Cherie Gil draws from deep in her gut to enunciate emotions and to articulate feelings, but more than acting lessons, her masterclass is an exploration of the complexity of life “You are nothing but a...

View this post on Instagram Filipino hip-hop dance crew UPeepz is en route to the “World of Dance” semifinals after it won against American dance crew The Rise in a round called the Duels. The 11 members of UPeeps gave a dynamic performance to Pitbull’s “Hotel Room Service.” They were...