As Russia continued its invasion of Ukraine that has been denounced by world leaders, one fan of K-pop superstars BTS revealed what she has experienced amid the chaos. “We are crying here all the time. We are scared and some of us can’t leave our cities or Ukraine. Enemies bombarding a lot...
But then, even as we’re only building it, it has begun to look more and more like this world to which we are desperate for alternatives ZUCKERVERSE Mark Zuckerberg using VR equipment Oculus Quest 2 In the early 2000s, I signed up on Second Life. My objective was to have a spare life, one unlike...
The Quezon City government announced on Saturday, Jan. 22 that the city has recorded a total of 36,821 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patients were admitted to Hope Community Caring Facilities from March 2020 to December 2021. Hope 2 Korphil led the list with the biggest number of COVID-19 patients...
46 Hope St. welcomes the year with 'Di Na Magpapauto' releases today, Jan.14, on popular digital platforms. The track distributed by Widescope Entertainment features Ebe Dancel singing back-up vocals. With power play and abuse of the weak ever present in our current society, one of today’s most...
Imagine living your life with no lights, no phones, and no internet connection. As tragic as it may sound, this is the reality of about 1.6 million Filipino households and around 12,000 sitios (small communities) in the country with no access to electricity. These unelectrified communities are part...
Through its social good collaboration with Nova Wellness (Reszostar Corp.) and SM City North Edsa, SM Foundation (SMFI) distributed 30 wheelchairs to the PWDs from Brgys. Sto Cristo and Pag-Asa in Quezon City, and from the Alliance for PWDs organization in Caloocan City. SMFI aims to uplift the...
Editorial A new year always brings with it a renewed sense of hope. Compared to the start of 2021, citizens of the world welcomed 2022 with optimism and more merriment, tempered slightly by the resurgent threat of the Omicron variant. Here in the Philippines, the New Year was welcomed with more...
OF SUBSTANCE AND SPIRIT Diwa C. Guinigundo It is ideal to end the year 2021 with a loud bang of hope. There was so much promise to the other day’s broadsheets report that COVID-19 vaccines now aggregate 200.9 million doses, broadly sufficient for 100 million Filipinos of two doses each. As of...
THE VIEW FROM RIZAL Dr. Jun Ynares Why does adversity strike at a time so close to Christmas? This must be the question in the mind of many of our countrymen, particularly those living in the provinces in Visayas and Mindanao that stood in the path of a raging Typhoon Odette. Images of destruction...
By BARBIE ATIENZA MB FAMILY RISES TO THE OCCASION — Responding promptly to the call for help for typhoon Odette-affected families in the Visayas and Mindanao, the Manila Bulletin staff and management worked together to speedily pack bags of hope stuffed with essential goods. The ongoing...
ENDEAVOR Sonny Coloma Nine days before Christmas, there is a muted expectation that this year’s observance we are a tad short of being able to characterize it as a celebration would be more expansive than in 2020. Coronavirus has indelibly altered our mindsets. It would take some time before we...
Plan International Philippines launches new free online courses, game-based digital learning app Building a bright future for the young has been the goal of global leaders, parents, and even the youth themselves. But with the sudden online shift of the education system today due to the pandemic,...
