7AC90E57-BEB9-49E2-97F4-D411E6F1D16F ROME, Italy — Pope Francis, a lover of classical music, made a surprise visit to a Rome record store to bless the premises -- and picked up some vinyl while there. The 85-year-old pontiff slipped into Stereosound, located across from the Pantheon, on...
Cabinet Secretary and Acting Presidential Spokesperson Karlo Nograles has underscored the effectiveness of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines amid the current surge in new cases of the dreaded illness. (Hakan Nural/ Unsplash) “Please allow us to reiterate that the protection provided by...
President Duterte has said that the country's coronavirus disease (COVID-19) situation is "becoming more alarming every day". President Rodrigo Duterte (Malacañang photo) Duterte gave this description of the situation after the Department of Health (DOH) recorded on Monday, Jan. 10 a new...
WASHINGTON, United States -- The lightning spread of the new Omicron variant in the United States has driven daily COVID-19 new cases to a record high of over 510,000 on Monday. People line up to receive COVID-19 test in Arlington, Virginia, the United States on Dec. 22, 2021. (Ting Shen/Xinhua) It...
K-pop superstars BTS member V broke two Guinness World Records titles on Instagram followers. All BTS members opened their own Instagram accounts on Dec. 6, the first time they set up their personal accounts since debuting in 2013. BTS' V (Instagram) Guinness World Records announced on Dec. 13 that...
CAVITE—Presidential aspirant Vice President Leni Robredo on Thursday, Nov. 25, told her supporters and volunteers to “look for empathy” when deciding who to vote for in the 2022 elections. Presidential aspirant Vice President Leni Robredo in a People's Council event in Dasmariñas, Cavite on...
Former Eraserheads frontman Ely Buendia visited Vice President Leni Robredo on Thursday, November 11, to give her a limited edition Eraserheads album. Eraserheads frontman Ely Buendia pays a visit to Vice President Leni Robredo in her Quezon City office on November 11, 2021. (Photo from Robredo via...
The issuance of a driver’s license with a 10-year validity to motorists with a clean record will be for a “long haul", President Duterte said on Wednesday, Nov. 3. media In his taped address to the nation, Duterte announced the Land Transportation Office (LTO) has started to issue driver’s...
YouTube has revealed the first 24-hour views for K-pop girl group BLACKPINK Lisa’s solo debut music video “Lalisa.” “Lalisa” was released on YouTube last Sept. 10 and the song is the carrier track of Lisa’s first solo album “Lalisa.” BLACKPINK Lisa’s “Lalisa” music video...
(JANSEN ROMERO / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) The Philippines saw 26,303 new cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on Saturday, Sept. 11—the highest number of new infections reported in a single day since the pandemic hit the country last year. The latest figure pushed the country’s running...
Fromis 9 (Twitter) Nine-member K-pop girl group Fromis 9 will now be managed by Pledis Entertainment, the Korean agency that previously managed the defunct girl group Pristin, and currently supervises Seventeen and NU’EST. In an announcement released on Aug. 16, Pledis Entertainment said the...
ZHENGZHOU, China – Piles of cars were strewn across a central Chinese city Thursday as shocked residents picked through the debris of a historic deluge that claimed at least 33 lives, with rescue efforts ongoing and hundreds seeking to find their relatives. An unprecedented downpour dumped a...
