HOTSPOT Baby River Nasino would have turned three on July 1 this year. But sadly, she only lived a little over three months. Who could forget Baby River’s funeral? The police dispatched dozens of close-in uniformed escorts to guard Reina Mae Nasino who was made to wear a full-body PPE. They did...
HOTSPOT There’s a raging debate online about living wages and the minimum ₱30,000 starting salary sought and expected by Gen Zs. The young ones are raising anew why the Philippines refuses to give decent pay to workers. They are revolted by the idea that while the national inflation rate, the...
HOTSPOT “Eat Bulaga” is supposed to turn 44 this July 2023. But there’s a whole lot of trouble that could finally end the country’s longest-running noontime show. For the faction of its producer TAPE Inc., the show will go on GMA, with a new cast and crew. Their initial forays have garnered...
HOTSPOT There’s a country whose economy grew by 60.2 percent, with Gross Domestic Product rising from $222.27 billion in 2012 to $356.7 billion in 2022 The businesses of this country experienced happy times from 2012 to 2019, with net incomes or profits growing by 72 percent from $35.8 billion to...
HOTSPOT We've been hearing a lot of warnings from friends who are into horoscopes to be careful during "mercury retrograde." It turns out, a more urgent problem is out there, oppressing us daily: Mercury rising. Yes, we've been experiencing (and enduring!) extraordinarily-high temperatures and heat...
HOTSPOT If there’s anyone who made President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s recent visit to the United States possible, look no further than the Biden administration. In a briefing before Marcos’ visit, US State Department senior officials outlined what led to this visit. First, as soon as it was...
HOTSPOT I have a pet peeve about media reports or academic retelling of historical events, especially those about activities of past and previous presidents. If you follow the news or are still in school, there are sentences thrown around like “on this day, 10 years ago, former president (insert...
HOTSPOT In 1902, the colonial legislature listed a grand total of nine public holidays in the Philippines. In its Act No. 345, the Philippine Commission designated “the first day of January, the 22nd of February, Thursday and Friday of what is commonly called Holy Week, the fourth of July, the...
HOTSPOT Twitter removed en masse on Friday the blue checkmarks for organizations, celebrities, personalities and journalists which were verified under its "legacy" verification process. By "legacy," we mean the time before Elon Musk bought Twitter. The blue checkmarks meant the accounts were real,...
HOTSPOT Straight from the quiet time of Holy Week, tempers exploded on Twitter after somebody lamented that Metro Manila supposedly had “no culture” compared with other metropolitan centers abroad. The fury was completely understandable because “culture” refers generally to a people’s...
HOTSPOT Holy Week used to present an opportunity for total rest of the senses and contemplation. If one would not attend church services, or is simply far from the loud and ardent singing of the Pasyon at the neighborhood Pabasa, one could really take a pause from everything. No TV and radio, and...
HOTSPOT As a son of a public school teacher and also a graduate of public schools, I fully support ACT Teachers Rep. France Castro. I’m pretty sure many do so too, considering that she has 25 years of teaching experience and a record as a globally-recognized leader of teachers. It would be hard...
