With gifts, feasts, and time spent with loved ones, the happiest day of the year is finally here. Make the most out of it and with your friends and family as you plan the staycation of your dreams. This season, leave the holiday rush behind and book an unforgettably luxurious stay at two of Metro Manila’s finest hotels, Discovery Suites …
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Paskong Mapúan 2022 promotes the spirit of community and volunteerism
Mapúa University demonstrated its spirit of volunteerism and community involvement during the culmination of Paskong Mapúan 2022 at its Intramuros campus. Aptly themed “Tayo ang biyaya sa kapwa,” the university-wide celebration highlighted the impact of the educational institution’s civic engagement towards community development. The month-long festivity began with a symbolic tree lighting ceremony and the launch of the student-led Christmas Village. These …
Read More »Experience your Sweetest Christmas Yet with Dylan Patisserie
As the holiday season is upon us, we all know that enjoying our time with family and friends over delicious food takes center stage during this magical time. Dylan Patisserie knows exactly how to stimulate your appetite with their array of dazzling products. The European-style bakery offers a range of luscious artisanal cakes, French pastries, homemade chocolates, cookies, macaroons and …
Read More »A TALE OF TWO SCHOLARS
In one of his classes, Engr. Francis B. Gubangco, a professor in the University of the East asked about the enrollment of Gabriel S. Ignacio as Ignacio’s name was not in the official class list and answered that the SM Foundation was still processing his enrollment since I was a transferee. He was both pleasantly surprised and elated he would …
Read More »Popular online host Agon wows Philippine Blockchain 2022
Margaret Gil, a former colleague at the defunct Radio Philippines Network (RPN) Channel 9 public affairs show “Action 9” stirred up by interest in Agon. Agon who? Agon Hare, the famous host of “Project Nightfall” on YuTube who has millions of viewers, likers and followers. It was during the frenzy of the Philippine Blockchain 2022 at the Marriot Grand Ballroom …
Read More »Mom Nora vs daughter Matet over dried and smoked fish
Superstar Nora Aunor is still phenomenal and controversial after all these years. Precisely. It is the Nora Aunor mystique that draws people to her as if the world has revolved back to its seventh decade ago. Imagine as frivolous yet commercially marvelous as selling homemade sardines, dried and smoke fish could be a source of controversy between her and adopted …
Read More »Chain reaction on Blockchain’s computer games’ neo-financial system
Have you heard of the word “blockchain”? “Blockchain,” says Wikipedia, is a system of recording information in a way that makes it difficult or impossible to change, hack or cheat the system. It is a digital ledger of transactions that is duplicated and distributed across the entire network of computer systems. In other words, the contents, infinite of them, are …
Read More »Jovit Baldivino defies doctor’s order not to sing while recuperating
Must an entertainer give in to the clamor of fans to perform even if he/she isn’t feeling well yet? If anything untoward happens to the performer, is he/she liable in his/her action? Or should the blame be put on the insistent fans? This is still the question left hanging as singer Jovit Baldovino recently died of aneurism before he was …
Read More »Reflections in light and shadow
Contained in this 220-page book Reflections in Light and Shadow: An Anthology of Short Memoirs are 57 essays and 14 poems penned by 18 participants of Memoir Writing Class, Batch 1 & 2 conducted through Zoom for about 6 months under Professor Oscar Penaranda, a US-based writer & lecturer. Penaranda obtained his Bachelor of Arts in Literature & Masters in …
Read More »The 2022 Pandayang Lino Brocka Political Film and New Media Festival and Christmas blues in showbiz
May I be personal about the 14th Pandayang Lino Brocka Political Film and New Media Festival? Although it’s over, its relevance is very pressing in the light of disinformation, trolls and fake news prevalent in media especially in socmed. Pandayang Lino Brocka, abbreviated as PLB, is one film festival which reeks with progressive films on reel truth telling and documentation …
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