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Stories by Filipino speculative-fiction writers are gaining success with Czech publishers, the Czech Embassy in the Philippines reported recently. 

Shangri-La Plaza is home to Metro Manila’s most interesting and in-demand dining destinations that offer a myriad of choices that promise indulgent and unforgettable culinary experiences. 

Seven years after becoming a finalist at a prestigious international art competition in Germany, artist Nasser Lubay is set to open his first solo exhibit, Nursery of Curiosities, at the Arte Pintura Gallery in Mandaluyong City on Sunday. Presented by the Artist Playground, Arte Pintura and Talent Factory Inc., and curated by Philip Almazan Paraan, Nursery of Curiosities will not only …

To celebrate its revamped website—millenniumhotels.com— Millennium Hotels & Resorts has introduced the Millennium Saver offer, which gives guests the chance to discover Southeast Asia at its best rate, one that is coupled with generous rewards and comes with greater flexibility. 

In a move that highlights its understanding of the significance and value that Filipinos give to personalizing things and to their ties with family and friends, Italian cocoa-spread brand Nutella unveiled late last week its #YourNutella campaign in the Philippines to encourage customers to pay tribute to people they consider special, as well as to express gratitude to them for …

As expected, several well-known entertainers and a few athletes outshone their rivals to emerge victorious in last Monday’s national and local elections. 

Actor Robin Padilla filed before the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) last Thursday charges of online defamation and online libel against one of the Internet users who criticized him after he posted on his Instagram account a photograph of a shaded ballot allegedly taken by him inside a polling precinct on May 9. 

Premier Apple reseller Power Mac Center formally ended its Pixelworkx Cinemansanas digital short film competition last Thursday by honoring 12 entries shot and edited using Apple devices as finalists, with two of these—one, about the coping power of the imagination; the other, an unusual portrait of Filipino millennials— coming out on top.

If you and your friends need to retreat from your busy, energy-sapped lives in Metro Manila and spend a night or two surrounded by sand, sea, slopes and sunlight, there’s really only one place—one that isn’t too far from the metropolis— that comes to mind: Nagsasa Cove in San Antonio town, Zambales province.

German bier bar and restaurant chain Brotzeit has given Bonifacio Global City in Taguig City another terrific place where lovers of good German food and beer can to go when it opened its latest branch at Shangri-La at the Fort last month.