Beloved global chicken brand Popeyes is now accepting franchising partnerships with local investors in the Philippines. With the brand’s steadily growing popularity, interest in the business has also gone up. According to Dustin Ngo, Marketing Director for Popeyes Philippines, “The franchising program was the next logical step. It’s a good investment opportunity and aligns with Popeyes growth trajectory in the …
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A visual artist from Tagum City, Davao del Norte, flew all the way to Manila to receive the top prize, which came with a ₱100,000 cash gift in recently held awarding ceremony for the FFCCCII Tiktok Video Competition for young people. Mark Capareda was properly attired in a white Chinese-inspired formal dress shirt as he received his prize. Capareda’s entry, The …
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by Boy Villasanta Social media are abuzz with photos and videos purportedly showing Kathryn Bernardo at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) recently wearing a heavy face mask while pulling her suitcase in. Not far away from her, reportedly on the same day at the same time, was Lucena City Mayor Mark Alcala wearing face mask as well. According to …
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by Brillante Ma. Mendoza In the most recent elections, many actors and celebrities ran for public office. Some won, many lost. Even before the election period, there had been widespread criticism and disparagement from citizens who questioned the competence of celebrities in politics, arguing that governance is not their expertise. Valid criticism or not, politics is a game of perception …
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In the advent of indie spirit, documentary filmmaking is on the rise. Before, docus were non-fictional audio-visual exercises only seen on TV and special screenings in schools for history or social science classes; today, doc projects of diverse topics and issues are also sources of entertainment and information considered as major film productions as well, although exclusively screened in selected …
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There is unity in gaiety of the macho and pretty boy variety. This is the premise not necessarily only of the narrative but more of the characters interplay. It goes without saying that in the company of teenage masseurs spread out in the gross district of the city, there dwells an innate and genuine friendship among them exclusive circle until …
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Actor Ihman Basa Esturco has something to be proud of these days. Her niece Jobelle Junko Nunez, a Filipino based in New Zealand is taking the whole Down Under by storm when she formed Euphoria Dance Studio (with ninety percent Filipino membership) in NZ, competed and won in various dance competitions like 1st Place at Hip Hop Unite New Zealand, …
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by Boy Villasanta Out of twenty-three (23) submissions, only four were officially selected as the first batch of entries to the 2025 Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF). It was indeed a competitive race to reach the first top slots of the annual festival which kicks off Christmas day. December 25, 2025 and usually ends on the first week of the …
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PASSERBYBy Nestor Cuartero Piolo Pascual and Vice Ganda will be back when the 51st Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF) reels off on December 25 this year. The two box office stalwarts are the headliners in two of the first four films announced as official entries to the annual movie festival on July 8 at Glorietta 2 in Makati City. Piolo …
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PASSERBYBy Nestor Cuartero As war rages, then subsides, between Israel and Iran in light of current issues (nuclear weaponry, spiralling oil prices), we remember our business-pleasure trip to Israel in the mid-1990s. What better way, we thought, to mark that than by celebrating Father’s Day, June 15 this year, at this Mediterranean restaurant owned and managed by an Israeli husband …
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