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People visiting Tondol Beach in Anda, Pangasinan, will be surprised not only by the fine white-sand beach, but also by the paved road leading to the tourism destination, after Public Works and Highways (DPWH)–Pangasinan 1st District Engineer Smile D. Fermin reported the completion of the P43-million concrete paving of the Poblacion-San Jose-Namagbagan-Imbo-Tondol Road.

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. 

By Alvin I. Dacanay Four months after introducing its online-streaming service to Filipinos, Netflix said it’s open to showing movies and television shows from other countries, including the Philippines, and to collaborating with local directors and producers in creating original content for it. 

In celebration of May as National Heritage Month, the Cinematheque Centre Manila (CCM), in partnership with the National Film Archives of the Philippines, will screen several classic Filipino films that are regarded as some of the country’s best. 

Marvel fans are in for an exciting treat as Caltex with Techron gives them a chance to win passes for one of the most anticipated superhero prequels of the year: X-Men: Apocalypse.

Capital One Philippines Support Services Corp., the Alabang-based global in-house contact center of Capital One Financial Corp., has been given the Outstanding Community Project prize by the Philippine Economic Zone Authority (Peza).

An additional 55,000 Filipino children between six and 13 years old are expected to participate in the Kasibulan Grassroots Football Development Program (2015–2017), organized by the Philippine Football Federation (PFF) through the financial assistance of state-owned Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp. (Pagcor).

Washington, D.C.—A bacterium being trialed to control the spread of dengue has now been shown to prevent the transmission of the Zika virus, researchers said recently.

For over 50 years, Philusa Corp. has been bringing high-quality, yet affordable pharmaceutical and consumer products that Filipinos use every day at every stage of their lives.