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The World Health Organization described the COVID-19 pandemic as “one big wave” and warned against complacency in the northern hemisphere summer since the infection does not share influenza’s tendency to follow seasons.
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K-pop band ATEEZ played London’s Wembley arena on Saturday as part of their world tour, which was delayed from 2020 by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.
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About 36% of Filipinos believe former vice president Maria Leonor G. Robredo could have performed better than President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. in leading the country and solving its problems, a new survey by WR Numero Research showed.
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TNT’s move comes as more Thai series and films are becoming more popular in the Philippines — the so-called “Thai Invasion,” a term used to describe the phenomenon of Thailand’s growing prominence in the international pop culture scene.
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GOT7 is among the first multinational K-idol groups to reap worldwide success. Keep Spinning was their first full concert in Manila, which sold out within eight hours from the opening of the box office.
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THE PHILIPPINE Educational Theater Association (PETA) returns to live theater with a new original musical, Rody Vera’s Walang Aray.
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How do Filipino Grade 5 students compare with ASEAN counterparts in terms of proficiency in reading, math, and writing?
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Nestlé Milo's "Energy Gap" with James Reid named top ad for YouTube Ads Leaderboard for se…
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K-pop singer Jin, a member of the hit boy band BTS, will release his first official solo single next week, the seven-member band’s agency said on Wednesday, following this week’s announcement that he will soon start military duty.
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Vice President Maria Leonor G. Robredo on Monday urged Filipinos to reject attempts to revise history as the country commemorated the 48th year since the late dictator Ferdinand E. Marcos declared martial law.
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BGYO records chorus for Trolls Band Together, New Pinoy edition of Takeshi’s Castle and more in our Entertainment News.
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CINEMA love team and real-life couple Kathryn Bernardo and Daniel Padilla celebrate their 10th anniversary as a love team with a new series, 2 Good 2 Be True, which will be shown on Netflix and on the Kapamilya channels.
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ALYSSA Valdez, the face of Philippine volleyball, has finally made it to the 20-player national pool where the country will select who are the 14 to represent the country in the 31st Hanoi Southeast Asian (SEA) Games set May 12-23.
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Over P4 billion in funding was left unutilized in 2018 for the rehabilitation of Marawi City due to the absence of rebuilding proposals from various agencies, an official overseeing the city’s reconstruction said.
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SB19’s Josh Cullen releases new single, XG unveils fourth single, and more in our Entertainment News.
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Aside from having lovely cinematography and thoughtful production design, the movie Ulan features Nadine Lustre as a believable unlucky-in-love wallflower. READ:
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THREE short films featuring the iconic cosmopolitan scenery of Hong Kong make up “Hong Kong In The Lens By Asian Directors,” a project produced by CJ ENM and the Hong Kong Tourism Board (HKTB).
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THE PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT’S continued rejection of the International Criminal Court (ICC) probe of its deadly drug war could deter other countries from pursuing economic partnerships with the Philippines, according to experts.
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The Philippine government is seeking another $500-million (P25.4-billion) loan from the World Bank (WB) to fund programs that will assist poor households and small businesses amid the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.
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PREPAID brand TNT launched its latest ad campaign featuring three of Thailand’s leading actors: Nonkul Chanon, Gulf Kanawut, and Mario Maurer.
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GINEBRA San Miguel’s new Calendar Girl — actress, dancer, reality star, and model Chie Filomeno – not only graces five new calendars from the spirits brand, she comes to life through an online interface.
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Spotlight | GCash reminds everyone to
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before clicking links as it will never send links via SMS, emails and other messaging apps. Report fake links to Gigi thru the GCash Help Center.
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The Hows of Us now available online, Club Knots offers fun for stay-at-home kids, Naomi G joins Umami Records and more in our Entertainment News!
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With protagonists coming from Thailand and the Philippines meeting and falling in love in Hong Kong, the romantic drama film Under Parallel Skies promises to be a heartwarming cross-cultural story.
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Spotlight | vivo has officially launched the vivo V27 Series, which boasts a first-of-its-kind technology in the industry, the Aura Portrait Algorithm, that will +
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UP Mining Engineering students present a kaldero as gift to new DENR Sec. Gina Lopez | via
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Uniqlo launches Roger Federer T-shirts, SpongeBob, KANGDANIEL global collaboration, and more in our Style stories!
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ACTRESS/SINGER Nadine Lustre and LGBTQIA+-friendly business services company TaskUs are collaborating on a virtual concert, Nadine, Together With Us, which aims to raise funds to support displaced drag artists and the elderly gay community.
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A GREEK skincare brand which arrived in the Philippines during the pandemic distills the power of nature and gives back to it — with the help of actress Nadine Lustre.
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GLOBE Telecom, Inc. and its digital entertainment arm, Kroma Entertainment, will continue its partnership with Asia Video Industry Association (AVIA) to fight illegal streaming and downloading of pirated content in the Philippines.
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Nine of 10 Filipinos have high trust in President Rodrigo R. Duterte and the government amid the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic, according to a poll by consultancy firm EON Group and research firm Tangere.
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PAINFUL and disturbing reality and truths viewed on screen can be even more difficult to face in real life. Mikhail Red confronts this reality in the techno-horror film Deleter.
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Japan coastguard rescues one person in search for missing NZ livestock ship. The rescued Filipino crew member said the ship’s engine failed before it was hit by a wave and capsized. READ:
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Benigno S.C. Aquino III, the Philippine president who tried to send corrupt officials to jail and took China to court for its island-building activities in the South China Sea, has died. He was 61.
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ACTORS Bea Alonzo and Alden Richards are the new ambassadors for the food and beverage company Century Tuna.
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AN EXODUS of online casinos from Manila is slowly emptying the Philippine capital’s residential towers, pulling rents lower, according to property broker KMC Savills, Inc. Next year could be worse, it said.
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AFTER the trip to Mindanao and performing with talents from the big island down south for the first part of her musical trilogy, singer and actress Julie Anne San Jose travels to the Visayas in Limitless Part 2: Heal.
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KOREAN actor Kim Soo Hyun wore a white Bench round neck shirt last week upon arrival at the airport.
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SINGER-songwriter and actress Julie Anne San Jose has traveled around the Philippines in order to share music with various communities in a virtual reality concert, Limitless, A Musical Trilogy via GMA Synergy.
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WATCH: Darren Espanto and Morissette Amon perform “A Whole New World” from Disney’s live-action remake of Aladdin at a listening party.
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The Maharlika Investment Fund will make government banks weaker, says Enrico P. Villanueva, a chief risk consultant and a senior lecturer of economics at the University of the Philippines Los Baños.
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GINEBRA San Miguel’s new Calendar Girl — actress, dancer, reality star, and model Chie Filomeno – not only graces five new calendars from the spirits brand, she comes to life through an online interface.
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E-WALLET giant GCash will now cover customers’ names when sending money as part of its commitment to protect users’ information.
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BOYS’ Lockdown is another entry to the ever-growing list of boys’ love series, a genre which has seen a surge in popularity this year, and this time, its writer said that this is for people who want to see a cute, fluffy romance with a happy ending.
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TAX and finance experts on Wednesday urged President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. to pay his family’s P200-billion estate tax to make his government credible in going after tax evaders.
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TICKET2ME, a fully digital ticketing and video platform for events, is planning to expand to Singapore this year as it seeks to take advantage of the strong recovery of the live entertainment industry.
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AN ADMINISTRATION led by incumbent Vice-President Maria Leonor G. Robredo will be more “market-friendly” than that by Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr., Nomura Global Research said on Tuesday.
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Cocolife ambassador athlete Kiefer Ravena realized a lot of things in the past few months. A realization that appealed to him the most is appreciating life’s simple and small things.
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A NEW upbeat and danceable song was the works for singer Julie Anne San Jose when the world unexpectedly stopped last year.
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Spotlight | 20 winners of
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In the Philippines, Disney is passing on the legacy of Aladdin’s music to two of the country’s young vocal powerhouses, Morissette Amon and Darren Espanto, who worked together on a localized version of "A Whole New World." READ:
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AFTER the trip to Mindanao and performing with talents from the big island down south for the first part of her musical trilogy, singer and actress Julie Anne San Jose travels to the Visayas in Limitless Part 2: Heal.
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ICYMI: Top entry-level salaries in the digital field in the Philippines aren’t enough to rent a one-bedroom apartment in the central business districts (CBDs), according to a recent report by e-commerce website iPrice Group.
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The proposed measure that seeks to grant San Miguel Aerocity, Inc. various tax incentives for the P740-billion Bulacan airport project is likely to get strong support from senators.
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Nongovernment group Angat Buhay Foundation, which was founded by former VP Leonor “Leni” G. Robredo, has helped 20,131 families and 15,636 people from 176 communities since it was set up in July last year, it said in a statement at the weekend.
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Several dozen Hong Kong democrats are due to report to local police stations across the city on Sunday, with some expecting to be charged with breaches of national security as a crackdown on the democratic opposition intensifies.
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JUST IN: The regular savings dividend rate of the Philippines’ Home Development Mutual (Pag-IBIG) Fund hit 6.55% in 2023.
MP2 Savings, a voluntary savings facility with a 5-year maturity, posted an annual return rate of 7.05%.
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LEGAL drama Suits took the top spot as the most streamed title ever from another audience favorite The Office in 2023, while shows on Netflix dominated overall streaming charts, according to Nielsen data.
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Spotlight | Cocolife, through a video message for 2022 from its brand ambassador Kiefer Ravena, delivers a message of encouragement for Filipinos to have hope, and +
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HOW lucky I am to be old enough not to deal with the problems faced by the characters in the pandemic rom-com Love at First Stream.
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Why you should still try to avoid catching Omicron — experts say it is not time to be complacent about the fast-spreading coronavirus variant.
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Elon Musk’s Starlink is in talks with two Philippine telcos to launch its ultrafast satellite internet in a country with slow speeds and poor connectivity.
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Brand Aid Noche Buena, Alden Richards augmented reality concert, Philippine Madrigal Singers in concert and more in our Stuff to do stories!
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Gogoro, a Taiwanese company, introduced its smart electric scooters and first battery swapping station for pilot testing in Metro Manila on Monday, with the goal of promoting sustainable transport systems in the Philippines.
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Spotlight | GCash alerts users of certain unlicensed gambling online sites that have used the GCash brand and its logo in their online advertisements unfairly and without authority from GCash.
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NEWS UPDATE: The House of Representatives has approved on second reading a bill that seeks to lower taxes on stock transactions to 0.1% from the current 0.6%.
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Maria Ressa, who won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday with Russian journalist Dmitry Muratov, said she was stunned by the news.
“I am in shock,” Ms. Ressa told a live broadcast by Rappler, the online news website she co-founded.
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SM Development Corp. (SMDC) tapped Korean actor Lee Min-ho, best known for his roles in “Boys Over Flowers” and “Pachinko,” as its newest endorser.
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SENATOR Panfilo M. Lacson, a candidate for President, said Tuesday that he and his running mate, Senate President Vicente C. Sotto III, are consulting health experts to find alternatives to lockdowns, which he said have done major damage to the economy.
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JAPAN’S new foreign minister is backing the Philippines in its sea dispute with China and supports the 2016 ruling by a United Nations-backed tribunal that voided China’s claim to more than 80% of the South China Sea, according to the DFA.
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Lea Salonga's concert, titled Perfect Ten, will feature Ms. Salonga’s career-defining songs as a Broadway actress and singing voice of two Disney Princesses (Mulan and Jasmine). The Tony winner will perform on Aug. 30 & 31 in Resorts World Manila.
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V of BTS releases solo debut album, KZ Tandingan holds major concert, and more in our Entertainment News!
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@Omise
, a Thailand-based payment gateway for Southeast Asia, makes it to the list of
@SparkUpPH
's ASEAN startups to watch out for.
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#ASEAN2017
information, features, and updates
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IN 2021, Vietnam overtook the Philippines. Vietnam’s gross domestic product (GDP) per capita, a measure of a nation’s economic output per person, reached $3,756.5, while that of the Philippines’ stood at $3,460.5, according to a World Bank report.
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Sponsored post | Pi2Day Meet & Greet on July 02, 2023 (Sunday) from 11 am to 8 pm at Le Pavillon, @ Metropolitan Park, Roxas Boulevard, Pasay City, Philippines.
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Former First Lady Imelda R. Marcos and her two daughters have lost their chance to present evidence for failing to show up at a hearing on an ill-gotten wealth lawsuit on Thursday, the Philippines’ anti-graft court said.
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Dior Homme took to the runway with a polished lineup of reworked classics on Friday, kicking Paris Fashion Week’s menswear shows into high gear with a celebrity-packed show.
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From an exciting collaboration with a beloved animated series, to naming its first international male ambassador, here’s what Ever Bilena has prepared for this month.
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SPOTLIGHT | Having someone who believes and encourages us can somehow boost our vigor in working on our dreams, even when dealing with challenges. For renowned sportsman and Cocolife ambassador Kiefer Ravena, he gains his inner strength to move +
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SM Development Corp. (SMDC) tapped Korean superstar Lee Min -ho as its new brand ambassador, as it seeks to attract more overseas buyers.
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This infographic compares the current daily minimum wages set by the country’s Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board and the inflation-adjusted minimum wages as of June based on latest data by the Philippine Statistics Authority.
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The Philippines is set to become the 22nd biggest economy in the world over the next 15 years despite the disruption caused by the coronavirus pandemic, a report showed. READ:
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