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Alma Anonas-Carpio

Soak up the beer months at Resorts World Manila

As countries around the world kick off their respective Oktoberfest celebrations, Resorts World Manila (RWM) gives the popular Bavarian occasion a Filipino touch with...

ValuePlus Auto Service: The Casa Alternative

"ValuePlus Auto Service ( VP Auto Service ) offers a variety of services, using the latest Diagnostic Equipment available in the automotive aftermarket industry. With its pool...

Franchising Guru unfolds 6th book: “An Entrepreneur’s Journey”

Is your heart driving you towards running a business? If it is your passion, then invest in learning and re-learning. Be equipped as a franchising...

Halloween boos & booze at Richmonde Hotel Ortigas

Fill up on fun surprises and intoxicating brews this Halloween at Richmonde Hotel Ortigas. From October 31 to November 4, 2018, book a thrilling...

Uppance come a-knocking

In criminal law, it is believed that “the guilty flee when no one pursueth but the innocent are as bold as a lion.”  This...

SSS releases more than P49M in pension loans in 12 days

The state-run Social Security System (SSS) has released P49.78 million in pension loans to 1,976 qualified pensioners during the first 12 days of pilot...

SMIC chairman and SM Foundation president Sio addresses scholars at general assembly

Some 500 SM scholars from NCR, Bulacan, Pampanga, Tarlac, Olongapo, Cabanatuan, Pangasinan, Cavite, Laguna, Batangas and Quezon convened at SM Mall of Asia for...

PCSO readies assistance for ‘Ompong’ victims

Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) General Manager Alexander Balutan announced on Sunday that the agency is on standby to release its calamity fund once...

Oktoberfest at Vu’s Sky Bar and Lounge

Celebrate Germany’s annual festival at Vu’s Sky Bar and Lounge with authentic Bavarian sausages and staple beer beginning Sept. 26. With its unique vista of...

Bellevue Resort breaks new record during the International Coastal Cleanup 2018

Last Sept. 22, two-time ASEAN Green Hotel awardee and sole International Coastal Cleanup 2018 participant in Panglao Island, The Bellevue Resort, spearheaded the Doljo...

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Americana, on his back

My grandfather was shipped out of the Philippines in the 1920s, and landed in Stockton, California—less as a starry-eyed immigrant, and more as imperial cargo.  The Americans needed hands, and the Philippines—trophy from the Spanish-American War—had plenty to spare. Men like him crossed the Pacific not on a...

Of ‘balimbing’ and coup

It is balimbing season once again. Balimbing is a fruit with many sharp sides, so that it has been popularly used to describe agile politicians who are able to change sides quickly everytime there is a change in the political weather. It is the local term for...

4th Refugee Film Festival champions youth voices, stories of solidarity

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Philippines celebrated World Refugee Day by hosting the 4th Refugee Film Festival at the Natividad Fajardo-Rosario Gonzalez Auditorium of De La Salle University Manila last June 20. The film festival aimed to foster global awareness, build empathy, and mobilize meaningful action...