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Skydiving boogie over Binalonan

It was a fun weekend when skydivers turned the WCC airfield in Pangasinan into a drop zone. The event was the 1st Binalonan Skydiving Invitational which was held on Feb. 9 and 10. Dozens of skydivers, including those in the Armed Forces of the Philippines...

Savage mind: Divergence and convergence

“I am the place in which something has occurred.”—Claude Lévi-Strauss, The Savage Mind It was a maverick idea, though not primitive, but on the whole fierce, rebellious, raw like some force of nature. Savage: Its old French term sauvage, from the ancient Latin silvaticus, takes...

Post-Valentine reflections on the streets of Manila at night

She broke her promise to be with me today, but still, I am in no position to complain. Yes, we might have spent the night of Valentine’s together in a coffee shop, with her ranting about her feelings and how he treated her,...

China accuses US of trying to block its tech development

BEIJING (AP) — China's government has accused the United States of trying to block its industrial development after Vice President Mike Pence said Chinese equipment poses a threat to countries that are rolling out next-generation mobile communications. And in a potential blow to U.S....

Measles rising

Measles has staged a comeback as a major public health threat.  As early as 2014, the country was already battling against the disease, with the final tally at 58,010 cases, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).  The figure didn’t include the 110 people, mostly children, who...

Manix Abrera: Rockin’ the Stars

I first met Manix Abrera in a van of all places, enroute to Quezon Province, while he was fast asleep. We were to deliver each a lecture together with the head of the University of Santo Tomas’ Department of Literature and the Humanities Dr....

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Grace: The heir of the last mambabatok

Grace literally discontinued her tattoo sessions yesterday. Though many customers, like us, were waiting. She needed to do something more important—rest and feed the...

Coins.ph and beep partnership ​help save time 

In a collaboration aimed at helping Filipinos skip the lines, Coins.ph, the leading digital wallet and mobile payments app, and contactless payment provider, beep...

Portrait of the National Artist as a musician

The pinnacle of artistic achievement in the Philippines is when you are named a National Artist. This is the reward given to the best...

Recent UP Study Finds Social Media a Valuable Tool for Understanding Philippine Tarsiers

The world of social media has become an increasingly important source of data for biodiversity and conservation, especially for rare or little-known species such...