A HEALTH WORKER at the National Kidney and Transplant Institute pushes a patient in a wheelchair in this Aug. 15, 2021 photo. — PHILIPPINE STAR/ MICHAEL VARCAS VINCENT GIAN N. SALAZAR, 26, fulfilled his lifelong dream by moving to the US as a healthcare practitioner in 2021, when the Philippines was reeling from the sting […]Read More

PHILIPPINE STAR/ KRIZJOHN ROSALES By Alyssa Nicole O. Tan, Reporter ROSE ANN SANTOS, 20, says ill-gotten wealth allegations against President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. and his family are just moonshine. “That is not true,” she said in an interview in Filipino on Thursday at the National Museum, where she came to hear him speak at […]Read More

AN animatronic crocodile was brought around the streets of Metro Manila in a publicity stunt to promote the new TV show Lolong. — PHOTO FROM GMA PUBLIC AFFAIRS/TWITTER SOCIAL media users have been seeing an awful lot of crocodiles on their feeds lately. No, not politicians. Real ones. Sort of. First there were photos of […]Read More

By Luisa Maria Jacinta C. Jocson, Reporter SHARES in Balai Ni Fruitas, Inc. ended lower by 7.14% or five centavos to P0.65 on market debut on Thursday, with analysts blaming inflation and rising commodity prices for the stock’s fate. The firm listed 1.49 billion primary and secondary shares on the small, medium, and emerging (SME) […]Read More

THE EIGHT new National Artists for 2022 were honored with at a tribute ceremony at the Cultural Center of the Philippines on June 29. In attendance were National Artist for Dance Agnes Locsin; National Artists for Film and Broadcast Arts Nora Villamayor (a.k.a Nora Aunor) and Ricardo “Ricky” Lee; and National Artist for Literature Gemino […]Read More

BW FILE PHOTO NATIONAL Grid Corp. of the Philippines (NGCP) said on Thursday that it is “significantly closer” to interconnecting the electricity grids in Mindanao and the Visayas after it completed key components of the project, including facilities in areas where they will link. In a statement, the privately owned power transmission company said it […]Read More

CHRIS PRATT in a scene from The Terminal List. — IMDB.COM LONDON — Hollywood actor Chris Pratt brings author Jack Carr’s best-seller The Terminal List to the small screen this week in a new television adaptation of the first novel in the hit book series. The Jurassic World star plays Navy SEAL officer James Reece […]Read More

View of Niseko Hokkaido Japan during Winter DOUBLEDRAGON Corp. said on Thursday that its subsidiaries DDPC Worldwide Pte. Ltd. and Hotel101 Worldwide Private Ltd. secured the purchase of a lot in Japan for the development of its first international Hotel101 branch. “DoubleDragon envisions the homegrown Filipino Hotel101 brand to become world-class in all standards and […]Read More

A SCREENSHOT from themusic video for “Flowers” fromKanye West’s album Donda 2. RAPPER, producer and entrepreneur Kanye West, who legally changed his name to Ye last year, was sued on Wednesday for allegedly sampling a song by musician Marshall Jefferson without permission. Ultra International Music Publishing LLC said “Flowers” from West’s album Donda 2 includes […]Read More

BW FILE PHOTO THE PESO rebounded versus the dollar on Thursday, returning to the P54 level, on lower global oil prices and as the incoming Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) chief said they may consider a more aggressive rate hike at their August meeting to temper rising inflation. The local unit closed at P54.975 per […]Read More