Yes, we get it. It has been months and months of staring at the walls of your house, feet aching with the desire to travel again to your favorite destination. The pandemic took a big hit on the tourism industry due to strict travel guidelines that were implemented.  For us staying comfortably at home, reopening the tourism industry will give us the chance to do leisure activities again — but for those who work for the tourist industry, this could be a lifesaver. As we start to open the Philippines once again for the sake of our economy, the government...

Global sports brand PUMA marks its bold foray into the Philippine basketball market by naming Kai Sotto as its first Filipino baller to serve as the newest global brand ambassador. The German sports brand revealed its partnership with the Filipino hooper import during its recently concluded autumn/winter collection preview party last April 19.    One of the best homegrown players from the Philippines, Kai is considered as one of the top basketball prospects in Asia and has a significant following among Filipino basketball fans the world over. His partnership with PUMA is set to strengthen the brand’s presence in the...

Will Smith and Martin Lawrence – cinema’s bad boys of action-comedy – are back again in Bad Boys: Ride or Die.    “It’s magical to see them both together,” says Bilall Fallah, who directs with his partner Adil El Arbi, and are best-known as simply Adil & Bilall. “It’s unbelievable, the chemistry they have. It’s always surprising when you’re behind the monitors directing the scene and they come up with this genius golden humor – you sit back, relax, and see them perform.” When that magic happens, he says, his job is easy. “They’re the best duo on the big...

As of Tuesday, January 12, 23 local government units (LGUs) in the Philippines have announced signing a deal for an advance purchase of the AstraZeneca vaccine. According to the data released by the Senate committee on finance chair Sonny Angara in December last year, AstraZeneca’s vaccine is one of the cheaper COVID-19 vaccines produced. The cost is only worth P610 for two doses per person. In terms of efficacy rate, researchers earlier noted during the first full peer-reviewed results of phase 3 trials of the COVID-19 vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University — that it is safe and up...

The Department of Foreign Affairs revealed on Thursday, January 12 during the pre-departure briefing at Malacanang Palace that President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. is eyeing to have a “soft-launch” of the controversial Maharlika Wealth Fund at the World Economic Forum 2023 at Davos, Switzerland. According to DFA undersecretary, Carlos Sorreta, the annual forum will be a great venue to introduce the sovereign wealth fund given that WEF is a prominent event wherein business leaders will be present. He also said that the president himself is the one who presented to discuss the proposed sovereign wealth fund.  “At the briefing this morning,...