On January 1, 2021, a 23 year-old PAL flight attendant named Christine Angelica Dacera was found unconscious in a bathtub at the City Garden Hotel located in Makati City by her friend Rommel Galida. Christine was first rushed to the hotel clinic to undergo cardio respiratory resuscitation or CPR by the hotel security manager Peter Paul Poningcos, but still remained unresponsive. According to the investigation from Makati Police, three friends and hotel staff then rushed Christine to Makati Medical Center but was declared dead-on-arrival due to ruptured aortic aneurysm. In an interview of GMA News, the mother of the flight...

Only 8% of the allocated P22.9 billion in financial help was dispensed in the NCR Plus area which was under an enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) for two weeks, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) said on Monday. In a televised Talk to the Nation briefing with President Rodrigo Duterte, DSWD Chief Rolando Bautista said P1,757,281,000 of the P22,915,422,000 social amelioration program fund was disbursed to constituents suffering the most from the lockdown. "As of April 11, based na rin sa data ng DILG (Department of the Interior and Local Government), ang actual beneficiaries paid ay 1,757,281 and amount...

Filipino alternative rock band Mayonnaise wraps up the celebration of their 20th anniversary in the Philippine music scene with a massive concert on May 20, 2023, at the QC Circle, from 5pm onwards.   Dubbed MAYO 20: The Finale, the anniversary concert marks the legacy of Mayonnaise as one of the most important Filipino bands of their time, producing remarkable hits that resonate with listeners of all ages and backgrounds.   MAYO 20: The Finale serves as the culminating event in a series of shows that aim to give back to the music fans who have supported the band since...

  Academy Award-winner Kevin Costner’s latest directorial effort, his passion project “Horizon: An American Saga,” is opening soon in Philippine cinemas, simultaneously with the rest of the world on June 28.    Costner, who wrote and also stars in the film, famously spent some of his own money on the sweeping Western saga. “I have a giant love for my movies and what they can be,” says Costner. “I was interested in the story that I wanted to tell. I put on the hat of being a financier, using my own money, mortgaging my own property, taking that risk to...

Bago tuluyang natapos ang taong 2020, isang napakagandang balita ang natanggap ng buong mundo tungkol sa bakuna kontra COVID-19. Isang regalong ating inasam-asam na magbibigay lunas sa pandemyang pilit sinisira ang pag-asa sa kamalayan ng marami. (Read: [Editoryal] Ligtas nga bang sumali sa solidarity trial ng mga bakuna kontra COVID-19?) Ilang kumpanya nga na gumagawa ng bakuna para sa virus ang nagpahayag ng kanilang kagustuhan na magsagawa ng clinical trial sa bansa na agad ikinatuwa ng maraming Pilipino. Ang lahat ng mga nasabing bakuna ay mahigpit na susuriin at pag-aaralan ng Food and Drug Administration (FDA) dahil sila ang magbibigay ng huling basbas...