Multi-awarded folk-pop band Ben&Ben continues to set new career records as their 2020 hit Lifetime zoomed to the top of both the Official Philippines Chart of the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) and the Billboard Philippines Hot 100 chart, less than a month after the release of the song’s extended version, Lifetime (Reimagined).   For the week of April 10 to 16, Lifetime moved up one spot to reach the No. 1 position on IFPI’s Official Philippines Chart. The rankings were launched in February 2025 as part of the Official Southeast Asia Charts, an IFPI initiative that...

Almost every company was obliged to require their employees to work from home due to the outbreak of the COVID-19 virus. Working from home allowed every individual to spend more time with themselves, a majority of the population expressed satisfaction with the arrangement while a few employees favored working on-site since it facilitated communication among them.    But which of the two is better for the employees? In this article, I’ll be tackling the pros and cons of working from home and working on-site.   Work from home is a working environment setup where employees are free to do their...

Before setting off on a big adventure with Illumination’s “Migration,” get to know the film’s new original characters and the talented cast that voiced them.    “We tried to find actors that were somewhat like their roles,” shares director Benjamin Renner. “That was great because we could ask them to share experiences and adlib with their performances.”   Watch the trailer:    Mack (Kumail Nanjiani) Mack is the overly cautious patriarch of the Mallard family. Mack harbors irrational fears of the outside world and insists the family stay in the safe confines of their pond. His anxieties and worldview are...

President-elect Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr talks about accord for reviving his late father’s nuclear power plant project in Bataan. Marcos Jr said he met with South Korean Ambassador Kim Inchul on Monday to discuss a proposal regarding the Bataan power plant. The Bataan nuclear power plant was a project of Ferdinand Marcos Sr as a response to the 1973 oil hike crisis. It was signed in 1976 and completed in 1984 at a 1.9 billion dollar cost. However, due to financial issues brought by allegations of corruption and safety concerns following the 1986 Chernobyl power plant accident, it was never...

Have you discovered duplicate or dummy Facebook accounts under your name? You are not alone. A sudden surge of fake accounts has surfaced allegedly targeting students, activists, journalists, and others over the weekend amid the series of protests for the scrapping of the controversial Anti-terrorism bill. Photo courtesy of Pexels.com The alarm was first reported by U.P. Cebu’s official student publication Tugani, which said fake accounts of student activists who were arrested in a protest on June 5 were discovered.     Thousands of users across the country have also reported multiple ghost users that bear their names without any picture...