With almost a year until Paris 2024, the childhood home of Baron Pierre de Coubertin has been transformed to take guests on a journey through time. For one night only guests will get the opportunity to immerse themselves in Olympic history in Château de Mirville, an iconic stop on the Olympic torch relay in 2024.   Built in the 16th century, Château de Mirville is where the young Coubertin developed a love of sports that would eventually inspire him to revive and evolve the ancient Olympic Games into the modern Games as we know them today. And on July 18,...

On May 22, the Department of Tourism (DOT) announced that staycations and hotel bookings are already opened for tourists from areas that are under general community quarantine (GCQ) and modified general community quarantine. The Administrative Order 2020-002 states that hotels, resorts, motels, homestays, and other accommodation facilities are already allowed to operate and accept tourists as well as business travellers in GCQ and MGCQ areas, but are limited to a 50 percent capacity. Other hotel facilities will be allowed to resume operations too. "Ancillary establishments within the premises, such as restaurants, cafés, bars, gyms, spas, and the like, shall be...

Way back 2018, I found myself in a really bad place — I got addicted to online loaning apps. I was a typical 22-year old who wanted to live the life by travelling, constant eating out and hanging out with friends, partying, and buying really unnecessary expensive things to flex. You might say that that’s okay; that we should live life because as the millennials always say, you only live once. The problem was, I was not financially capable of having all these luxuries in my life. But because I wanted to be “in”, I got myself to a place...

Stereotyping, body-shaming, racial discrimination, and stigma are some of the issues seen in the learning modules of the Department of Education (DepEd) which earned the public ire and dismay, isn’t it alarming? Over the past months, netizens have been sharing some photos containing ‘controversial’ questions from the modules that imply physical discrimination and gender-stereotyping, it eventually sparked many debates and talks in the country and even categorized by known women’s advocate group Gabriela as ‘backward and dangerous ideals’ approach in the system of learning. What are the issues evident in the learning module of DepEd?   BODY-SHAMING The issue of...

  Troubled and alone, a boxer moves in with his long-lost mother and autistic pianist brother — but must fit in with a family he hasn't known for years.   About Seasons: Studio: Reality MM Director: Kerwin Go Cast: Zanjoe Marudo, Elijah Canlas, Dolly De Leon, and Michelle Dee