The young woman behind the viral video “Ang Boyfriend Kong Writer,” Beverly Cumla tells us the real story behind her spoken word piece about an experience that most people can probably relate to: to love fully and to be hurt. Read on to find out more about the writer herself and how she came to write and perform such a …

Binibining Pilipinas Jennifer Hammond lands on the Top 15 of Miss Intercontinental 2016 during the coronation night held in Colombo, Sri Lanka on Sunday. Miss Puerto Rico, Heilymar Rosario Velázquez was crowned Miss Intercontinental 2016 while Tracy Zilva of Sri Lanka was named first runner-up. Miss Ghana Vera Safoah grabbed second runner-up, Floriana Russo of Italy was third runner-up, and Amal Karina Nemer …

On Monday, China sent two astronauts into space with an orbiting space lab. At about 7:30 a.m. local time, astronaut Chen Dong and mission commander Jing Haipeng took off aboard the manned Shenzhou-11 spacecraft from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Northern China. This is just a step towards China’s goal of operating its first space station by the year …

Hold your horses Dubai, the largest theme park destination in the region opens its magical doors on October 31. Dubai Parks and Resorts, the region’s largest integrated theme park, announced on September 30 that it will open with Legoland Dubai and Riverland Dubai, the retail dining and entertainment district. Raed Kajoor Al Nuaimi , CEO of DXB Entertainments PJSC and owner of Dubai Parks …

For the first time in the history of the Nobel Prize for Literature, the award was given to a singer-songwriter, American Bob Dylan, originally known as Robert Allen Zimmerman. The Swedish Academy announced Dylan as the winner, citing in a press release that he is being recognized “for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition”. The …

The United Nations declared October 11 as the International Day of the Girl Child, with the first Day of the Girl celebrated in 2012. The international day of observance was established to put a spotlight on gender inequality that millions of girls face in the world, just because they are girls. Among the challenges that girls face are basic rights …

Living with disability is difficult, because everything one needs to do comes with special requirements. For four visually-impaired college students, Jemar Togonon, Roland Christian Faelnar, Roland Christopher Faelnar and Shiela Marie Tiongzon, everyday in school can be a struggle, but because they want to finish their tertiary studies, they continue to pursue their dreams. All four students applied to the …

The second to the last Nobel Prize, this time for exemplary work in Economics has been awarded to two economists, Oliver Hart of Harvard University and Bengt Holström of the Masachusetts Institute of Technology. Their work in the area of contract theory, according to the press release of the Royal Academy of Sciences, “sheds light on how contracts help us …

On Tuesday, October 10, Baguio City celebrated the 25th Local Government Month and Barangay Day with the theme, “Pagsulong.Progreso.Pagbabago” at the Baguio Convention Center. Presidential Proclamation No. 63 recognized the important role of local government units in nation building and declared the month of October every year as Local Government Month and the 10th of October as the Local Government Day. The …

October is Indigenous Peoples Month in the Philippines which is an opportune time to recognize the contributions of the many indigenous peoples groups to the country’s culture and development. In the Cordillera Administrative Region, it also the time to showcase indigenous cultural practices as well as gather together and discuss the challenges that IPs in the region are facing. Baguio …