On April 5, the town of Bayambang in Pangasinan bagged the Guinness World Record for the Tallest Bamboo Sculpture: the 50.23-meter high statue of the town’s patron, Saint Vincent Ferrer. The day it was unveiled was actually the 600th death...
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Written by: Kiana Palacios When the KPop group BTS won the Top Social Artist Award at the Billboard Music Awards, the world blew up. Being the first ever Korean group or artist to win an award in such an esteemed award show was a record-breaker and...
Let’s clear this up at the very start: the famed image of the black hole was the product of a team of 200 individuals all over the world. What Katie Bouman exclusively contributed was the algorithm required to form this image. She led the...
A mall fire in Davao last April 10 put to test one student’s true priorities as the guards started calling for everyone to evacuate. Hundreds of people had to evacuate but one student quickly went viral for clearly putting his stomach first....
If you’re itching to get out of the city but bored with your usual out-of-town haunts, why not go for a mountainside location that hardly makes you feel like you’re still in the country? The Northern Blossom Flower Farm in Atok, Benguet...
Miss Universe Catriona Gray may not be a stranger to receiving (amazing) fan art but this time it’s on a whole other level. A team of 50 workers, led by the Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice), have been working to produce this rice...
12 years ago, in 2007, a group of researchers found a bone in Cagayan’s Callao Cave. These researchers from France, Australia, and the Philippines would later realize that this bone dated back 67,000 years. They would then release a study on...
To kick-off this summer’s Boracay party series, The Day Club at Aqua Boracay launches the hottest pool parties on the island on April 18 & 21 featuring DJ Special T, DJ Vega and other surprise guest DJs. Thursday is dubbed POPSICLE –...
Temperatures are soaring all over the country, with PAGASA even declaring various areas having reached ‘danger levels’ in terms of heat. People and animal alike have been falling victim to heat stroke. The summer heat is no joke and...
This historic image of a black hole has taken a team of 200 scientists and a network of 8 telescopes all around the world to accomplish. It was born from the dream of Professor Heino Falcke of Radboud University, who first conceptualized the project...
Can’t wait to watch the eighth and final season of ‘Game of Thrones’ on Monday? Wondering if there’s any way you can share that enthusiasm and excitement with fellow fans of the show? We found a few places around the Metro...
MAS is thrilled to announce that American music sensation Lavaado will visit the Philippines for the first time on April 16-23 to mark the “Switch It Up” Philippine Tour, with performances, workshops and fan meet & greets lined up across...
Words by Cathlyn Mae Botor Featured Photo from Parrot Print It’s graduation season once again! It’s the time of the year when we all get nostalgic for the memories we cherished in school. Do you remember the ecstatic feeling you felt...
Screenshot from Pear Video If you have traveled on a plane, you’re probably familiar with the rule of not bringing liquid that goes over a certain amount on your carry-on because it is likely that the airport security will confiscate it....
With the heat index of the past few days reaching 40 degrees Celcius and above, it would be a good time for everyone to be wary of the temperature’s adverse effects on the body. One of the most important things to look out for is suffering a...
The adorable pupper who shot to fame due to her off-beat sleeping position is making it even bigger. She may already be akin to a public figure to us here in the Philippines, but the rest of the world is just catching on to this viral puppy. Her...
Words and Photos by Lorraine Giron College life is one of the most exciting yet daunting phases in one’s life. We enter these institutions hopeful, armed with optimism and enthusiasm for the future. However, the reality is college is not...
Words by Kaye Bernal Contrary to popular belief, just because an animated film has a princess in it does not mean that it’s already produced by Disney. So, I am gotta share some of the few non-Disney princesses that you might have...
Words and photos by Kaye Bernal Launched as the first modern and major shopping mall in the district of Malate, Manila, Harrison Plaza became an outlet for people from different walks of life. One of these people just so happens to be a descendant...
Written by Aira Mae Parado Photos by Kaye Bernal It’s that time of the year again and I’m sure most of you have already started planning your summer getaways. While the ideal is to spend this warm season chilling by the ocean, you might want to...
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Yasmien Kurdi (@yasmien_kurdi) on Apr 6, 2019 at 3:00am PDT She’s definitely beauty and brains: actress Yasmien Kurdi recently graduated college from Arellano University with a degree in political...
Words by Lorraine Giron Graphics by Jury Salaya Social Media has greatly changed the landscape of many fields, and the Philippine art scene is no exception. It was once an inaccessible world, known to be only for the elites, experts, and...
Xian Gaza. Remember him? He’s that guy who put up a billboard asking Erich Gonzales on a coffee date. (You can read this to refresh your memory a little.) Since then, Xian has been caught up in all sorts of trouble, particularly in violating...
To all the girls who’ve loved him before: Noah Centineo will be visiting the Philippines soon! The actor confirmed it himself in an interview with the Philippine Daily Inquirer. He said, “I’m actually going to be coming to the...
Words by Bea Lizarondo Soliman As the season finale is closely approaching, a vast number of Game of Thrones followers are occupying the days foregoing April 14 by immersing themselves once again in George R. R. Martin’s Seven Kingdoms. Some...