Hollywood megastar Jude Law and famed Italian actor and dubber Giancarlo Giannini share the spotlight in the latest ad campaign for Johnnie Walker Blue Label. The six-minute short film tells the story of an aging man (played by Giannini) who brags about his most treasured
President Benigno Aquino III is scheduled to deliver his fifth State of the Nation Address this Monday, July 28, before the joint session of Congress at the House of Representatives. In line with this, classes in public elementary and high schools around the area, mostly
With still five months to go before 2014 ends, the Office of the President has already released the list of national holidays for the year 2015. Malacanang made the announcement through Proclamation 831, which President Benigno Aquino III signed early this month but was only
The highly-anticipated basketball exhibition game between members of Gilas Pilipinas and an NBA all-star team was unceremoniously scrapped at the last minute. National head coach Chot Reyes made the announcement in front of the thousands of fans who trooped to the Smart Araneta Coliseum Tuesday
A news item from GMA News Online supposedly titled “Overflowing STD virus from Kris Aquino causes a stink at NAIA-1” left lots of Facebook users amused when it went viral Monday night. Netizens took screenshots of the post, most of them wondering if GMANews.tv was hacked or
The central Visayan province of Cebu will be celebrating its 445th foundation anniversary this coming August 6, Wednesday. August 6 is a special non-working holiday throughout the province as mandated by Republic Act 8952, which was enacted in 2000 during the time of then-President Joseph
The Philippines will be marking the 150th birth anniversary of hero and revolutionary Apolinario Mabini this coming July 23, Wednesday. The day is a special non-working holiday throughout Batangas, Mabini’s home province, according to a proclamation issued last July 7 by the office of Governor
Another weather disturbance is threatening the Philippines just a few days after typhoon “Glenda” battered provinces in Bicol and Southern Tagalog regions as well as Metro Manila. Tropical storm “Henry,” international code name: “Matmo,” has been spotted 965 kilometers east-northeast of Siargao Islands in the
With Typhoon Glenda (international code name: Rammasun) expected to stay in the Philippine area of responsibility until Friday at the latest, local government units had announced class suspensions in their respective constituencies for today, July 15. Similar declarations are expected to be made for tomorrow.
(UPDATE, July 14: President Aquino has declared July 29 as a regular holiday through Proclamation 826. Read the full text of Proclamation 826 here.) ******************* Muslims in the Philippines and throughout the world will be marking the end of the holy month of Ramadan sometime