Elha Mae Nympha, an 11-year-old singer from Quezon City, has been declared the champion of The Voice Kids (TVK) Season 2 Sunday night. She received 42.16% of all text votes, beating Reynan Dal-Anay (31.64%), Esang de Torres (18.16%), and Sassa Dagdag (8.04%). It is the
“I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.” – Evelyn Beatrice Hall, British writer and Voltaire’s most famous biographer Just when many thought that the controversy within Iglesia ni Cristo (INC) is already fading from
Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past month or so, you most certainly have already heard about the so-called #AlDub love team. It is a recurring segment in GMA 7’s noontime show ‘Eat Bulaga’ starring actor Alden Richards and Nicomaine Dei “Yaya
With the year 2015 entering its last four months, Malacanang has already released the official list of holidays for the 2016. The announcement was made through President Benigno Aquino III’s Proclamation 1105, which was signed last August 20 and disseminated publicly Wednesday night. Just like this
Dulaang UP will begin its 40th theatrical season this August with #R</3J (Hashtag: R heartbreak J), a fresh take on William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. Written in 1567, this play is no doubt one of the greatest works of literature in world history. We all
UPDATED, SEPTEMBER 15 2015 Muslims in the Philippines and around the world will be observing Eid’l Adha or their annual feast of sacrifice this coming September 25, Friday. That day is a regular national holiday as mandated by Republic Act (RA) 9849, which was signed in 2009 by
Updated, 9AM According to the 5PM severe weather bulletin released by the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA), “Ineng” is already located 500 kilometers northwest of Basco, Batanes. It is moving north northeast at a speed of 15 kilometers per hour (kph). It
I was an overseas Filipino worker (OFW) for 15 years, having worked in countries such as Japan, Malaysia, Singapore and Hong Kong. There are around ten million OFWs, and the so-called balikbayan boxes are symbols of their ubiquity. Balikbayan boxes are shipped cargo boxes that usually contain
A still-unidentified woman who recently gave birth in Pasay City General Hospital has earned condemnation from netizens after a video of her repeatedly slapping her wailing newborn child was posted on social media. In the video, the red-clad woman can be seen lying on a
Updated, 11:00 AM In anticipation of torrential rains and possible flash floods caused by typhoon “Ineng” (international name: Goni) and the enhanced southwest monsoon or habagat, some local government units have already announced class suspensions for tomorrow, August 22. According to the 11PM storm bulletin