Category: Lifestyle
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Seda Central Bloc Cebu launches buffet offerings with new show kitchen
On September 2022, Seda Central Bloc Cebu introduced a daily lunch buffet and weekend themed dinner buffet with its new show kitchen, which is bound to enhance the dining experience at Misto! The modern three-window show kitchen highlights the use of a Tuscany Charcoal Grill—the first of its kind in Cebu. Fresh meat and seafood…
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Cebuana wins top Bb. Pilipinas title
The Binibining Pilipinas pageant on Sunday tested candidates’ wits and their grasp of current affairs, with only 12 out of 40 aspirants advancing to the crucial question-and-answer round during the coronation ceremonies held at Smart Araneta Coliseum in Quezon City. Actor Joshua Garcia quizzed fellow thespian Stacey Daniella Gabriel, who is from Cainta, Rizal, on how she…
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34% of Filipinos say life went worse since last year
At least one third of Filipinos have felt that their lives took a turn for the worse after a year, polling firm Social Weather Stations (SWS) said in a recent survey released Thursday. According to the SWS, 34 percent of the respondents of the survey taken from April 19 to 27 said that their quality…
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Miss Universe PH unveils new crown for 2022 pageant
The next Miss Universe Philippines titleholder may be the third queen to be crowned by the national pageant organization, but she will still hold a distinction all her own — being the bearer of a new crown that will symbolize her reign. In partnership with international luxury jewelry brand Jewelmer, the Miss Universe Philippines came up…
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Filipino books and stories head to London Book Fair 2022
After their presence at the Frankfurt Book Fair 2021, Filipino literary creations are heading to the London Book Fair (LBF). Dubbed as one of the largest international rights trade fairs in the world, the fair is happening from April 5 to 7 in Olympia at Kensington, London. For the 2022 book fair, the Philippines is…
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Real-life ‘Sister Stella L’ dies at 78
The nun who was the inspiration behind the 1984 movie “Sister Stella L.” died at the age of 78, her congregation said. In a Facebook post, the Religious of the Good Shepherd said that Sister Mary Rosario “Chayong” B. Battung “peacefully” died on Thursday, Nov. 25 at Maria Droste Wellness Center in Quezon City. Her…
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Porters carry Istanbul’s trade traditions on their backs
Just blocks from Istanbul’s Grand Bazaar, porter Bayram Yildiz waits his turn in a dark alley to heave a huge bale on his back nearly double his bodyweight. A few others linger beside him, picking up textiles from a lorry and lugging them to local shops before sunrise, their heads bowed and their knees bent.…
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Rustan’s patriarch Benny Tantoco passes away
Bienvenido R. Tantoco Sr. has passed away, a member of the family confirmed on the morning of July 6, 2021. The former ambassador to the Vatican, known to many simply as Lolo Benny, was 100 years old. Together with his wife, the late Glecy Rustia Tantoco, Lolo Benny built what has become the Rustan’s Group…
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William and Kate celebrate 10 years of marriage
Prince William and his wife Kate mark a decade of marriage on Thursday, with the popular couple increasingly seen as the British monarchy’s future as other senior royals age or recede from view. Second-in-line to the throne William, 38, and Kate, 39, married at Westminster Abbey on April 29, 2011, after first meeting at university…
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Man builds ‘swimming pool’ out of banana trunks
Poverty did not prevent a man from granting the request of his seven-year-old granddaughter of having a swimming pool in their place in Barangay Baybayog here. Lacking the resources to purchase the inflatable types, Edgar Guiyab Paet used his little experience as a carpenter to put together a pool for his grandchild. Paet gathered trunks…