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The silent protests that go in community pantries

Silent protests go in community pantries

What started out as a humble gesture along Maginhawa St., Quezon City became an epidemic of kindness that spread like wildfire in the country. Community pantry is among the ultimate symbols of bayanihan in our modern times, or in this [...]

April 20, 2021 Lifestyle
Priest serves ‘lugaw’ during Last Supper reenactment

Priest serves ‘lugaw’ during Last Supper reenactment

To some, what is essential may be invisible to the eye. But not to this priest who served the famed Filipino rice porridge, or “lugaw”, during the reenactment of Last Supper on Maundy Thursday, April 1. Priests from the St. [...]

April 3, 2021 Lifestyle
virus hunters

‘Virus hunters’ hope to stop the next pandemic

Researchers wearing headlamps and protective suits race to untangle the claws and wings of bats caught up in a big net after dark in the Philippine province of Laguna. The tiny animals are carefully placed in cloth bags to be [...]

March 23, 2021 Lifestyle
Retrenched At 26

I Was Retrenched At 26 And No Savings

I am a 26 year old female and was retrenched in November 2020. It was an immediate termination. I was then an office manager/executive assistant earning $3,800 a month. You think retrenchment only happens to people in their mid-40s and [...]

March 18, 2021 Lifestyle

Don’t worry about the family that ignores

  Don’t worry about the family that ignores and acts like you don’t matter. Love the ones who are always there for you, no matter what. [...]

November 28, 2018 Lifestyle

Never leave your child alone with daddy, consequences will be the same like this

When mother is not at home, how will the father look after children? These following ways are definitely the most useful. It’s sure that all of wives want to call their husband be ”heroes”. When mother is not at home, [...]

September 9, 2018 Lifestyle

Puka Beach 27 days after the Boracay rehabilitation [PHOTOS]

Here are the surprising photos of Boracay’s new look after 27 days of government’s rehabilitation and restoration program. Boracay has been the headlines of several local news outlets and social media pages for the past few months after the President [...]

May 24, 2018 Lifestyle

According To Science, Husbands Stress Their Wives Twice As Much As Their Kids Do – Here’s Why

Husbands Stress Their Wives Twice As Much As Their Kids: It’s a common running joke that moms tend to see their husband as an extra child in the family in terms of the amount of stress they produce, and a [...]

March 7, 2018 Lifestyle

Facebook to let users rank ‘trust’ in news sources

Facebook announced on Friday that it would ask its two billion users to rank their trust in news sources starting next week, in its latest attempt to combat the spread of misinformation on the social network site. The change to [...]

January 20, 2018 Lifestyle

Bring good luck into your household as you welcome 2018

New year, new possibilities! The year 2017 might have been struggle for some and to turn that around, we  consulted with Feng Shui expert Jean Chua to help make 2018 a better, more prosperous year. It’s hard to tell what [...]

December 27, 2017 Lifestyle