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Here’s another reason for you to travel domestic as pandemic restrictions ease up: the Philippines has once again bagged two awards in the recent 2021 World Travel Awards. The country was named Asia’s leading beach destination and Asia’s leading dive destination–at the 28th edition of WTA. With these wins, the country continues its streak since […]

Admittedly, it can be difficult to keep up with the ever-changing quarantine restrictions in the country. The Inter-Agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) has announced that Metro Manila will be under ‘Alert Level 3’ starting October 16. Read: New Normal Essentials You Shouldn’t Leave Home Without Ok, cool, but what does that mean, […]

Ndakasi the mountain gorilla, famous for a viral selfie in 2019, has died at the age of 14. Ndakasi passed away on September 26 from a prolonged illness, according to the Virunga National Park. She died in the arms of her longtime caretaker and friend, Andre Bauma. Bauma had taken care of Ndakasi since 2007, […]

Rappler’s Ressa won the award for her “efforts to safeguard freedom of expression.” Journalist and Rappler chief executive Maria Ressa joined Russian newspaper executive Dmitry Muratov as the recipient of the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize, the Swedish award-giving body announced on Friday. The Norwegian Nobel Committee bestowed the award to Ressa and Muratov for their “efforts to safeguard freedom of […]

“I would like to express to the victims my sadness and pain for the trauma that they suffered,” His Holiness said.  During his weekly audience at the Vatican on Wednesday, Pope Francis said he is “shamed” by the Catholic church’s failure to prevent pedophile priests in France, after a landmark report on Tuesday that revealed the French […]