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Isla 7107: Business with heart and ‘sole’

She wears her champion’s sash not just as a badge of honor and beauty, but as a symbol of responsibility and duty. More than just a beauty queen with an advocacy, Miss Earth 2014 Jamie Herrell is an entrepreneur driven by a lot of Filipino heart and ’sole.’ “It’s kind…
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Happy Easter! Nine hotels with egg-citing deals for Easter

Happy Easter! Nine hotels with egg-citing deals for Easter

The best hotels in the metro are ready to give you the most 'Eas-terrific' holiday this week! From delicious dining options to cozy family staycations, here are eight hotels with egg-citing Easter packages just for you. Madagascar comes to Novotel Manila Araneta Center   (Madagascar comes to Novotel!) From 2 p.m. to 5 p.m.…
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Too Much is Not Enough: Manila FAME returns on April 21

Too Much is Not Enough: Manila FAME returns on April 21

The country’s premium home, fashion and lifestyle event, Manila FAME, is slated to return to the World Trade Center in Metro Manila with the first half of its 65th edition on April 21-23, 2017. This year’s edition will showcase over 300 micro, small and medium enterprises and their home, fashion, architecture and…
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Review: Repertory Philippines’ In The Next Room (or The Vibrator Play)

Review: Repertory Philippines’ In The Next Room (or The Vibrator Play)

By ISABELLA OLIVARES  Following the tension-filled Agnes of God in Repertory Philippines’ 2017 season is a cheeky modern comedy. What happens behind closed doors? In Repertory Philippines’ new theatrical comedy, pretty much everything. (In The Next Room (or The Vibrator Play)) The show, aptly named In The Next Room (or The Vibrator Play) by…
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First look: The official Binibining Pilipinas 2017 candidates

First look: The official Binibining Pilipinas 2017 candidates

Only two months have passed since the Philippines successfully hosted the Miss Universe 2016 pageant, but the country is once again on the lookout for the next gorgeous face to represent the Philippines next year. Ladies and gentlemen, meet the new batch of Binibining Pilipinas 2017 candidates! (Binibining Pilipinas 2017 candidates) The…
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Israel: Land of creation and creativity

Israel: Land of creation and creativity

With Holy Week fast approaching, Filipinos all over the country are making plans to visit their most cherished pilgrimage routes and sites. To help strengthen their faith and to make traveling during the summer more meaningful, Filipinos can consider a journey to the Holy Land, Israel. Thanks to the Embassy…
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New anchors, new programs: ANC strengthens its lineup this March

New anchors, new programs: ANC strengthens its lineup this March

ANC, the ABS-CBN news channel and the country’s first 24/7 English language news channel, strengthens its show lineup with three new shows and adds new faces to its roster of broadcast journalists. Early morning risers can expect to wake up to new morning show “Early Edition” anchored by TJ Manotoc…
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World famous: Manila FAME returns in April

World famous: Manila FAME returns in April

It’s back, it’s going global and it’s raising the bar for Philippine design and craftsmanship higher than ever. Now on its 65th edition, Manila FAME 2017 once again shines the spotlight on export quality home, holiday, workspace and lifestyle products designed and made by Filipinos. With each run, the event…
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FilipinaNext: No better time to be a woman than now

FilipinaNext: No better time to be a woman than now

The age of Maria Clara Filipinas has come and gone. With the quick and steady rise of women empowerment in the country, the portrayal of the Filipina as meek and unresisting is staying in history books as a distant memory, never again to be revived. In line with the Philippines’ month-long…
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