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Celebrating a year of ‘ONE-drous’ moments with Novotel Manila Araneta Center

ONE is the number to remember this October. Novotel Manila Araneta Center celebrates its firstÂ year of 'ONE-drous' moments and invites you all to beÂ a part of it.Â Nestled in the pulsing heart of Quezon City directly beside the SMART Araneta Coliseum, Novotel has been welcoming guests from all walks of life…

Åªgen: Italian Tropics

The best of the Philippines and the best of Italy meet at the crossroads of sun and sea, paradise and luxury. Spearheaded by BLUE Development, owned by Enveron Realty, Inc. and done in collaboration with EcoPlan, Åªgen is set to become one of the most private and masterfully planned boutique…

Celebrate World Smile Day with PeopleAsia’s gallery of smiles

October marks the celebration of World Smile Day â€” a lightheartedÂ holiday that commemorates the invention of the ubiquitous, friendly, yellow smiley faceÂ invented by artist Harvey Ball in 1963. It's been celebrated around the world since 1999 with the whole dayÂ dedicated to "good cheer and good works" paired with a simple…

How Andrew Tan conquered the world: Emperador of the sun

By JOANNE RAE M. RAMIREZ Like a tenacious vine deeply rooted in rich soil, Andrew Tanâ€™s dream was to yield a harvest of brandy so rich and plentiful it would conquer the Philippines, and eventually, the world. (Tycoon Andrew Tan on the day his Grupo Emperador acquired Spain's iconic Fundador…

Dr. CRB: Embrace yourself and love natural beauty

Silky smooth faces and sculpted god and goddess-like bodies in the media may beÂ the stuff of fantasies.Â Still,Â more than just giving both women and men beauty ideals to strive towards, these images can become a source of insecurity and dissatisfaction. We make constant comparisons with what we see online, in magazines…

The Winning Chot: Vincent “Chot” Reyes

He made his name on the hardcourt by successfully coaching both collegiate and national basketball teams, but thisÂ PeopleAsiaÂ People of the Year 2013 awardee just brought home another title of a different sort. Former basketball coach VincentÂ "Chot" Reyes has been named theÂ new president and CEO of TV5, replacingÂ Emmanuel Lorenzana who retired…

Roll up your sleeves, and get hands on: Hands on Manila celebrates its 15th anniversary

A grand total of 10,120 volunteers who have devoted 60,720 hours in community service have helped Â 76 non-governmental organizations since Hands on Manilaâ€™s major volunteer program Servathon was established in Manila. Now on its 15th year, Hands on Manilaâ€™s numbers â€” and influence â€” continue to grow with the support…

#TBT Mincing (no) Words with Sen. Miriam Defensor-Santiago

From Justin Bieber to Barack Obama â€” the late senator known for her razor-sharp wit fires up the screen inÂ this funny interview, when she was named as one of the magazine's People of the Year in 2011. https://youtu.be/tgPdM59n-9I

In Remembrance of Sen. Miriam Defensor-Santiago (June 15,1945 to Sept.29,2016)

If Sen. Miriam Defensor-Santiago could offer a commentary on her own passing, it would probably be as witty as ever;Â nothing less from a woman known for herÂ sterling record as a public servant,Â fiery personality, and lengthy list of quotable quotes. Sen. Miriam, who succumbed to cancer Thursday morning at the age…

Leni Robredo: ‘The Good Vice’ on PeopleAsia

The 'Good Vice' is on PeopleAsia: First featured in the magazine as a widow in 2012, Leni Robredo returns on the cover of PeopleAsia's October-November 2016 issue as she rises as the duly elected Vice President of the Philippines. Grab your copies from your favorite bookstores and newsstands starting this…