PeopleAsia caught Days 2 and 3 of Bench’s recent fashion week at Bench Tower’s Playground at the Fort. Leading designer Joey Samson capped off the three-day event with a 25-piece collection that highlighted his continuing love affair with tailoring and various suiting materials. The collection was vintage Samson in terms…

AirAsia, one of the region’s leading low-cost carriers, has again teamed up with TV host, producer, entrepreneur, blogger and UNICEF special advocate Daphne Oseña-Paez for the second season of RedTalks, a series of travel webisodes (web episodes) that premiered in AirAsia’s Facebook page last year. The second season of AirAsia’s RedTalks with…

After 22 consecutive years of being staged in Baguio, the Panagbenga flower festival continued to wield its brand of magic on Filipinos and foreigners alike. City officials led by Baguio Mayor Mauricio Domogan welcomed guests from various parts of the world to the two-day festival last weekend (Feb. 24 to…
NÜWA City of Dreams Manila attained the highest ranking of “Five-Star” in the 2018 Forbes Travel Guide Awards, considered as the annual “Oscars” of the hotel industry and deemed the ultimate honor in the hospitality business due to its exacting and stringent standards. The prestigious list of awardees consists of the world’s…

Text by MARICHU A. VILLANUEVA Photos courtesy of THE PHILIPPINE STAR 2017 was history in the making for the Philippines. THE PHILIPPINE STAR's Marichu A. Villanueva lists down the year's most significant news stories: (For the first part of the list, click here) 6. EJKs, Kian, Kulot, Carl The word nanlaban…

Text by MARICHU A. VILLANUEVA Photos courtesy of THE PHILIPPINE STAR The year 2017 saw many earthshaking events in the Philippines that took place under the watch of President Rodrigo Duterte. Less than a year in office at Malacañan Palace, President Duterte’s leadership came under armed challenge from local terrorist…