Grammy-nominated K-pop group BTS will be celebrating their 10th anniversary in June and to mark it, they will be releasing a song. Big Hit Music, the group’s agency, said BTS will release the digital single “Take Two” on June 9 at 1 p.m. KST. BTS will release the song “Take …
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AGRI DEV’T. President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. meets with executives of the Charoen Pokphand Group (CP Group), led by its chairman Soopakij Chearavanont, at Malacañan Palace in Manila on Tuesday (May 30, 2023). Marcos assured the Thailand-based CP Group of his administration’s support for its expansion plans and programs for …
Read More »Butler: Miami’s man for ‘moments of truth’
Jimmy Butler AFP PHOTO MIAMI: Desperate. Urgent. Maniacal. Psychotic. Incredible. Unique. World class. Miami Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra has used an array of adjectives to describe Jimmy Butler over the course of his team’s remarkable postseason campaign. On Monday (Tuesday in Manila), Spoelstra was once again plundering his vocabulary …
Read More »Emotional Tito, Vic, and Joey announce departure of ‘Eat Bulaga’ from TAPE
Dabarkads turned emotional as main hosts Tito Sotto, Vic Sotto, and Joey de Leon, collectively known as TVJ, announced the departure of the longest-running noontime variety show Eat Bulaga! from TV production company TAPE Inc. on Wednesday. With a heavy heart, comedian Vic, standing between his fellow Dabarkads, Tito and …
Read More »Why tensions have boiled over in Kosovo and why Novak Djokovic weighed in
Long-simmering tensions in Kosovo have recently erupted. The conflict origins have deep historical roots but also include recent developments involving licence plates and local elections. Serbian tennis legend Novak Djokovic, not known to shy away from contentious topics, has weighed in publicly. Dozens of NATO troops, protesters injured Monday in …
Read More »Coco Martin’s virtue and work ethic
AS the famous saying goes, “Patience is not the ability to wait but the ability to keep a good attitude while waiting.” Coco Martin is one shining example of a celebrity who’s armed with tons of this virtue. Before making it as an established mainstream actor, Coco is not wont …
Read More »Why does it take Canada so long to buy new military equipment when Poland can do it in months?
The Canadian military is used to procurement timelines that can cover decades. So how did Seoul manage to deliver new tanks and guns to Poland just four months after the contract was signed? South Korea just delivered new tanks and guns to Poland only months after the contract was signed. …
Read More »Asian, Euro markets mixed after US debt deal
WAVERING A person looks at an electronic stock board showing Japan’s Nikkei 225 and New York Dow indexes at a securities firm in the rain on Monday, May 29, 2023, in Tokyo. Shares in Asia and Europe were mixed in as the decision on raising the US debt ceiling in …
Read More »ADB grants $350M to Sri Lanka
BAILOUT In this photo taken on May 6, 2018, a Sri Lankan worker sorts plastic at Kathirana, on the outskirts of Sri Lanka’s capital Colombo. The Asian Development Bank on Monday released a loan worth $3450 million to help stabilize the economy of the cash-strapped South Asian nation. AFP PHOTO …
Read More »Mac Belo inks one-year pact with Elasto Painters
Mac Belo (right) PBA PHOTO Nearly two weeks after being acquired in a player swap with Meralco, wingman Mac Belo finally came to terms with Rain or Shine after signing a one-year contract with his new team on Wednesday. Terms of the contract were not disclosed, but Rain or Shine …
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