The European Union on Monday approved Microsoft’s $69 billion purchase of video game maker Activision Blizzard, deciding the deal won’t stifle competition for popular console titles like Call of Duty and accepting the U.S. tech company’s remedies to boost competition in cloud gaming. But the blockbuster deal is still in …
Read More »Canadian man found dead in beach town in Oaxaca, Mexico
Oaxaca state prosecutors said Tuesday the Canadian man was found dead in a car with a bullet wound on Monday in a neighbourhood of Puerto Escondido where few tourists stay. 2nd tourist slain in Oaxaca in less than a week. A Canadian man was shot to death in Mexico’s Pacific …
Read More »Opening in cinemas today
It’s time to enjoy big-screen movies again. Check out the titles opening in cinemas today. Viva’s ‘Beks Days’ Comedians Lassy, Chad Kinis and MC Muah on Monday’s premiere night. “Beks Days of Our Lives” is Viva Films’s newest dramedy starring the comic standups-turned-viral vlogging group Beks Batallions-turned movie headliners Chad …
Read More »Champagne says Ontario needs to ‘pay fair share’ to end ‘stalemate’ with Stellantis
Innovation Minister François-Philippe Champagne is calling on Premier Doug Ford’s Ontario government to pay its “fair share” of subsidies to break the “stalemate” that saw Stellantis halt construction of its electric vehicle battery plant in Windsor, Ont., this week. Stellantis said it stopped construction on a portion of the plant …
Read More »FDCP unveils Marché du Film delegation
The participating Filipino Films at Marché du Film 2023, the business arm of the prestigious Cannes Film Festival. The Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP) is leading the Philippine delegation to Marché du Film 2023, the business arm of the prestigious Cannes Film Festival, which opens today, May 16, …
Read More »Inflation rate unexpectedly increased in April, jumping up to 4.4%
Canada’s inflation rate reversed its cooling trend last month and moved higher, to a 4.4 per cent annual rate. Increased from March’s 4.3 per cent annual pace. Canada’s inflation rate reversed its cooling trend last month and moved higher, to a 4.4 per cent annual rate. Economists had been expecting …
Read More »Star-studded Sari-Sari Store Negosyo Convention all set
Brilliant star power is set to light up Puregold’s upcoming Tindahan ni Aling Puring Convention on May 18, 19, and 20, with a posse of entertainment celebrities expected to show up at the World Trade Center in Pasay City. Jane de Leon Yassi Pressman David Licauco Yukii Takahashi Wilbert Ross …
Read More »Lovely Inan turns the corner: From collecting scrap to SEA Games champ
Lovely Inan AFP PHOTO Three days after competing in the Asian Weightlifting Championships in South Korea, Lovely Inan, together with the rest of the Philippine weightlifting team, went straight to Phnom Penh, Cambodia to compete in the 32nd Southeast Asian Games. “Pagod po (I’m tired),” this was Inan’s reply to …
Read More »PH tracksters produce 2 SEAG records
Ernest John Obiena PHOTO BY RIO DELUVIO PHNOM PENH: The Philippine athletics team may have failed to match its five-gold medal haul in Vietnam last year, but still is a successful campaign with four golds and two Southeast Asian Games records shattered, according to national team coach Jojo Posadas. Led by …
Read More »The Weeknd starts scrapping stage name on social media
The Weeknd — Abel Tesfaye Official Instagram Photo NEW YORK: The Weeknd appears to be making good on his recently expressed desire to transition back to his given name, Abel Tesfaye, after soaring to stardom under his globally known stage moniker. On Monday the Canadian artist behind the smash “Blinding …
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