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Sahara, ‘The American OPM singer,’ offers fans a new single titled Agos. It is like a throwback to ‘80s rock music and about a romantic relationship, and its heart- wrenching destiny. Sahara would love to meet her Filipino fans and perform before them soon. She is very happy with the …

Singer Tate McRae rose to fame with her debut album ‘i used to think i could fly’  Multi-platinum singer-songwriter Tate McRae unveiled the Asian leg of her highly-anticipated Think Later World Tour. Produced by Live Nation, the tour includes four Asian stops, kicking off in Tokyo on Oct. 29. This marks …

The first-ever deaf or hard of hearing K-pop group debuted on April 20 to coincide with South Korea’s Day of Persons with Disabilities. Big Ocean (빅오션), composed of Kim Ji-seok, 21; Park Hyun-jin, 25; and Lee Chan-yeon, 26; made their debut with the release of their song “Glow.” “Deaf/Hard of …

Cignal dashed PLDT’s hopes of making it to the semifinals, delivering a stunning 24-26, 26-24, 25-17, 28-26 victory in a thrilling match in the Premier Volleyball League All-Filipino Conference at the Sta. Rosa Sports Complex in Laguna Saturday night, April 20. Vanie Gandler anchors Cignal with 12 points. (PVL Images)  …

Carlos Yulo (Contributed photo) MANILA – The Philippines’ Carlos Yulo scored a gold Saturday at the International Gymnastics Federation’s World Cup in Doha, Qatar. The 24-year-old Yulo won in the men’s parallel bars final with a score of 15.200, beating Chinese Taipei’s Hung Yuan-Hsi’s 14.966 and Brazilian Caio Souza’s 14.566. Earlier, he …

Childhood friends, now business partners, Faye Beatrix Dela Torre and Fiona Guillermo have embarked on a mission to revolutionize early childhood education in the Philippines.  Their brainchild, Stellar Minds PH, is a learning hub that champions play-based learning for toddlers, a privilege only affluent families can afford. “When we started …

Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault’s department has been battling with banks for almost two years over how carbon rebates are labelled when they are deposited directly into bank accounts.  Change to the law would affect all government deposits. Canadian banks that refuse to identify the carbon rebate by name when doing …

The Philippine booth at the 2024 ITB Berlin (Photo courtesy of DOT) MANILA – The Philippines has generated PHP489.1 million in sales leads at the recently concluded Internationale Tourismus-Börse (ITB) Berlin 2024, the Tourism Promotions Board (TPB) said Wednesday. The country secured a total of 322 sales count after three days of …

TOKYO: Japanese inflation slowed to 2.6 percent in March, largely in line with market expectations, data showed on Friday. The year-on-year rise in prices excluding volatile fresh food against a market consensus of 2.7 percent followed a 2.8-percent February increase, in part thanks to lower gas bills. Stripping out fresh …

A study published earlier his year in the science journal Nature suggests gardeners should evaluate the carbon footprint of things like co-operative or collective gardens by looking at what they use to build them and, as importantly, what they grow and how they grow it.  Study finds food from urban …