Lifestyle

Coca-Cola Philippines brought thousands of teens together to help rebuild Marawi through a unique benefit concert that celebrated the Filipinos’ love for music as it empowered the youth to move as one creative force for a great endeavor.

At the Coke Studio Live: Bringing Music Back to Marawiheld on December 9 at the SM Mall of Asia concert grounds, many of the attendees showed their support by bringing empty Coca-Cola PET bottles for a recycling drive that would help contribute in the construction of a Little Red Schoolhouse for Marawi kids. Coca-Cola Philippines committed to build a Little Red Schoolhouse as part of the Philippine Disaster Resilience Foundation’s (PDRF) United4Marawi campaign.

Read more ...

By Robbie Pangilinan

Tacloban City - When super typhoon Yolanda devastated Eastern Visayas, Tacloban received the hardest hit. But like its owner, a small hotel in the city survived and remains standing today.

Read more ...

By Robbie Pangilinan

Vancouver - International multi-genre, multilingual, and multi-instrumentalist musician Raffy Swap One has just come back to his homebase in Vancouver after a 6-month world music tour. But his feet are itching to travel again.

Read more ...

by Robbie Pangilinan

LOS ANGELES - Five years ago, the US Embassy denied his Visa to enter the United States. With sheer determinaton and the help of SCOOP President Eddie Alinea and this writer who made a story about the denial, Marvin Somodio is now living in a dream in the land of milk and honey. “When the US Embassy called me a day after your story came out, my dream started to become a reality,” he says in the vernacular.

Read more ...

This holiday season, experience the unique Christmas sparkle only Filinvest City can offer as it brings Christmas closer to the community. 

Dubbed as “Sparkle of Christmas at Filinvest City,” this year, the city literally sparkles as it adorns more streets with lights and as it enjoins its building locators to participate in its the first-ever Building Christmas décor contest where winners will receive generous prizes. Top billing the celebration is the annual Musical Lights Show that transforms the newly opened Spectrum Linear Park into a Christmas Wonderland. The festivities opened on Nov. 23 for the whole family to enjoy: a curated bazaar and a magical, never before seen lights show.

Read more ...

By Robbie Pangilinan

A Filipino tattoo artist made waves at the Van Isle Tattoo Expo held at Victoria Conference Centre, Victoria, BC, bagging three major awards on three different categories: Black Work/Geometric Tattoo Category, Japanese/Asian Style Tattoo Category, and Large Colour Tattoo Category.

Read more ...