Thursday, January 15, 2026
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Takaichi, Lee drum up rapport playing K-pop after summit

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and South Korean President Lee Jae Myung played drums together on Tuesday after their summit talks in Nara, the...

Isabela to unfold anew annual scarecrow fest

ISABELA puts it best foot forward once again with the celebration of Bambanti Festival that showcases the province’s top-notch commodities, world-class products, and rich...

Street Dance

Students from various schools in Navotas City perform in a street dance competition during the Pangisdaan Festival celebration.

Pangisdaan Fest

Performers take part in the Pangisdaan Festival, as the city’s youth compete in a vibrant street dance that celebrates the fishing heritage of Navotas.

Tea ceremony classes bear brunt of matcha boom

Tea ceremony classes in Japan are bearing the brunt of an acute shortage of matcha as a recent global boom in green tea has...

Novel concept: China’s spellbinding bookstores draw selfie snappers

Tianjin, China—Towering accordion steps and a fantastical spiral staircase greet visitors to a massive bookstore in northern China's Tianjin, where its striking interior is a...

GUMIL Metro Manila at full throttle

"The jubilee will be a moment to recognize the profound influence GMM has had on shaping social consciousness" FROM up close, we see diverse literary...

Multitudes turn out for Traslacion 2026

Tens of thousands of Philippine Catholics twirled white cloths and chanted "Viva, viva" as a centuries-old statue of Jesus Christ was paraded through the...

‘Unique crowd culture’: How does Traslacion prevent stampedes?

Despite the extreme crowd density and intense pushing seen during the annual Traslación procession of the Black Nazarene icon, large-scale stampedes rarely occur owing...

China’s birth-rate push sputters as couples stay child-free

Beijing, China—Twenty-five-year-old Grace and her husband are set on staying child-free, resisting pressure from their parents and society to produce offspring, even as China strives...

Filipinos master disaster readiness, one roll of the dice at a time

Manila, Philippines—In a library in the Philippines, a dice rattles on the surface of a board before coming to a stop, putting one of its...

Giant lanterns light up Christmas in Catholic Philippines

San Fernando, Philippines—In the Christmas-mad Philippines, thousands cheer as hand-crafted lanterns towering six meters (20 feet) high light up the night sky in San Fernando,...

Where history meets the daily commute

For many commuters, Manila is merely a place they pass through. Days are measured in routes, stations, and schedules, with little time to think...

Christmas tradition ‘Simbang Gabi’ starts December 15

THE centuries-old tradition of ‘Simbang Gabi’ begins on Monday, Dec. 15, marking the start of nine days of dawn and evening liturgies long cherished...
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