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Every holiday season Starbucks effortlessly brings people together with their highly-anticipated and well-loved Starbucks Traditions collection. But this year, there's more than just the collections to celebrate, as the brand celebrates 25 years of filling our days with more ...

There was a time when Baron Geisler was one of the guys in Filipino show business. In the early 2000s, he was a teen idol as Fonzi in the beloved teen drama Tabing Ilog. He had been part of a cast of ...

Headlines this past week included one about the unfortunate decision of the Quezon City government to declare two individuals as personae non grata-comedienne and host Ai-Ai Delas Alas and filmmaker Darryl Yap. The act stems from a controversial video posted ...

It all began with a string of strange murders in Pampanga in 1810. One by one, the bodies surfaced in the town of colonial-era Magalang. Spaniards and FIlipinos alike were swept up in wave of wave of curiosity along with brow- ...

The Philippines boasts around 120 languages across the archipelago. Together, these make up the rich vocabulary of Filipinos. Filipino, itself, is one of the most colorful languages in the world. The following Filipino words selected from the U.P. Diksiyonaryong Filipino and ...

In Philippine folklore and mythology, a santelmo is a type of fire spirit that mesmerizes humans. Maximo Ramos describes the santelmo in his book published in 1990, The Creatures of Midnight. "Tagalogs, Visayans, and other Filipinos call it Santelmo," Ramos writes. "It ...

One quiet evening in March 1893, a young couple stood in front of a gathered audience in Oroquieta Street, Santa Cruz, Manila. The house was owned by Restituto Javier and his wife Benita. The young couple had been married barely a week ...

January is the coldest month of the year in the Philippines, and this year is no exception. The past few days saw temperatures dropping to as low as 22 degrees Celsius in Metro Manila, which is frosty when you consider that the ...

The Sierra Madre has been called the backbone of Luzon for a reason. Aside from the way it stretches along the eastern coast of Luzon like a spine keeping the country upright, it's true function is to act as nature's ...

Halloween isn't just a time for spooks and scares. It's also candy season. For all the sweet-tooths out there, here's a sampling of how some candies and chocolates that have become true Filipino favorites over the years got ...

Can you imagine what school would be like if it didn't teach anything about Jose Rizal and his novels? That's exactly what would have happened if the Catholic Church triumphed over Senator Claro M. Recto more than 60 years ago. ...

Words tend to lose their original and more poignant meaning and imagery with frequency of use, but looking back at the origins of words is an endeavor worth pursuing, especially if we want to see how the true meaning of these words ...

Martial law-or a state where a particular area (or the whole country) is under the control of the military or armed forces-is most often associated with former President Ferdinand Marcos. But not many people know the late strongman was not ...