GCash still keen on expanding services abroad

GCASH is still keen on expanding its services outside the Philippines, an official said, although the electronic wallet platform is still identifying its target...

There will be no buffets at Filinvest’s new hotel brand

CHROMA HOSPITALITY, Inc., the hospitality managing arm of Filinvest Development Corp., is opening a new brand of hotels to add to its family: the Grafik Hotel Collection, with the Grafik brand’s first property to be located within the Camp John Hay complex in Baguio. A second is being planned in Moalboal.

Roucou is a cheese omakase and bar offering 12-course meals in Hong Kong

ROUCOU is a cheese omakase and bar that recently opened on Aberdeen Street opposite PMQ, and is the creation of Jeremy Evrard, former manager of Caprice and Upper Modern Bistro.

Instant ube, kangkong chips, and tuna nuggets: Wide variety of products win KATHA awards

NINE winners were selected for just six categories in this year’s KATHA awards at the Center for International Trade Expositions and Missions’ (CITEM) preview for this week’s IFEX, the country’s largest food trade show.

Dining In/Out (05/22/25)

Tea at Newport World Resorts YAWARAGI at Hotel Okura Manila presents a Japanese-style afternoon tea through its seasonal Haru Afternoon Tea. This set features prized...

Comic actor George Wendt, Cheers barfly, 76

COMIC ACTOR George Wendt, best known for his Emmy-nominated supporting role as the beer-bellied barfly Norm on the long-running hit NBC television sitcom Cheers,...

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs took ecstasy shaped like Obama’s face, jury hears

NEW YORK — Sean “Diddy” Combs once took an ecstasy pill shaped like President Barack Obama’s face, the hip-hop mogul’s former personal assistant testified...

Revisiting the first all-female Everest traverse

THE TRIUMPH of three Filipina mountaineers — Noelle Wenceslao, Carina Dayondon, and Janet Belarmino — who conquered the legendary Mt. Everest in 2007, is the focus of a new book titled Live the Dream 2: The First and Only Traverse of Mt. Everest by Women.

NY’s ‘chaotic’ mega auction season ends on a mixed note

AS SOTHEBY’S contemporary evening sale wound down last Thursday night, Charles Stewart, the company’s chief executive officer (CEO), stood in the back of the room with a look of undisguised relief.

Arts & Culture (05/21/25)

FOR International Museum Day, the National Museum of the Philippines (NMP) unveiled a historical marker at the renovated Sentinel of Freedom Monument in Liwasang Rizal, located at the southern section of the Rizal Park Complex.

In Indonesia, fears grow that dark past may be rewritten with government’s new history...

JAKARTA — The Indonesian government’s plan to release new history books has sparked concerns that some of the country’s darkest chapters could be recast...

Denzel Washington receives surprise honorary Palme d’Or award at Cannes

CANNES, France — US actor Denzel Washington received a surprise honorary Palme d’Or award at the Cannes Film Festival on Monday evening in recognition...