For numerous women in Saudi Arabia chafing under the restrictive regulations of one of the most patriarchal and socially repressive countries in the world, being able to drive a car would seem like the ultimate expression freedom. In the face of advancing modernity and the future they have waited rather patiently for the kingdom to…
At roughly the middle portion of the Mediterranean Sea between Europe to the north and Africa to the south, there is a large peninsula jutting out, shaped like a boot and seemingly kicking an island by its “toe.” This stretch of land, nearly surrounded by water save for its connection to the mainland, was the…
The twelfth season of “American’s Got Talent” on NBC came to a close last week, following another intense period of fierce competition from performers of every conceivable stripe. Interestingly, when Finals Night came around last Wednesday, the last two remaining contestants left before a grand winner would be declared by host Tyra Banks, were two…
Hurricane Irma, the category-5 major cyclone that formed in August 30 over the Atlantic and dissipated September 12 over the US, was an extremely intense storm that wreaked devastation all along the Caribbean and western Florida. Lots of infrastructure was damaged, transportation was diverted or ground to a halt, businesses and vital services were shut…
It’s a delicate balancing act when trying to tell a story on visual media that both entertains and teaches a valuable lesson simultaneously. One needs to make sure the story is interesting enough without burying the intended moral; and the moral has to be presented in a manner that is organic with the narrative, not…
After five years of being a local manufacturer of smartphones in China since starting in 2009, Vivo went international by entering the market in Thailand, and they have not looked back since. From Southeast Asia to India and Pakistan, Vivo smartphones proved themselves a formidable product that could go toe to toe with major global…
From the super-lengthy “Lucky Season 7” of ABS-CBN’s “Pinoy Big Brother” was born one of the newest and most eagerly followed teen celebrity love teams in Philippine showbiz today. I’m talking of course about Maymay Entrata and Pinoy-European housemate Edward Barber, better known collectively to their legions of giddy fans as “Mayward.” Such has been…
