There were many other contestants in the 2018 Miss Universe beauty pageant that caught the hearts of the audience in Thailand and around the world, than just the eventual winner the Australian-Filipina Miss Philippines, Catriona Gray. There was also Miss Spain Angela Ponce, who despite never placing even in the Top 20 was remembered for…
It seems as if the Filipino people are, whether deliberately or not, striving being one of the biggest users of electronic communication devices out of most other countries in the world. It was just over a decade or so ago, when analysts were sort of declaring the Philippines to be the widest users of short…
There is little question on which between local and international ride-hailing services are dominating in Southeast Asia. And among the regional icons of that industry, Grab from Singapore stands at the top. Its infrastructure is well known to have been bolstered by its acquisition last year of the assets left behind by the abortive Uber…
There is a marked increase in difficult challenges when a new reality competition tries to premiere on network TV in the US. There are either already existing shows with multiple seasons already with an established audience like NBC’s “America’s Got Talent”, which is currently running a spinoff subtitled “The Champions” which brings many popular contestants…
If a Filipino music fan that has listened to decades’ worth of songs, is asked who might be best identified as being the foundation of the “Pinoy Rock” genre, it would have to be the Juan de la Cruz Band. It started in 1968 as a five-player ensemble with an ever-changing lineup, but the band…
Ever since its launch 12 years ago on December 2006, the Canadian online fiction publishing platform and social network Wattpad has become something of a wellspring of novel-format stories on the internet. With 70 million regular users around the world and over 50 languages used, it has a wide international reach. And in some countries,…
Ever since the rise of reality competition programs on television, there has been one trend that has developed started racking up seasons over the years: returning reality contestants. These are those participants of reality programs who, whether they originally won or not, would later come back for more. Either they make an appearance in a…
