What P755 a Day Actually Covers in Metro Manila
Minimum wage earners in Metro Manila got a P60 raise this month. The National Capital Region wage board approved it under Wage Order No. NCR-28. Non-agricultural workers now earn P755 a day, up from P695. Agricultural workers and those at small retail,…
Lanterns Took Seven Years and Four Rewrites.
DC has spent the last few years trying to win back trust after one reboot too many. Lanterns is the first live-action series developed from the ground up under James Gunn and Peter Safran’s watch as DC Studios’ co-chairs. Kyle Chandler plays…
Tucker Budzyn, the Golden Retriever the Internet Watched Grow Up, Has Died at 8
Tucker Budzyn, the golden retriever people watched grow up on their phones for eight years, has died at 8. His owner, Courtney Budzyn, adopted him with her husband Mike in June 2018, when he was eight weeks old. The family lived in Michigan and started…
Five Signs You Have Outgrown Your Role
The job did not get harder. You did. And somewhere in the last year or two, the gap between what you are doing and what you can actually do got wide enough to notice. Nobody flags this for you. There is no meeting where your manager says you have maxed…
Lee Je-hoon Is Coming Back to Manila on November 7.
Lee Je-hoon is returning to Manila. All Access Production announced that his “Our 20th Moment” fanmeeting tour will stop at the World Trade Center Tent in Pasay on November 7. Ticket prices have not been released yet. The tour started in…
SB19 Makes Their anan Debut on the Back Cover
SB19 is on the back cover of anan Issue 2512, out in Japan on September 16. First time in the publication. The issue is built around the magazine’s annual Borderless Culture feature, which looks at people, things, and moments that don’t stay…
How Antonelli Won His Home Race From the Back
Kimi Antonelli started the 2026 Italian Grand Prix from 19th place. He finished first. He came into Monza with a 59-point championship lead, but Mercedes opted for a full power unit change, dropping their title leader to the back of the grid. His rivals…
Nadine Lustre and Apl.de.ap Drop “Donuts,” a Taglish Collab Built on Confidence
Nadine Lustre dropped her second single of the year on September 5. It features Apl.de.ap. It is called “Donuts.” And it sounds nothing like something you ease into. Lustre announced the release on Instagram the same day, posting photos of…
Eala exits US Open, falls to Jovic in third round
Alex Eala reached the third round of the 2026 US Open before falling to Iva Jovic 5-7, 6-3, 5-7 at Arthur Ashe Stadium on Sunday. The match ran over three hours. It was one of the best women’s singles matches of the tournament. A Rivalry Getting…
Filipino professor builds free scam message checker for Filipinos
John Clement S. Escobañez, an IT professor at National University Manila, built a free platform called Scam Ba ‘To? (scambato.org) specifically for that moment. It is free, requires no account, and it works differently from most scam checkers out…