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Reading brings healing to victims of supertyphoon

University of the Philippines-Tacloban student Deona Pantas was in downtown Tacloban when Super Typhoon Yolanda slammed into Central Visayas last November.

Love blooms for couple among ‘Yolanda’ ruins

Cupid’s arrow has found its mark in the grieving hearts of two persons in the crucible of death and destruction in the wake of Super Typhoon Yolanda in Palo, Leyte.

Korean soprano Sumi Jo conquers Manila

Korean soprano Sumi Jo held music lovers in the palm of her hand during her Manila debut at the Samsung Hall in SM Aura in Taguig City.

Manila aiming to host Miss World pageant

After the Philippines made history in 2013 by being the first to win in five major international beauty pageants, is it time for the country to finally host a major international beauty pageant?

Korean soprano Sumi Jo to perform for ‘Yolanda’ victims

Grammy-award winning Korean diva Sumi Jo has arrived for her Philippine debut, offering friendship and good tidings for victims and survivors of Super Typhoon Yolanda.

60 int’l, local artists sing for ‘Yolanda’ survivors

At the height of Super Typhoon Yolanda, singer Kevyn Lettau was in the United States watching over her mother who lay dying.

Reminiscing with our gang of mass-market magicians

I wept as I watched Supertyphoon “Yolanda” destroy lives and homes in Tacloban with end-of-the-world fury. Millions of others, too, watched in tears. Hope and help were also blown away by the storm.

Loud and proud

Roughly two months after Supertyphoon “Yolanda” caused death and destruction of horrifying proportions to Leyte, Samar and other parts of Central Philippines, the task of rebuilding lives and their land looks daunting.

Bench bancas for Ormoc’s fishing families

Retial giant Bench is beginning the year with a humanitarian campaign. It will help about 100 fishing families in Ormoc, Leyte, who had been displaced by Supertyphoon “Yolanda” last November.

Why Louis Vuitton decided to open up shop in PH 20 years ago

As Louis Vuitton recently marked its 20th year of doing business in the country, Jean-Baptiste Debains, the former president of Louis Vuitton Asia-Pacific, was moved to say: “Today, it sounds completely natural to be in the Philippines. It wasn’t so 20 years ago.”