JUST IN: The Philippines has been voted Asia’s Leading Dive Destination and Asia’s Leading Beach Destination and won 5 other citations at the 27th annual World Travel Awards (WTA) held in a virtual ceremony this year amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Safety Guide When Typhoons Strike During Covid 19 Pandemic
When Supertyphoon Rolly (International name: Goni) was forecast to hit the Philippines on the first day of November 2020, people remembered the major damages to life and property that Supertyphoon Yolanda brought in November 2013 and braced for the worst.
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Palawan, Boracay hailed in Big 7 Travel’s World’s Most Beautiful Places
The Philippines’ prime destinations – Palawan and Boracay – have been listed among the Top 50 Most Beautiful Places in the World by Big 7 Travel.
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Robert Alejandro draws kiddie digital caricatures to help Rolly-stricken Bicol
Filipino artist Robert Alejandro is offering to draw your kid’s digital caricature in exchange for helping the Philippines’ Bicol region that was devastated by Supertyphoon Rolly (Goni).
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Contest for online local businesses awards free delivery service
With the current challenges faced by local businesses, J&T Express, one of the leading e-commerce delivery companies in Southeast Asia, launched a new campaign, which aims to put the spotlight on local online sellers affected by the current global health crisis.
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Philippines’ Gino’s Brick Oven Pizza named among Best Pizzas in the World
Philippine restaurant ‘Gino’s Brick Oven Pizza’ has been named as one of the Top 50 Best Pizzas in the World.
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Tips for Starting Your Investment Journey
Most people love the idea of a back-up plan. It makes sense. When the unexpected happens, it will save you money, sweat, and tears. But not everyone likes the idea of creating one. It takes effort, and who likes to go through all that trouble, right?
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Check out these Spooky travel spots in the Philippines
Ready to go ghost-hunting? Explore the spookiest travel spots in the Philippines, if you dare.
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Globe’s KonekTayo School Bus WiFi provides distance learning support
The COVID-19 pandemic has underlined the crucial need for connectivity like never before. For underprivileged communities, access to internet connectivity — or the lack thereof — determines whether demands of the new environment, such as distance learning and remote working, will be met by families belonging to these communities.
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Philippines’ Malagos Chocolate wins 4 golds at International Chocolate Awards
The Philippines’ Malagos Chocolate has won four golds and 1 bronze award at the 2020 World Drinking Chocolate Competition organized by the prestigious International Chocolate Awards (ICA).
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BPI expects Philippine business climate to normalize in 2021
The Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI) says the modest uptick in consumption and people mobility indicates that sluggish growth is here to stay for the remaining months of the year and that businesses may normalize only within the first half of 2021.
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Philippine airports start using Traze contact tracing app
Four Philippine airports have begun using the Traze contact tracing app on Wednesday to reduce human-to-human transactions and speed up transaction processes, as part of the ‘new normal.’
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