Newsletter: Kitchie Nadal headlines solo concert to mark 20th year in the music scene

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Kitchie Nadal celebrates the 20th anniversary of her solo career with a concert happening on June 2, 2024 (Sunday), at the New Frontier Theater in Cubao, Quezon City.

Newsletter: “Making the Invisible Visible” with Bird Window Strike PH

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By: Maria Alexandra Marmol

Panels featured in the “Making the Invisible Visible” pop-up exhibit. Bird displays serve as an example of the harm caused by window collisions. (Photo credits: Bird Window Strike PH & Marmol, 2024)

“Making the Invisible Visible” pop-up exhibition of the citizen science project, Bird Window Strike Philippines. 

Newsletter: GCash lending arm Fuse empowers underbanked Filipinos with P118 billion loans disbursed

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Fuse Lending, Inc., the credit arm of GCash, surpasses the PHP118 billion mark in life-to-date disbursed loans through the country’s number one finance app as of the end of 2023 – putting both institutions well on their way towards their shared mission of financial inclusion.

Newsletter: XG Teams Up with VALORANT for Collaboration Single “UNDEFEATED”; The Official Music Video premieres today, at 6PM JPT/KST (5PM MNL/SG, 4PM BKK/JKT)

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HIP HOP/R&B-inspired girl group XG release their collaboration single "UNDEFEATED" with the world's fastest-growing FPS game VALORANT today!  

Newsletter: Immense Into Alt-Pop Artist t024's New Sensory Experience with "Cedarwood & Tangerine"

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t024, the pioneering Korean Alt-Pop duo celebrated for their groundbreaking creativity, unveils their latest single "Cedarwood & Tangerine," an intoxicating blend of ephemeral, vivid, and elusive nostalgia. This mesmerizing release signifies a noteworthy milestone for t024 as they continue to push the frontiers of musical innovation.

Newsletter: Get Singlife protection with just 5 Globe Rewards points

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Globe has partnered with leading life insurer Singlife to make protection virtually free for Filipino families, offering a health insurance plan for just 5 Globe Rewards points. 

Newsletter: RIOT GAMES AND GIRL GROUP XG COLLABORATE TO RELEASE EXCLUSIVE TRACK ‘UNDEFEATED’ FOR VALORANT CHAMPIONS TOUR PACIFIC 2024

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Riot Games and XG, the hip hop and R&B-inspired girl group, today announced the upcoming release of their collaboration single titled ‘UNDEFEATED’ for the VALORANT Champions Tour Pacific (VCT Pacific) 2024 tournament.

Newsletter: Doja Cat drops deluxe album, Scarlet 2 Claude

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GRAMMY award-winning global superstar Doja Cat drops her deluxe album, Scarlet 2 CLAUDE today via Kemosabe Records/RCA Records/Sony Music Entertainment. With this new release, Doja Cat also unveils the music video for her new track off the album, “MASC” featuring Teezo Touchdown. The music video was directed and shot in Los Angeles by Doja Cat and Jamal Peters and made its broadcast premiere on MTV Live, MTVU, and MTV Biggest Pop, as well as on the Paramount Times Square billboards.

Newsletter: Steve Aoki and Kiddo Share New Single “Drive” Debuted During Aoki’s Momentous Ultra Miami Performance

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2x-Grammy-nominated artist and producer Steve Aoki and Swedish singer/songwriter KIDDO release their festival season anthem “Drive.” This track comes after Aoki's recent releases “Get Lower” featuring Lil Jon and “Everything You Do,” a collaboration with Afrojack under the Afroki name. Similarly, KIDDO has released new singles, including "Always On The Run," popular dance tracks “Headlights” by Alan Walker and Alok, and “These Nights” by Loud Luxury. 

Newsletter: Henry Moodie releases new single “beat up car”

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Future global pop superstar Henry Moodie has released his incredible new single, ‘beat up car’ via Robots & Humans (UK), Columbia Records (US) and Sony Music Entertainment. The single is accompanied by a music video.

The Scene Around: The Last Rakrakan Festival Day 2

04/05/2024 04:20:53 PM

It was said that The Last Rakrakan Festival was bound to be the end all be all of all the Rakrakan Festivals that were staged before. Although a part of me think that this was meant to be the end due to the fact that it was rescheduled for a few times since their original date slated for 2020 was hampered down due to COVID, and there was another postponement due to whatever reasons.

The question: did this weekend-long festivity deliver? Although it may sound an unfair assessment coming from me since I haven't been into any other Rakrakan Festival before, and the decision to go through this show came at the last minute.

And here are some of the observations I've had.

Kamote Republic

03/21/2024 05:36:37 PM

Mukhang wala na tayong magagawa. Nasa panahon nga tayo kung saan ang hari ng kalsada ay hindi na mga jeepney.

Newsletter: Finding Nellie: Olongapo mystery solved by father-daughter team

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Introduction

On November 6, 2021, Dr. Leo De Castro —a Philosophy professor at the University of the Philippines—received four birthday cakes from an old grade school friend. They both studied at Nellie E. Brown Elementary School (NEBES), a public school in Olongapo City.

Connected to Subic Bay and facing the West Philippine Sea, Olongapo is known for being part of a US Naval Base from 1901 to 1959. Placenames in Olongapo tell stories about this time, as streets, schools, and establishments carry foreign names – most of which can easily be traced to navy officials who were previously stationed there, local government officials, and even American presidents.

But who was Nellie E. Brown?

Newsletter: Globe rolls out local prepaid eSIM

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Globe, a leading Mobile provider in the Philippines, ushers in a new era of sustainable digital connectivity with the rollout of its local prepaid eSIM.

The Gigs: Where To Catch Your Favorite OPM Bands (v. 2024, Part 2 of 2)

03/30/2024 04:15:43 PM

I first wrote The Gigs as part of the music issue of the Philippine Panorama (Yes, the Sunday magazine of Manila Bulletin) back in February 2018, wherein I featured some of the places which houses live music scene. Add to that is how and why online is also the place to be if one looks for sources of new music.

Fast-forward to 2024: It has been two years since the time the Manila gig scene resurfaced for good. The months of February and March were the times when music events had its full-blown resurrection for good after being halted by another wave of community quarantine at the start of the year 2022. Some of us have to understand that this was an era of a convergence of the new normal and returning norms as some of our beloved venues closed, a bunch of personalities we know passed away (be it due to COVID or not), and everything noisy has mostly been made virtually. As we know it, the shutdown has put us in uncertainty; but eventually, we found our way back to hum tunes with our voices and instruments. 

In 2022, we may have been walloping over the closure of Upperhouse, Conspiracy Garden Cafe and Route 196 (along with other shops and restaurants in various business fields that we didn't have chances to bade farewell), but new houses emerged to serve live music and all the merrymaking we barely missed that two-year stretch, and that was something we discussed a while ago.

For more of The Gigs, we shed the spotlight on the other names which probably rang the bell, also made their respective returns – although, in different locations. Add to that are the reopening of the venues that remained alive and kicking up to this day.