Toshiba plans to expand hard disk drive production in the Philippines over the next three years, with the project expected to create about 3,000 jobs. Read more »
It makes you walk in circles, gets married in the rain, and 400 years ago, it had wings. Here’s what the tikbalang is, how old stories say to escape one, and how it came to have a horse’s face. Read more »
The Catholic Diocese of Kalibo has restated its opposition to gambling on Boracay, calling on provincial and municipal officials to weigh the welfare of families above the revenue a newly opened hotel-casino on the island may bring. Read more »
Notes that the late Pope Francis kept for more than three decades will be published on Nov. 24 in a book by one of his closest collaborators, Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, the Vatican’s publishing house announced on Monday, Oct. 5. Read more »
Pampanga is getting a fleet of 16 fully electric buses built for accessible travel. Persons with disabilities (PWDs) in the province will help run them as a livelihood enterprise. Read more »
A privately owned hill along the Lucban–Sampaloc road draws psychics, mediums, and spiritual seekers who say it holds labyrinths, “breathing” boulders and even a landing pad for UFOs. Here’s what’s known about the mysterious place, what believers say happens there, and why you can’t simply drive in. Read more »
