One afternoon late last year, just before the holiday hustle and bustle, I sat in the drawing room of the US Ambassador’s Residence in Makati waiting for Ambassador MaryKay Carlson.

CENTENNIAL MARKED ON A HIGH NOTE Soprano Rachelle Gerodias interprets Nicanor Abelardo’s “Mutya ng Pasig” as Jeffrey Solares ...

TO CELEBRATE its 100th year, the Manila Symphony Orchestra (MSO) will be mounting concerts that include collaborations with world-class musicians.

MANILA, Philippines — Makati City and North Caloocan’s air quality on New Year’s Day reached “emergency” level, data from the Department of Environment and Natural Resources – Environmental Management ...

A fire broke out in a residential area in Barangay Guadalupe Nuevo, Makati on Monday night. According to a “Saksi” report, the blaze started at past 8 p.m. It reached the third alarm before ...

Several segments of the Makati City Central Business District (CBD) have been temporarily closed from Dec. 27, 2025, to Jan. 2, 2026, to give way to a New Year’s Eve countdown event along Ayala Avenue ...

Before he was the guy leading stadiums full of fans through the chorus of "Sweet Caroline," Neil Diamond was a kid in Brooklyn writing song lyrics while bored in class. Diamond's expansive songwriting ...

Memphis filmmaker Craig Brewer's new movie, "Song Sung Blue," opens in theaters in Memphis and across the U.S. and Canada on Christmas Day. Here's some information that might be helpful or interesting ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: We wrote this back in 2021, but with Christmas upon us again we felt like it was the perfect time to update it. There's nothing that brings the world together more than sharing opinions ...

So there was no official song of summer. So let’s move beyond the biggest hits and check out the 10 songs we kept coming back to this year. The singer-songwriter who has worked with Miley Cyrus, ...

We say something like this every year, but now more than ever, a hit song is more than just a song. They’re always the soundtrack for years or moments in our lives, but now they’re also the soundtrack ...

Here are the 51 best rock and metal songs of 2025! We know you all have a long, long list of your favorites from this year, whether it's in a playlist curated by our streaming overlords and ones ...