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Escolta’s 83 year-old Capitol Theater is currently being demolished

The demolition of the once-glorious Capitol Theater is ongoing. Located along the stretches of Escolta…

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Metro Manila’s garbage crisis has gotten worse this year

We saw for the past year how anti-plastic campaigns have been sprouting across different commercial…

Intramuros, Fort San Antonio Abad named National Cultural Treasures

It is a very troublesome time for the country’s heritage sites with the threats of…

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Torre de Manila Part 2? Another high-rise threatens Manila’s heritage sites

Thanks to our long, rich, and not to mention complicated, history, our cities are spattered…

LOOK: The effects of typhoon Karding and habagat

The recent tropical storm Karding brought in around 150 to 170 mm. of rain in…

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Ikot Manila lets you tour the city just by taking the LRT 1

In Japan, Europe, and even southeast Asian countries like Thailand and Singapore, you could easily…

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5 tips for a stress-free commute

Among the all the cities in Southeast Asia, Metro Manila collectively ranks 3rd worst in…

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Carlos Celdran held his first bike tour around Intramuros

Carlos Celdran has, for a few years now, been shedding a new light on the…

Do the police even know what “tambay” really means?

Thousands of people have already been arrested and detained at prisons on the grounds of…

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Manila City gov’t is planning to destroy its last park

We might soon lose the Arroceros Forest Park, also known as the “last lung” of…