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Elijah Canlas’s Next Role Isn’t a Fight. It’s a Road Trip.

by Ely Valendez

Weeks before Elijah Canlas opens as a martyred activist in "Edjop," Regal cast him in a road trip comedy with JM Ibarra and Emilio Daez.

August 24, 2026

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Entertainment

People

Rey John Paul Sabado: The King Nobody Saw Coming

He finished Top 10 with no title in October. By January, he'd won a first-ever crown for the Philippines. Rey John Paul Sabado on the long way around.

People

Jose Carlos Paras Won a Crown. Then Came Adulting.

He's the first Filipino Mister National Universe. He's also 22, a breadwinner, and just graduated — turns out a crown doesn't skip you past adulting.

People

Kristzan Delos Santos Is Giving Pageantry One More Shot

At 32, Kristzan Delos Santos had already decided that pageantry was behind him. It had given him what it was going to give him: two international runner-up finishes, one...

People

Jacob Gomez Is Used to Almost Winning. Now the Philippines Needs Him To.

On September 19, in Đà Lạt, Vietnam, Mister Fitness Supermodel World crowns a winner — an annual international men’s pageant now in its fourth year. Three times, a Filipino...

People

Marck Marasigan: The Replacement Pick Who Became a King

Marck Marasigan had six days. That’s how much notice the Batangueño model and pageant titleholder got when the Philippines’ slot at Mister Celebrity International 2025 — an annual pageant...

Venice Grand Canal Is Manila’s Escape That Doesn’t Need a Passport

Published by Ely Valendez

Venice Grand Canal in McKinley Hill gets loud on weekends. On a quiet weekday evening, it's something closer to what it's actually selling: an escape that doesn't need a...

August 22, 2026

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Arca South Used to Feed the Country. Now It Sells the Feeling of One.

Published by Ely Valendez

Before it was Taguig's newest Ayala mall, this 74-hectare estate was a Marcos-era food terminal built to stabilize prices for Filipino farmers. Here's what replaced it.

August 19, 2026

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Six Titleholders Now Carry Mister Island Philippines. A Seventh Already Quit.

Published by Ely Valendez

ALV Pageant Circle finally named its male international portfolio Mister Island Philippines. Six kings are still wearing the crown — a seventh already gave his back.

August 25, 2026

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Miss World 2026: Asia Rose Simpson Wins Head-to-Head Challenge, Advances to Top 40

Published by Ely Valendez

Asia Rose Simpson won the Asia and Oceania Head-to-Head Challenge at Miss World 2026, securing a Top 40 spot with a shot at an automatic Top 20 seat.

August 24, 2026

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Miss Universe Thailand 2026: Tharina Botes Wins, and Gives Catriona Gray the Credit

Published by Ely Valendez

Thailand's new Miss Universe used her final answer to name a Filipina as her biggest inspiration — the same queen who won in Bangkok, seven years earlier.

August 24, 2026

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