This story yet again proves that we should trust the perfect timing and love really works in mysterious ways! After 22 years, former high school lovers finally found their way back together after they broke up in 2002. “He was my first love and the one I only dated for almost three years. We broke up and I had a baby with another guy. I became a single mother. 22 years later… He started courting me again. After breaking up for more than two decades, we got back together again,” 37-year-old Merry Nugui shared in a now-viral TikTok post. Wilbert…
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Janelle Lorzano
Janelle Lorzano likes long walks on the seaside and listening to people about their lives. When she isn't writing, she travels and discover new places.
Missed Taylor Swift’s “Eras Tour?” Worry no more! This jeepney driver from Bacolod is definitely a Swiftie! In a video uploaded by Rolyn Java on TikTok, the jeepney can be seen having a mini-LED screen showing the American superstar’s famous tour. “I didn’t expect na ganun po sa loob ng jeep kasi. May mga student po sa likod ko and they enjoy it so much sayang lang like 4 lang kami sa loob ng jeep saya siguro pag marami naka sakay,” Java told The Philippine STAR. “We can’t deny the fact that we Millennials and Gen Z all grew up…
Netizens were amazed on the journey of these two millennials after they found love in the most unexpected way! 32-year-old Joey Arevalo met her now boyfriend, Aerron Javier, through a dating app in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic. “Bumble kami nag-meet, or nag-match. Parang na-bore ako so, dinelete ko rin ‘yung app. Tapos minessage ko siya, if he still likes to talk pwede naman sa Instagram,” Arevalo told The Philippine STAR. “Pinost ko lang sa story ko na for sale ‘yung car tapos nagreply siya na parang…eh kasi malayo din kami so hindi rin kami makapag-set ng time or…
A week after British singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran’s concert in the Philippines, let’s look back at how loud Pinoy Sheerios were while singing their favorite song during his Mathematics Tour last Saturday, March 9, 2024, at the SMDC Festival Grounds in Parañaque. In a video uploaded on social media, fans sing their hearts out as the award-winning singer performs his 2014 hit song “Thinking Out Loud.” “We were loud pala? We did it Sheerios!” a fan said. “Goosebumps! One best experience to hear Ed sing & see him up close! Encore!!!!!” another one said. Sheeran’s concert in the Philippines marked his…
Fans went wild after Ben&Ben twins, Miguel Benjamin and Paolo Benjamin Guico, shared the stage with English hitmaker Ed Sheeran as they performed Maybe The Night at the SMDC Festival Grounds on Saturday. “I really really love coming back to Manila, Philippines. What I love doing is discovering local music which is a massive thing for you guys. I just love hearing new stuff. I heard this band, Ben&Ben and I asked them if they would mind coming on stage to sing this song with me. Please make some notice for Paolo and Miguel from Ben&Ben,” Ed Sheeran said on…
This wife from Batangas became emotional as she shared what happened to her husband just 19 days after their wedding day. 27-year-old Maria Jermilyn “Gemma” Villamar looked back on the day her husband, Japs, died in a motorcycle accident a day after Valentine’s Day. “Hindi po kami nagkaroon ng chance na lumabas. Masakit po ‘yong likod ko kaya po umuwi na lang kami. Sabi ko, ‘Sige bukas na lang kako ako babawi.’ Bukas na lang tayo lumabas pero hindi ko po sinasabi sa kanya dahil gusto ko nga po surprise,” Gemma told The Philippine STAR. “Ako ‘yong na-surprise. Tumawag lang…
The online community became emotional after watching a video of a husband singing together with his late wife who had stage 4 cervical cancer. In a TikTok video uploaded by Angela Lynn Narido, her sister, Hannah, can be seen holding a microphone while enjoying the moment with her husband, Hensley Suazo. According to Angela, Hannah had been staying inside her room during the last holiday season amid the physical pain she’s enduring. “Bigla siyang lumabas. Kami, nagkakantahan kami eh. Tapos siya sa sofa, siya na mismo nag-play. Bigla ko na lang ni-record habang kumakanta siya. Sobrang iyak ko nun,” Angela…
OPM hitmaker Ben&Ben shared their thoughts following the announcement of their performance alongside British singer Ed Sheeran at the SMDC Festival Grounds in Parañaque on March 9, 2024. In an exclusive interview with The Philippine STAR during the #RisingOnTikTok event on Wednesday, the band expressed excitement as they will share a stage with the international singer. “Ever since, isa rin siya sa mga influences ng band. Isa sa mga earliest na ginawa namin is a cover of ‘Perfect’ na pinost namin sa Youtube, even before kami maglabas ng songs namin. Kaya this is a really, really huge, huge thing…
Netizens were amazed after OPM band Ben&Ben’s song “Kathang Isip” was heard playing at one of the clothing stores in popular South Korean shopping district Myeong-dong in Seoul on Saturday, February 17, 2024. “Proud Pinoy moment,” a netizen commented. “That’s because Filipinos are always in Myeong-dong,” another said. “So hindi kathang-isip ang presyuhan diyan?” a netizen joked. According to uploader Edwin Vidal, he was shocked upon hearing an OPM song in the famous shopping district in South Korea. “Usually kasi ‘yung mga pinapatugtog doon mga Kpop songs, kaya natuwa ako na marinig na pinatugtog ‘yung kanta ng Ben&Ben,” he said.…
This Pinay based in Australia is one proud wifey to her Korean husband as she shows a glimpse of her life meeting her kind-hearted in-laws. 29-year-old Phia Matsuo met her husband, Kyongsoo “Ryan” Shin, in a dating app in 2018 while on vacation in Melbourne, Australia. “Na-bored ako, nagbukas ako ng dating app, doon ko siya nakilala. Nung nagkausap at nagkakilala kami, hindi ko siya mineet. After noon, pabalik na ako ng pilipinas, continuous pa rin siya nag-cha-chat, inentertain ko na siya,” Phia told The Philippine STAR. For quite some time, they were communicating online but it was just in…