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John Green signing books for his fans in Guimaras Island | Photo from Province of Guimaras Bestselling author John Green was spotted in Guimaras Island in the Philippines to promote his latest book,  Everything is Tuberculosis . He joined the launching of an event, TB-Free Guimaras Island Initiative that aims to eradicate the disease in the island. He also had a book signing for his fans. John Green is known for his young adult books  Looking for Alaska  and  The Fault in our Stars , which was made into a movie in 2014.  Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection was published this March and explores the history and  persistence of the disease by weaving together the scientific and social  history of tuberculosis with the story of a young patient he met in Sierra Leone. I admit that I haven’t read anything by him but I watch his educational content on Youtube on the channel vlogbrothers (with his brother Hank Gr...

Summary The Time that Remains  (2025) is a Filipino vampire romance movie released in Netflix this October 16, just in time for this Halloween season. It stars Jasmine Curtis-Smith, Carlo Aquino, Bing Pimentel, Beauty Gonzales, and Bembol Roco.  What I liked, what I hated Set in Baguio, the film starts with an elderly lady (Bing Pimentel) dancing alone in a living room of her old house, as if reminiscing of good old days. A sudden gunshot wound sends her to a hospital. Lilia is accompanied by a younger looking man who she calls Matias (Carlo Aquino), whom she calls her ‘boyfriend’, to the amusement of the nurse attending to her. As she tells her story to the nurse Isabel (Beauty Gonzales) the story returns to her past, how she met Matias during the Japanese occupation and the hardships she faced growing up. In the present, Isabel has her own problem, a deadbeat ex-boyfriend (Mark Herras) who keeps stalking her.  Then, one of the local police played by Bembo...