Despite the cost-of-living crisis, luxury travel is booming. So, what’s driving this growth and how is luxury travel changing? https://www.rappler.com/life-and-style/travel/luxury-travel-booming-set-grow-further/

With its theme “Blossoms Beyond Boundaries,” the 29th Baguio Flower Festival promises a celebration of creativity, culture, and community that stretches beyond tradition. https://www.rappler.com/life-and-style/travel/panagbenga-baguio-flower-festival-2025-schedule-what-to-expect/

US media reported that Zendaya and Tom Holland are now engaged after the former appeared at the Golden Globe Awards on January 6 wearing a flashy ring. https://www.rappler.com/entertainment/celebrities/zendaya-tom-holland-engaged-reports/

NEW YEAR, NEXT SET OF NAMES 🌧️

PAGASA gives local names to all tropical cyclones that form within or enter the Philippine Area of Responsibility. These are the names lined up for 2025.

Read more here: https://www.rappler.com/philippines/weather/list-tropical-cyclone-names-2025/

Time for a new beginning. Happy New Year! 🌅 rappler.com

THEY DESERVE A HAPPY NEW YEAR, TOO 🐾

Here are some steps you can take to make sure your pets welcome 2025 safe and sound.

#FromOurArchives: https://www.rappler.com/moveph/117171-new-year-compassion-animals-steps

Mourners visit a memorial altar for victims of the Jeju Air crash at Muan International Airport, at Muan Sports Park in Muan, South Korea, on Monday, December 30. Photos by Kim Hong-ji/Reuters

RELATED: https://www.rappler.com/world/asia-pacific/south-korea-plane-crash-updates-december-30-2024/

The Commission on Elections has disqualified dismissed former Albay governor Noel Rosal from seeking to reclaim his old post in the 2025 elections. #PHVote

READ MORE: https://www.rappler.com/philippines/elections/comelec-disqualifies-noel-rosal-2025-albay-gubernatorial-race/

Rest in peace.

Spanish-born priest Father Horacio Rodriguez, a pillar of the Augustinian religious order in the Philippines, died at the age of 93 on Friday morning, December 27. https://www.rappler.com/philippines/augustinian-priest-horacio-rodriguez-dies/