When it comes to karaoke bars in the Philippines, there’s a wide spectrum ... serve food and have private rooms where you can sing with your friends. Then there are regular karaoke bars ...

GENERAL SANTOS, Philippines - After a day of barbering, Rodolfo Gregorio went to his neighborhood karaoke bar still smelling ... and briefly stilled the room with the Platters' "My Prayer." ...

Karaoke-related killings are not limited to the Philippines. In the past two years ... like the Nelson Carenderia here, a single room with bare plywood walls, mandate that a singer give up the ...

Acacia Gabriel swimming in the blue waters of the Philippines ...

When my Lolo and Lola moved to Chicago from Metro Manila, they wanted to give their children the best chance to assimilate. It was well-intentioned, but now, no one in my family speaks Tagalog ...

In the Philippines, karaoke is a national pastime — and we're all invited to sing along. When my Lolo and Lola moved to Chicago from Metro Manila, they wanted to give their children the best ...