Gender bender
LONDON — Scottish-born author Ali Smith has received a number of honors for her gender-bending novel How to be both that explores issues of...
West Virginia engineer proves to be a David to VW’s Goliath
MORGANTOWN, W.V. — Daniel Carder, an unassuming 45-year-old engineer with gray hair and blue jeans, appears an unlikely type to take down one of...
What to see this week
8 films to see from Sept. 25-Oct. 2, 2015:
The PBA: A Nation’s Passion
THE 90-MINUTE documentary traces the beginnings of basketball in the Philippines to the...
Lower doses of heart meds save lives
MIAMI — People who suffered a heart attack lived longer when their dose of a medication known as a beta-blocker was a quarter of...
Forever blowing bubbles
BUBBLES may seem pretty ordinary to the naked eye, but for Louis Pearl, the world’s leading “bubbleologist,” there is more to them than meets...
Boom time for Filipino writers
By Nickky Faustine P. de Guzman
PRINT’S NOT DEAD. Philippine Literature is not dead. It’s alive and perhaps, livelier than ever before.
Does one need proof?
Of...
Five new areas pushed as diving destinations
By Joseph L. Garcia
IT’S NOT JUST Coron, anymore, folks -- five new “rising stars” among diving spots were pinpointed by the Department of Tourism...
Art with a colonial flavor
SAN MIGUEL DE ALLENDE, MEXICO -- With cobblestone streets and no traffic lights, San Miguel de Allende has the look of a sleepy Mexican town.
But...
GoodAh!!! leverages nostalgia, whimsy with new partner Abunda
TAPSILOG, a portmanteau of tapa (cured beef), sinangag (fried rice) and itlog (egg), has become a Filipino breakfast staple and all-around comfort food. The...
Australian Nutella lovers make fun with personalized labels
SYDNEY -- An Australian marketing campaign that lets people personalize their jars of chocolate spread has not gone to plan, with participants designing labels...
Audi ‘Truth in Engineering’ ads come back to bite amid probe
“IT’S NOT THAT easy being green.”
That was Kermit the Frog’s lament to comedian Joel McHale in an advertisement during Sunday night’s Primetime Emmy Awards,...
Honoring Our Lady and the Pope
ADS & Ends
Nanette Franco-Diyco
AWARENESS of Our Holy Father Pope Francis is at a particular high again with his forthcoming visit to New York and...