The X-Men are back, this time fighting Apocalypse

HOLLYWOOD stars Jennifer Lawrence and James McAvoy reprise their roles as powerful mutants in X-Men: Apocalypse, this time joining forces against a new supervillain. Oscar-winner...

Freedom to choose the better egg

Ads & Ends Nanette Franco-Diyco WE ARE NOT talking about politics here. This column is devoted to perfectly good eggs. I distinctly remember brown eggs as a...

Beyond cows and hobbits

By Nickky Faustine P. de Guzman, Reporter New Zealand is often associated with two things: dairy products and The Hobbit. But there’s more to this...

Bacteria the yin and yang of dandruff, says study

PARIS -- Dandruff is not caused by a fungus, as many believe, but by an imbalance between two competing bacteria that naturally colonize the...

Communicating well

Getting The Edge In Professional Selling Terence A. Hockenhull I’M GOING to get of the topic of sales slightly this week by talking about communication, both...

Your weekend guide (May 20, 2016)

EXHIBITS In celebration of National Heritage Month, the Filipino Heritage Festival, Inc. presents Metamorphosis of the Filipino Barong, Terno at Saya until May 22 at...

Sun, sand, music and mangroves at the SarBay Festival

JUST LIKE its tasty tuna which has tickled the world’s palate, South Cotabato’s Sarangani Bay will sizzle once more with the SarBay Festival, the...

Booker triumph ushers in new era for South Korean writers

By Giles Hewitt Hwang Sung-Hee SEOUL — South Korean writer Han Kang’s Booker prize marks a major victory for a decade-long effort to drag one...

Most Texas quakes likely caused by oil, gas activities: study

OIL AND gas activities may have caused nearly nine in 10 of the earthquakes Texas has experienced in the past 40 years, and the...

Black Panther, Marvel’s African hero, in the spotlight

NEW YORK -- Captain America and Iron Man may be the stars of Marvel’s latest comic-book blockbuster, but Black Panther -- making his big-screen...