One of Asia’s finest bartenders curates exclusive drink selection for Aqua Boracay

Fondly known as Bali’s “King of Cocktails,” Raka Ambarawan ignites a night of fine cocktail selection last July 3, 2019 at Gallery by Chele,...

From #instafame to insta-money:The business of blogging

By Pola Esguerra del Monte A PICTURE is worth a thousand words -- and a thousand pesos, if the caption indicates that it was taken...

Around the world at the Milan Expo

By Cathy Rose A. Garcia THERE WAS just one reason why I wanted to go to Milan this summer -- the world’s fair, called Expo...

TV Therapy: Watch your way to better mental health

The Binge By Jessica Zafra ARE YOU ANXIOUS, stressed-out, neurotic? Are you haunted by the past, overwhelmed by the present, and worried about the future? Do...

Agimat in the museum

By Jasmine Agnes T. Cruz WE KNOW of agimat and anting-anting -- Filipino amulets or talismans -- as those metal trinkets sold outside Quiapo church...

Apple’s ad-blocking feature is sending publishers scrambling

SETH WEINTRAUB has made a career of reporting on Apple. His Web site, 9to5mac.com, is one of the go-to places for news about the...

The children are

By Noel Vera DVD Review The Brood Directed by David Cronenberg INTERESTING to chart the course of David Cronenberg’s career as if it were a pathology, the coursing...

Silver Linings Playbook’s Matthew Quick: when people told him to give up

By Jasmine Agnes T. Cruz HOW MANY YEARS should one believe in a dream without knowing if it will ever come true? New York Times best-selling...

What to see this week

5 films to see from Sept. 18-Sept. 25, 2015 Silong A DOCTOR helps a bloodied young woman he finds on the road one night, only to find...

I’d really like you to see Me and Earl and the Dying Girl

Movie Review By Richard Roeper Me and Earl and the Dying Girl Directed by Alfonso Gomez-Rejon WHAT’S the story with that intense, cool teacher with all those tattoos...

Everest takes a trip to the icy top — in 3-D

Movie Review By Michael Roddy, Reuters Everest Directed by Baltasar Kormakur THE HIGH-ALTITUDE thriller Everest, which opened the Venice Film Festival earlier this month, should warn a lot...

Meeting the challenges of vaccination hesitancy

AN INCREASING challenge which must be squarely dealt with by numerous countries and territories which are seeking to bridge and close the immunization gap...