Poverty incidence in the Philippines
“MORE PRONOUNCED” poverty reduction in recent years has shown that the country’s economic growth -- one of Asia’s fastest -- has lately been improving...
Public satisfaction with the branches of national government
PUBLIC SATISFACTION ratings of chief government institutions steadied in “good” to “very good” territory in the first three months of the administration of President...
Last goodbye
By Joseph L. Garcia
“Death alone can make others respect our sufferings; and through death the most pitiable sufferings acquire dignity,” said Thomas Mann in...
A taste of Filipino shopping with Adobomall
By Camille Anne M. Arcilla
A DIFFERENT kind of adobo is now available in the Philippines.
Adobomall, the Philippines’ first online shopping mall, was officially launched...
Antarctic glacier thinning more rapidly than thought: study
PARIS — A large glacier in West Antarctica lost up to half a kilometer in thickness in seven years, thinning more quickly than scientists...
Coffee, tea, and charity
AS A way to better connect with its customers and making its charity partners accessible to them, Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf (CBTL) Philippines...
England’s ‘most haunted village’ gears up for Halloween
PLUCKLEY, United Kingdom -- With Halloween in the air, ghouls are set to emerge from the shadows in the quiet streets of Pluckley, reputedly...
Beach Boys
By Noel Vera
MOVIE REVIEW
Apocalypse Child
Directed by Mario Cornejo
Critics fault Mario Cornejo’s Apocalypse Child for its formless almost motionless script, as if the premise (that...
3-D printed prosthesis project piloted in PH, shows promise for PWDs
YOKOHAMA-BASED firm SHC Design Co. Ltd., in partnership with the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and local clinic Orthopaedie Frey Prosthesis Center, recently piloted...
Black Mirror creator on how he (unknowingly) predicted the rise of Donald Trump
Television
Black Mirror
Netflix
BLACK MIRROR is back and ready to offer a fresh and terrifying insight into where society and technology is headed.
The third season of...
Astoria Palawan promotes play at work
By Nickky Faustine P. de Guzman
WHILE MEETINGS, Incentives, Conferences, and Events (MICE) is a booming section in the tourism industry, a hotel property in...
Why did Lambo give Marvel a Huracán to destroy in Dr. Strange?
IN THE LATEST Marvel Comics film, Doctor Strange, the titular character is a wealthy neurosurgeon who loses the use of his hands in a...