Your Weekend Guide (October 21, 2016)
EXHIBITS
Chinese artist Yang Ding Xian’s first exhibition in the Philippines, East Wind Rhapsody, will be on view from Oct. 22 to Nov. 10 at...
Perilous beauty
TOURISTS navigate part of the 1.6-kilometer stretch of white water at Pangi River in barangay New La Union (NLU) in Maitum, Sarangani Province.
NLU...
Devils’ milk could fight superbugs: Australia scientists
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA — Mother’s milk from the marsupials known as Tasmanian devils could help the global fight against increasingly deadly “superbugs” which resist antibiotics,...
10,000 endangered frogs die in Peru
LIMA, PERU — Peru is investigating what killed some 10,000 Titicaca water frogs, a critically endangered species affectionately known as the “scrotum frog,” in...
Packed with extras
By Heather Turk
DVD Review
Beauty and the Beast
Blu-ray
Silver Anniversary Edition
A TALE as old as time gets the silver anniversary treatment, as Beauty and the Beast...
The life and death of the American erotic thriller
LOS ANGELES — Three decades ago Fatal Attraction heralded the age of the erotic thriller — crime potboilers featuring leading men swapping suggestive dialogue...
Possible miscarriage gene found
PARIS, FRANCE — Scientists said Wednesday they had linked mutations in a specific gene with an increased risk of recurrent miscarriages, offering hopes of...
What to see this week
6 films to see on the week of October 21-28, 2016
Bakit Lahat Ng Gwapo May Boyfriend?
Director Jun Robles Lana tackles this Viva Entertainment romantic...
David Attenborough calls for peepholes in zoos
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM — Veteran British naturalist David Attenborough called Monday for gorillas in zoos to be kept behind walls with peepholes rather than...
Degree of hunger among households
THE PROPORTION of Filipinos who experienced involuntary hunger at least once last quarter hit its lowest point in over 12 years, as the reading...
How do US, China, Japan, Australia fare in public trust?
HE may have won an overwhelming mandate in May, but President Rodrigo R. Duterte will be swimming upstream when he leaves for China today...