Vice Cosmetics, a brand that wants to be your ride-or-die, for life
EIGHT YEARS AGO, comedian and actor Vice Ganda (real name: Jose Marie Borja Viceral) entered the local beauty industry, alongside contemporaries such as Anne Curtis with blk Cosmetics and the Sunnies Face founders Georgina Wilson, Jessica Wilson, Martine Cajucom, and Bea Soriano. The goal was to create a makeup brand that was accessible — not only in shade range, but also in price — hence the birth of Vice Cosmetics.
Deceitful. And murderous
By Filomeno Sta. Ana III and Pia Rodrigo
Taking up the cudgels for big tobacco, Japan Tobacco International (JTI) wants to lower tobacco tax rates. So goes the news story titled “JTI...
Startup helps rice farmers navigate information asymmetries
AN AGRICULTURE startup is offering a digital platform that helps rice farmers connect directly to millers and traders to ensure they know which are...
Central bank updates operating procedures for holidays, work suspensions
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First AAP-sanctioned inter-island rally kicks off in Lubang
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Carrying good vibes
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ArteFino, the artisanal fair, ended...
Fugitive memory
By Marian Pastor Roces
On Aug. 17, in Indonesia, the government of President Prabowo Subianto postponed the release of a 10-volume “official history.” A good number of historians...
Indonesia signals continuing crackdown on palm plantations
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Bargain hunting, BSP easing hopes may lift PSEi
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Rice, pork prices fall in early August
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NGCP seeks expedited approvals to connect offshore wind projects
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Finnish elevator company KONE banks on market growth outside Metro Manila
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