Negros Oriental as water capital
By Nickky Faustine P. de Guzman
HOME to 79 natural lakes and 451 rivers, and being an archipelago, thus surrounded by water, the Philippines faces a perennial water shortage.
New driver, new car
The Transporter: Refueled
AFTER JASON STATHAM starred in three movies playing the eponymous Transporter — Frank Martin, a mercenary who specializes moving goods of all kinds — a new actor steps into his shoes and goes behind the wheel.
Sea to summit
MOUNTAINS AND SEAS are the country’s top eco-tourism drawers for both mountaineers and beach lovers. Over at Agusan del Norte, its capital, the City of Cabadbaran, is taking the lead in protecting and nurturing the “sea to summit” ecological balance of the province.
Sight | Secret suite
1101 is an innocuous enough number, but whisper this room number to staff members of the Crown Towers Manila in the City of Dreams and they will come running to fulfill your every need.
Night of the power trio
By Juaniyo EY Arcellana
The band is called Lagkitan and the last Friday night of August belonged to them at the Bar@1951 in Malate (at times called “the former Penguin”), the power trio named after a type of cannabis playing until the wee hours a set that ranged from Jimi Hendrix Experience to Cream to Stevie Ray Vaughan.
Importance of de-worming school children
Medicine Cabinet
by Reiner W. Gloor
On July 29, “Oplan Goodbye Bulate,” or the National School De-worming Campaign, was launched with the ambitious objective of de-worming in one day about 14 million school children studying in the public elementary schools.
How will climate change affect your livelihood?
By Marlowe Hood, AFP
PARIS — As the reality of global warming starts to hit home, people may ask: “How will it affect my livelihood?”
Well, that depends.
Cinemagraphs feat. the cast of Ang Larawan
The High Life team has been experimenting with cinemagraphs, defined as still photographs with minor moving elements. Take a look at the ones we made during our Ang Larawan fashion editorial. Enjoy!
Going Clear: How to make tax-free billions in the religion business
The Binge
By Jessica Zafra
L. Ron Hubbard was a prolific science-fiction writer of the 1940s and ’50s who wanted more than the dollar per word he was paid for his pulp novels. It occurred to him that the fastest way to gain fame, fortune and power was to start his own religion.
Vicious: Revered thespians behaving badly
The Binge
By Jessica Zafra
Sir Ian McKellen and Sir Derek Jacobi are two of the most esteemed British actors of stage and screen. Theirs are the careers that young thespians aspire to. Between them they have played Hamlet, Macbeth, Lear, Uncle Vanya, Cyrano, Alan Turing, Magneto, Claudius, and Gandalf. They have played just about every great role we can think of, and now that they’re in their 70s, what is left for them to do? Well, they can play two flamboyant old queens who have carried on a love-hate relationship for 50 years.