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 Milano, is being held in the Italian city for the first time since 1906.
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 you fear that you are losing your grip, your hair, or your mind? In short, are you a normal person?
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 whose vendors claim have a variety of powers. But there is so much that we don’t know about them. What do those figures and symbols mean? What is their place in the story of the country?
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 company. But in an ironic twist, a feature tucked inside Apple’s latest software for the iPhone and iPad threatens to undermine the way his site makes money.
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?
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 of people off mountain climbing.
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 is that of groups of citizens and people who choose to delay or intentionally refuse vaccinations for themselves or for their children.
Breast cancer in the Philippines
THE PHILIPPINE Society of Medical Oncology said that breast cancer is so common in the Philippines that one in every 13 Filipinas is expected to develop it in her lifetime. Moreover, the Philippines has been identified as among the having the highest incidence rate of breast cancer in Asia.
Having breast cancer
IT HAS BEEN 16 years, but GMA actor Rocco Nacino can’t help but weep whenever he remembers the day his mother, Linda, was diagnosed with breast cancer.