Shrinking screens, bigger bucks
By Pola Esguerra del Monte
Assistant editor, BWorld University
The 1280×720 screen burst to life.
US Pizza Hut has an answer for LeBron and all the pizzeria upstarts
AMERICANS ARE BUYING more pizza than ever, but Pizza Hut — which has been feeding that appetite for more than a half-century — is getting a shrinking slice of the pie.
Better Call Saul: The moving story of an honest sleazeball
The Binge — Jessica Zafra
“YOU’RE the kind of lawyer guilty people hire,” the embezzler’s wife tells Jimmy McGill (Bob Odenkirk). Even the most clueless criminal can tell that the protagonist of Better Call Saul is a shady character. But when the AMC series begins, Jimmy has not fully embraced the shady side. He’s still trying to do the right thing — it’s just that in Jimmy’s world, “good” and “bad” are relative. Yes, he gets a pair of scam artists in trouble, but he does bargain their punishment down from death to one broken leg each. All things considered, that’s a great lawyer. Great-ish.
2015 a ‘tipping point’ for climate change
By Marlowe Hood, AFP
PARIS — When future generations write the history of humanity’s faltering quest to repair Earth’s climate system, 2015 will have its own chapter.
Big beer’s curious plan to sell to consumers who mistrust them
AMERICA’S BIGGEST BEER companies want more millennials to buy their products, but they don’t want to be, like, obvi about it.
Nescafé Latte teaches the art of the pregnant pause
Ads & Ends
Nanette Franco-Diyco
WHAT DO YOU do, what do you say, how do you react when someone greets you with such familiarity and enthusiasm while your mind remains a total blank as to who the person is?
David Bowie: A force on screen and soundtracks
By Richard Roeper
DAVID BOWIE was one of the most beloved and influential musical artists of the 20th (and early 21st) century — but he was also an interesting and diverse actor who created a lasting persona in just a few dozen movie and TV roles.
Strong winds help Denmark set wind energy world record
COPENHAGEN — Danish wind turbines set a new world record by generating nearly half of all the electricity consumed by the Scandinavian country in 2015, an official from state-owned Energinet.dk said on Monday.
The Big Short tries to make the 2008 Financial Crisis fun to watch
By Anousha Sakoui, Bloomberg View
HOLLYWOOD is trying a new way to get film fans interested in the 2008 financial crisis, turning the worst market collapse since the Great Depression into a tragicomedy.
Shopping + beaches + mountains = Davao
By Maya M. Padillo
DAVAO CITY — A number of tour packages in the Davao Region covering April 3 to May 1 will be offered at discounted rates under the Department of Tourism-Region 11’s (DoT-11) flagship program, Visit Davao Fun Sale (VDFS).
More than 7,000 babies stillborn every day
PARIS — About 7,200 babies are stillborn every day — some 2.6 million per year — and half of these deaths occur during delivery, according to a quintet of studies published by The Lancet on Tuesday.