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THREE of the most iconic structures in the world: Singapore’s Merlion, Italy’s Leaning Tower of Pisa, and France’s The Louvre museum are now in Metro Manila. Obviously, they are not the real thing but they are things of beauty. The installations — found at Bonifacio High Street in Taguig City — though, will lead to lucky visitors to go to where they actually are.

Sales strategy and planning

Getting The Edge In Professional Selling — Terence A. Hockenhull

NEARLY EVERY SALESPERSON I know wants to exceed quota and increase his or her personal income. Fortunate are those salespeople who work on a basic salary with a generous commission. Their daily sales activities in the field gives them the opportunity of achieving both of these two goals. Last week, I wrote an article about the difficulties of finding good people, especially for sales positions. Experience is one thing; so, too, is adequate product knowledge. However, without the drive to achieve; a salesman may as well resign and start to look for alternative employment.

Night at the museum: will.i.am bigs up the Louvre

PARIS — He is after all rap’s renaissance man.

The singer will.i.am revealed to the world, on Tuesday, the results of his most unlikely collaboration yet after he was allowed to spend an “awesome” night inside the Louvre museum.

Slip and slide and slide and slide…

Slip and slide and slide and slide...

TAKE advantage of the summer’s sunshine this weekend and visit the NIVEA Slidefest at Filinvest City, Alabang. Slidefest Philippines has partnered with Nivea to present Asia’s biggest slip and slide. Guests can slide through clouds of foam on April 16 and 17, and try out new inflatables and interactive booths while listening to some of the hottest DJs in the country such as KatDJ, Jessica Milner, Migs Santillan and Marlo Naval, and checking out performances by the Emerald Fire Dancers and Asia’s Got Talent’s The Intensity Breakers. Three kinds of passes are available: the Wave and Family Wave Sliders for two hours of unlimited slides in one’s selected two-hour time session (P600/head); Block Sliders for four hours of unlimited slides in one’s selected four-hour time session (P1,000/head); and, All-Day Sliders which includes use of a VIP line and comes with limited edition merchandise such as a NIVEA Slidefest shirt and sunnies (P1,400/head). To register, visit www.slidefest.com.ph for online reservations and payments, e-mail support@slidefest.com.ph for slot reservations, visit Breakout Philippines branches at the ground floor of Paragon Plaza, EDSA cor. Reliance St., Mandaluyong City or at Breakout Katipunan.

Hogwarts goes to Hollywood as theme parks mushroom

LOS ANGELES — Fifteen years after Harry Potter’s first big screen adventure, Universal is enchanting a new generation of Muggles with its most spectacular conjuring trick yet — a theme park in the heart of Hollywood.

World tiger count rises for first time in 100 years

NEW DELHI — The number of wild tigers across the globe has increased for the first time in more than a century thanks to improved conservation efforts, wildlife groups said on Monday.

It is National Hemophilia Day on April 17

Medicine Cabinet
Reiner W. Gloor

WORLD HEMOPHILIA DAY is celebrated worldwide every April 17 including here in the Philippines.

Criminal

VETERAN actors Kevin Costner, Gary Oldman, and Tommy Lee Jones star in an Ariel Vromen-megged film about a dangerous criminal into whose brain are implanted the memories and skill of a CIA agent in order to stop an international terrorist’s plot.

The vessel to Venice

The curator of the Philippine Pavilion talks about Manuel Conde’s Genghis Khan.

Philippine business optimism falls

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February exports see biggest drop in four months

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Favorite Things | The art of comics

Gerry Alanguilan talks about the high art/low art divide; Carlo J. Caparas; and Francisco V. Coching, National Artist for Visual Arts.