One-stop shop for all things diabetes related

April 8, 2016 | 12:01 am

By Zsarlene B. Chua

BF HOMES in Parañaque is the site of the country’s first store dedicated to the management of diabetes. The straightforwardly named The Diabetes Store (TDS) aims to provide for the needs of patients, from diabetic-friendly ready-to-eat meals to medicines and medical equipment.

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Designed for life

April 8, 2016 | 12:01 am

By Joseph L. Garcia

Exhibit
Tapas: Spanish Design for Food

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Stone Age humans brought deer to Scotland by sea

April 8, 2016 | 12:01 am

PARIS — Stone Age humans populated the Scottish islands with red deer transported “considerable distances” by boat, said researchers on Wednesday who admitted surprise at our prehistoric ancestors’ seafaring prowess.

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Mom’s Knorr influence stretches far beyond home

April 8, 2016 | 12:01 am

Ads & Ends
Nanette Franco-Diyco

THERE IS A 2-minute digital advertising produced by Ogilvy One Worldwide for Unilever’s Knorr Bouillon Cubes that captures one’s attention. There is good abruption in this online material where we are first led to believe that this must be some war movie.

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Last Motorhead recordings to become live album

April 8, 2016 | 12:01 am

NEW YORK — Motorhead’s last live recordings before the death of the hard-charging metal band’s frontman Lemmy are being turned into a live album.

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Philippine government’s fiscal performance (as of January 2016)

April 7, 2016 | 11:59 pm

The government posted a budget deficit in January this year, but economists believe state spending should have increased faster ahead of the March 25-May 8 election ban on public works in order to spur economic growth. Read the full story.

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Makati Business Club Executive Outlook Survey

April 7, 2016 | 11:22 pm

Many senior executives of some of the Philippines’ biggest companies expect the general economy to fare better than in 2015 and their businesses to invest more this year, according to results of Makati Business Club Executive Outlook Survey.

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How economies gain from falling oil prices

April 7, 2016 | 8:43 pm

Inflation rate as of March 2016

April 5, 2016 | 11:47 pm

Philippines’ headline inflation rates in March 2016

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Which Asian country loads Web pages the fastest?

April 4, 2016 | 10:13 pm

These are the rankings of Asian countries in terms of broadband and mobile speeds. The rankings were part ofAKAMAI Technologies Inc.’s State of the Internet Report (Q4 2015).

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Beauty booms: Online beauty sector expands with entry of new players

April 1, 2016 | 4:02 am

By Zsarlene B. Chua, Reporter

February was quite a busy month for online beauty as two international stores set up shop in the Philippines — one which has a solid fan base in the west and another which has just started and wants to make a name for itself as a repository of all things Korean beauty.

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Herstory

April 1, 2016 | 4:01 am

By Nickky Faustine P. de Guzman, Reporter

International Women’s Month may be over, but the fight for gender equality never ends. Because, yes, “the struggle is real.”

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