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A fisherman’s tale: of resilience and disaster risk reduction

By Mozart Pastrano

But it was a sunny day. There were no dark clouds early that morning. The sea was not acting up at all. The night before, Felicisimo Ocbeña recalled, he had even brought out his motorboat and scoured through his usual fishing grounds. He caught plenty of red snappers. Today promised to be another good day despite all the talk about a coming typhoon. They said on radio and TV that it would be a strong typhoon, but Ocbeña could sniff no hint of danger in the air. Maybe the typhoon had come and gone without their knowing it. Maybe it had changed its course. Maybe it had slowed down. Maybe it was just like the other typhoons they were warned about before, Undang, Frank, nothing to worry about,

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Mozart in the Jungle: Mad Genius, or Drama Queen?

The Binge
Jessica Zafra

FROM THE TITLE I thought it was an adaptation of Fitzcarraldo, the Werner Herzog movie about a would-be rubber baron who dreams of building an opera house in the Amazon.

Scottish islanders don helmets for Viking fire festival

LERWICK, UNITED KINGDOM — Residents of Scotland’s remote Shetland Islands brandishing swords and shields celebrated their Nordic roots on Tuesday at a spectacular fire festival which culminated in them burning a replica Viking ship.

Watch and earn

By Nickky Faustine P. de Guzman

A WOMAN’S CELLPHONE hovers above everyone else’s heads. Another girl has found a tiny space to put out her phone: beside a shirtless dude’s armpit. In the crowded Light Rail Transit train heading for EDSA, the riders seem oblivious of the traffic below and the humidity inside the train. Almost everyone’s head is bowed over their phones.

Zika virus, a wolf in sheep’s clothing

PARIS — The world’s latest health scare is a seemingly minor illness that carries a killer wrapped inside: Zika, the mosquito-borne virus sweeping Latin America, usually lasts less than a week, except when it derails a whole life.

A borough’d life

Movie Review
Brooklyn

Sri Lanka destroys giant illegal ivory haul

COLOMBO, SRI LANKA — Sri Lanka’s government on Tuesday destroyed its biggest ever illegal ivory haul in the first public crushing of poached tusks in South Asia, intended to send a stark message to smugglers.

Sports come to KidZania

By Michael Angelo S. Murillo

NESTLÉ Philippines’ long-standing commitment to educate kids on the importance of living an active and healthy lifestyle gets an added dimension with the formal opening last weekend of the Milo Stadium in KidZania Manila in Bonifacio Global City, Taguig City.

Santana reunites lineup after 45 years

NEW YORK — Carlos Santana, one of the pioneering Latin rockers in the United States, has reunited with his early band for its first album together in 45 years.

Cloud 9 and magic

Ads & Ends — Nanette Franco-Diyco

HOW ARE CLOUDS formed? I like the visuals in the recently launched TV commercial of Universal Robina Corp.’s longtime favorite Cloud 9 chocolate bars. This is the creative answer posed by the creative team of advetising agency Woo.

Benghazi the film Clinton’s newest headache

THE DEADLY militant attack on the US consulate in Benghazi, Libya in 2012 continues to haunt Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton, this time in the form of a Hollywood action movie.