THE ADVERTISING INDUSTRY was on pace to lose $6.3 billion last year by showing digital ads to robots, according to a December 2014 study by White Ops, a fraud detection firm. The study applied some concrete numbers to illustrate a problem that most people in the industry understood was pervasive.
OSLO — A Norwegian chain of Arctic islands is seeking to turn numbing cold and total winter darkness into a draw for visitors who usually only venture north for the midnight sun during fleeting summers.
By Johanna D. Poblete
Theater Review
3 Stars and a Sun
Feb. 4 to March 6
Tuesdays to Fridays, 8 p.m.;
Saturdays and Sundays, 3 and 8 p.m.
PETA Phinma Theater, No. 5 Eymard Drive, New Manila, Quezon City
LOS ANGELES — Jane Austen’s classic tale Pride and Prejudice gets a somewhat different makeover for cinema screens with heroine Elizabeth Bennet armed with a sword and fighting zombies.
By Joseph L. Garcia
Concert
The Amazing Brahms
Metro Manila Concert Orchestra
Feb. 5
Little Theater, Cultural Center of the Philippines, Roxas Blvd., Pasay City
Getting The Edge In Professional Selling
Terence A. Hockenhull
“Sir! Would you mind spending 5 minutes with me, participating in a survey?”
PARIS, FRANCE — Bedbugs, the notorious bloodthirsty critters which tormented the residents of New York City some years ago, have become genetically wired to resist pesticides, experts said on Tuesday.
Text and photos by
Louine Hope U. Conserva
ILOILO CITY’s annual Dinagyang Festival, held every fourth weekend of January, is similar to Cebu’s Sinulog and Kalibo’s Ati-Atihan, two of the Philippines’ major fiestas that highlight the culture of indigenous tribes mixed in with the Catholic devotion to the image of the baby Jesus known as the Sto. Niño.
Ads & Ends
Nanette Franco-Diyco
THE LATEST MILO TV commercial shows a mother’s supreme efforts to personally do everything she can, to help her son excel in his aim: to be a champion.
By Michael Angelo S. Murillo
THE BURGEONING local fitness scene is set to be boosted some more with the recent launch of a premium international fitness platform designed to take healthy living and wellness to more people.
