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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.

How to exercise at your desk, in secret

By Seth Porges

YOU’VE HEARD IT a million times: sit less. Your desk is slowly killing you.

Baybay: beach, heritage and adventure

FOR THE TYPICAL Filipino traveler, the beach would always be on top of the list of desired destinations. And as an archipelago of over 7,100 islands, the country is blessed with an extensive coastline of varying qualities of beaches sure to satisfy any traveler.

Other movies showing

Berkshire County

berk4A BABYSITTER tries to protect the children in her care when mysterious, pig-masked people attack the home. Directed by Audrey Cummings, this horror flick stars Alysa King, Samora Smallwood, and Bart Rochon. Writes Brad Wheeler of the Globe and Mail: “One suspects the ‘actual events’ involved first-time director Audrey Cummings at one point in her life watching better babysitter thrillers such as Halloween or When a Stranger Calls, because Berkshire County is nothing close to original.”

MTRCB Rating: R-16

Fathers and Daughters

fathers-and-daughtersAN AWARD-WINNING novelist has a mental breakdown following the death of his wife. Decades later, his daughter attempts to heal what has been broken between them. Directed by Gabriele Muccino, the film stars Russell Crowe, Amanda Seyfried, and Aaron Paul. “Russell Crowe heads a starry, largely overqualified cast in Gabriele Muccino’s treacly, time-hopping family soap opera,” writes Guy Lodge of Variety.

MTRCB Rating: R-13

The New Adventures Of Aladdin

the-new-adventures-of-aladdinA FRENCH FILM about two would-be robbers who spin a tale of a thief from Baghdad who finds a magical lamp that is home to a wish-granting genie. Directed by Arthur Benzaquen, it stars Kev Adams, Jean-Paul Rouve, and Vanessa Guide.

MTRCB Rating: PG

The Boy

fd5a2da22f9b7d2e_the-boy-BOY_092_DF-10870R_rgbA YOUNG AMERICAN woman takes a job as a nanny in a remote English village, only to discover that the family’s eight-year-old is a life-sized doll that the parents care for just like a real boy, as a way to cope with the death of their actual son 20 years prior. She quickly learns that there is more to the doll than meets the eye. Directed by William Brent Bell, the film stars Lauren Cohan, Rupert Evans, and James Russell. Writes Christian Holub of Entertainment Weekly: “[It] aims to set itself squarely in the fictional canon of Chucky and its brethren, but it ends up trying to do so much that it forgets to scare us.”

MTRCB Rating: R-13

Everything About Her

Everything-About-HerA STAR CINEMA drama megged by Joyce Bernal about a caregiver who struggles with her new client — a high-powered executive diagnosed with cancer. The film stars Angel Locsin, Vilma Santos and Xian Lim.

MTRCB Rating: PG

Longer paid maternity leave almost a reality for Pinoy mothers

Medicine Cabinet
Reiner W. Gloor

THE bill to increase maternity leave from 60 days to 100 days was approved on its third and final reading at the Senate on Jan. 18, with a vote of 19-0.