Winter lights

November 24, 2016 | 11:30 pm

TRAVEL TO JAPAN does not have to be limited to cherry blossom time, as the country lights up with special illumination events during winter. The displays start in late October and run till March 2017.

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Killers drop Don’t Waste Your Wishes Christmas compilation

November 24, 2016 | 11:30 pm

THE KILLERS have released this year’s holiday treat for their fans, the Don’t Waste Your Wishes charity album, which dropped exclusively on Nov. 18 on iTunes and Apple Music. The compilation of singles — which the Las Vegas band has gifted annually as a holiday benefit for the (RED) charity, cofounded by Bono to battle AIDS in Africa — also features a new soon-to-be classic for all the little Victims out there, with a cover of the holiday staple “I’ll Be Home For Christmas,” featuring a meandering spoken-word intro about singer Brandon Flowers’s childhood.

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Net personal optimism

November 24, 2016 | 10:24 am

FILIPINOS’ optimism over quality of life and the economy in the year ahead stayed “very high” in President Rodrigo R. Duterte’s first quarter in office, according to a Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey that nevertheless bared a drop in some readings, signaling that keeping the faith will not be a walk in the park. Read the full story.

Top five agriculture imports

November 23, 2016 | 10:26 am

THE Department of Agriculture (DA) has ordered the revocation of all import permits for agricultural products issued by the agency as an anti-smuggling measure. Read the full story.

Nobody said it was cheap

November 22, 2016 | 3:22 am

A comparison of Coldplay ticket prices across concert stops

The cost to the Philippines of driving away American business

November 21, 2016 | 10:31 am

Philippine gross domestic product performance

November 18, 2016 | 2:22 pm

THE PHILIPPINE ECONOMY last quarter expanded at its quickest pace in three years, allowing the country to remain the fastest-growing among Asia’s emerging markets. Read the full story.

Lighting the way for women

November 17, 2016 | 11:35 pm

By Nickky Faustine P. de Guzman

While top politicians in the US and the Philippines are busy objectifying a woman, either “grabbing her by the pussy” or ogling her bare knees, eight Filipina trailblazers, meanwhile, have raised their voices above the noise to prove that they are more than just the sum of their (lady) parts.

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Window dressing

November 17, 2016 | 11:34 pm

By Zsarlene B. Chua

IT WAS — at first — a somber affair as while guests happily greeted one another, there was an undercurrent of disbelief and more than a little dread since Rustans’ Christmas event was held a few hours after businessman Donald Trump won the US Presidential elections.

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Mostly magical reviews for Fantastic Beasts but is it too dark?

November 17, 2016 | 11:34 pm

NEW YORK — British author J.K. Rowling has conjured up her Harry Potter magic in the spin-off film Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, but some early reviews wondered if it may be too dark for a family audience and whether the story can sustain four more movies.

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Christmas comes alive

November 17, 2016 | 11:33 pm

ACROSS THE CITY, yet another Christmas tradition has come to life as the Ortigas Center formally opened this year’s “Christmas on Display,” an animatronic presentation which includes elaborate sets, lights and sound.

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Vitamin D levels tied to breast cancer survival

November 17, 2016 | 11:33 pm

FOR WOMEN diagnosed with breast cancer, high vitamin D levels in the blood may be tied to better odds of surviving and having tumors with less deadly characteristics, suggests a new study.

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