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What to see this week

3 films to see on the week of July 8-15, 2016

‘No junk food, only a junk diet’

By Nickky Faustine P. de Guzman

“THERE’S no junk food, only a junk diet,” said Divorah V. Aguila, Food and Nutrition Research Institute specialist and senior science research, at a media round-table discussion on June 28 about the Filipino diet.

36 bird species make a home in Davao park

THIRTY-SIX bird species — several of which are considered endangered — were recently identified as living at the Aboitiz Cleanergy Park in Davao City, reinforcing the park’s status as a thriving biodiversity preserve. The park is one of the country’s few nesting sites for hawksbill turtles (pawikans) and is a showcase of urban-based habitat conservation and biodiversity management practices.

Asia-Pacific GDP growth projections

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Baseline

Prime cuts

Headline inflation rates in the Philippines, all items

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Inflation

Producer price index for manufacturing sector

PPI-2000 PPI

The tailor who is not a tailor

Traditionally, the relationship between a Neapolitan tailor and his client is much more personal than a clean-cut business transaction.

Favorite Things | Matters of taste

The President of Greenwich on skinny jeans and dressing for the job you want.

The Glenlivet XXV: Sexy, seductive, and opulent

In the words of Alan Winchester, The Glenlivet’s master distiller, the Glenlivet XXV is “a whisky so exceptional, it requires the signed approval of four expert whisky makers.”

Vintage barbers

“Once in a while, a man wants to feel pampered. It’s nostalgia that pulls you into these barbershops.”

Feats of shoemaking

Ingenuity is the very heart of Sapatero—a combination of scholarliness, curiosity, and derring-do that appeals to their customers.