Street party

July 1, 2016 | 12:01 am

THE BUSY STREET of Paseo de Roxas will be closed to motorists on Sunday to give way to the Makati Block Party.

Retaining customers

July 1, 2016 | 12:01 am

Getting The Edge In Professional Selling
Terrence A. Hockenhull

ACHIEVING 20% sales growth is not easy; nearly every salesperson will attest to the difficulties of reaching targets when they have been increased. Tell the sales team to achieve this growth within a short period of time (say one or two months) and they will not go out to look for new customers. They will approach their existing client base and look for an increase in orders.

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Coral laboratory grows in Batangas

July 1, 2016 | 12:01 am

THE COUNTRY’s first underwater laboratory has been constructed in Mabini, Batangas, one of the country’s top scuba diving spot.

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How to score ‘cheap’ Prada bags in Tuscany

July 1, 2016 | 12:01 am

Text and photos by Cathy Rose A. Garcia

HEADING to Italy and planning to shop until you drop? Make time to include a trip to one of the outlet shopping malls scattered throughout the country.

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What to see this week

July 1, 2016 | 12:01 am

6 films to see on the week of July 1-July 8, 2016

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The nation’s HIV status

July 1, 2016 | 12:01 am

By Zsarlene B. Chua

Fewer people are becoming infected with HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) around the world but the Philippines is, worryingly, trending in the opposite direction. A 2014 country progress report available on the UNAIDS Web site tells us that in 2000, only one new case every three days was diagnosed; by the end of 2013, there was one new case every two hours. In addition, UNICEF noted that the Philippines was “one of only seven countries globally where the number of new HIV cases increased by over 25% from 2001 to 2009.”

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It’s comical. It’s critical. It might even help you lose weight

July 1, 2016 | 12:01 am

By Deena Shanker

IN THE US last summer, a commercial laid bare some of the realities of expecting: the protruding belly and accompanying lower back pain, the sleepless nights alongside a dozing partner, the discomfort, the calendar countdown. The images played to a soundtrack of a Michael Bolton song about pregnancy, “I Just Can’t Wait to Meet You.”

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