Huawei’s Global Connectivity Index 2016 measures how 50 economies are progressing with digital transformation using Information and Communications Technology. Check out the Philippines’ connectivity score.
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By Nickky Faustine P. de Guzman
It’s 10:30 in the evening, and the night is still young and yearning. It’s spoken poetry night at Le Café Curieux in Makati. The bar is packed, and people keep on coming and going. Amid the crowd, an imposing looking woman greets everyone at the bar. Aslie Aslanian first gave spoken poetry acts a home back in 2000. The scene for poetry performance has grown since then, and is now spoken and heard in many bars and cafés in the city.
By Nickky F. P. de Guzman
GIVEN THE FLICKERING and fleeting stardom of some showbiz stars, companies are obliged to drop endorsements as soon as said stars lose, literally and figuratively, their face value. Brands must then look beyond what the eye can see. In its efforts to personify its marketing and values, Western Union has partnered with actor John Lloyd Cruz as its global ambassador. Why him?
“CAPTAIN YOO SI-JIN” is officially the Korean Tourism Honorary Ambassador for 2016 and will feature in television commercials and various promotional activities for South Korea, the Korea Tourism Organization (KTO) said in a press release this week.
BUDWEISER IS ENJOYING an unlikely source of growth in Russia’s declining beer market, even as the all-American brand continues to struggle at home.
By Angela Dawson
HOLLYWOOD — After the phenomenal success of 2002’s international sleeper hit My Big Fat Greek Wedding, the pressure was on Nia Vardalos, the star and writer of the Mediterranean-flavored family comedy, to come up with a sequel.
WITH LEADING ladies Charlize Theron, Emily Blunt and Jessica Chastain, female characters dominate fantasy film The Huntsman: Winter’s War, unleashing dark forces, freezing enemies and fighting evil.
