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Up in the air

Ballooning is mid-sky meditation.

National government fiscal performance

STATE MOVES to crank up spending in a bid to nudge economic growth to a higher plane pushed last year’s fiscal balance closer to the program — and the deficit-to-gross domestic product (GDP) ratio to its highest in six years — even as most targets were missed, official data showed. Read the full story.

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Favorite Things | Of men and motorcycles

It’s all about freedom, power, and looking like a superhero.

The ultimate kick

Diving a cenote Mexico.

Not detours, but destinations

Dining in Spain’s Michelin-starred restaurants.

Badass transformation

A carchitect makes daring changes for the sake of individuality.

The migrant experience in art

By John L. Silva

GIVEN THAT immigrants and migrants these days are being demonized, made the pariah in many countries including the once immigrant friendly United States, the ongoing exhibition Afterwork at the Ilham Gallery in Kuala Lumpur is quite pertinent.

The Sinner is the Saint

By Sujata S. Mukhi

Theater Review
Agnes of God

Tourism Enterprise Zones pushed

By Zsarlene B. Chua

In hopes of attracting more investment in the tourism sector, the Tourism Infrastructure and Enterprise Zone Authority (TIEZA) has finally put into place the Tourism Enterprise Zone (TEZ) model which an executive described as a “paradigm shift in how we approach development towards tourism industry.”

Stop exercising and start training

By Michael Angelo S. Murillo

This weekend, global sports apparel brand Nike starts its Nike Training Club (NTC) classes, offering a program which gives more emphasis on “training” than “exercising,” showcasing globally designed workouts to reach one’s individual fitness goals, and catering to all fitness levels from beginner to advance.

How to survive the longest flight in the world

EARLY LAST MONTH, Qatar Airways took the prize for longest airline route when it debuted its 17-hour, 30-minute flight between Auckland and Doha. Not to be outdone, Qantas has announced plans to begin flying a 9,000-mile nonstop between Perth and London in 2018, and Singapore is eyeing a relaunch of its nonstop Newark-Singapore route, which will take just under 19 hours. (Yes, you read that correctly.)

Eurydice: A message from my father from the afterlife

By Nina Tesoro-Poblador

Theater Review
Eurydice