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Hope in 40 seconds of video

EVERY 40 seconds, a life is lost to suicide, making it the second leading cause of death among 15- to 29-year olds globally, according to the World Health Organization. In addition to this, depression is the predominant cause of illness and disability for both boys and girls aged 10 to 19.

If the Philippines aims to unlock the economic value of women, it needs to learn from its high-flying neighbor.

THE WORLD would be richer by $28 trillion in 2025, according to a McKinsey Global Institute (MGI) report, if women took part in the global economy on the same basis as men. (See main story)

Stephen King meets The Walking Dead

By Richard Roeper

MOVIE REVIEW
Cell

India court orders old cars deregistered in smog-hit Delhi

NEW DELHI — India’s environment court Monday ordered all diesel vehicles older than 10 years to be deregistered in New Delhi, strengthening a ban on pollution-spewing cars partly blamed for the capital’s toxic air, a lawyer said.

International Tourist Arrivals

Tourism

Asian Development Outlook 2016

GROWTH across Asia and the Pacific — including the Philippines and the rest of Southeast Asia — should remain “solid” this year even in the wake of the United Kingdom’s (UK) June 23 vote to leave the European Union (EU), dubbed “Brexit,” that had otherwise shaken global financial markets, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) said in a report released yesterday. Read the full story.

Outlook

Filipinos’ net trust in China

CHINA found itself still distrusted by many Filipinos last month in a survey the Social Weather Stations (SWS) conducted a little more than two weeks before the historic Hague ruling against it, but that net trust rating turned out to be the country’s best in two years. Read the full story.

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Overseas Filipinos’ cash remittances

Money sent home by Filipinos abroad — a key driver of household spending that contributes nearly 70% to the economy — grew at a markedly slower pace in May from the preceding month and from a year ago, supporting official expectations of a cumulative increase this year that could be the smallest the country has seen in years. Read the full story.

How to play Pokemon Go

Before you get hooked, here are the things you need to know about Pokemon Go:

Vagina Dialogues: Thoughts on ‘revirginization’

By Nickky Faustine P. de Guzman

She said: “He’s so small I could hardly feel him.”

Your car’s been studying you closely and everyone wants the data

AS YOU MAY have suspected, your car is spying on you. Fire up a new model and it updates more than 100,000 data points, including rather personal details like the front-seat passenger’s weight. The navigation system tracks every mile and remembers your route to work. The vehicular brain is smart enough to help avoid traffic jams or score parking spaces, and soon will be able to log not only your itineraries but your Internet shopping patterns.

New Ghostbusters cast shakes off criticism to revive classic story

LOS ANGELES — The four lead actresses of the new Ghostbusters are out to prove that women can fight supernatural entities just as well as their male predecessors.