The miracle of Dreyer’s crib
By Noel Vera
DVD Review
The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek
Directed by Preston Sturges
Ordet
Directed by Carl Theodor Dreyer
France’s new ‘Disneyland of wine’ sets heads spinning
PARIS — It has already been dubbed an “adult Disneyland” and “the amusement park of our dreams” by US college students.
Mining stock bleed
Stocks of listed miners on June 21 succumbed to news that President-elect Rodrigo R. Duterte offered the post to Regina Paz “Gina” L. Lopez, trustee of the Lopez Group Foundation, Inc. and chairman of the ABS-CBN Lingkod Kapamilya Foundation, Inc., the corporate social responsibility arm of media giant ABS-CBN Corp. that lists a “No to Mining Campaign” among its key advocacies. Read the full story.
Real wages stagnant even as jobs, productivity grow
Relaxed labor laws, improved worker skills, and greater ease of doing business would open up high quality and well-paying jobs for Filipinos in order to alleviate poverty, the World Bank said in a new report.
In a report titled “Labor Market Review: Employment and Poverty in the Philippines,” the multilateral lender pointed out the gnawing problem of underemployment in the country, with a big chunk of Filipinos remaining poor despite holding jobs. Read the full story.
Aquino government satisfaction slips
PUBLIC SATISFACTION with the performance of outgoing President Benigno S.C. Aquino III’s administration dipped — though it remained “good” — as it entered its last three months in office, according to the latest Social Weather Stations survey that showed a big drop in Metro Manila as well as in two of three tracked socioeconomic classes. Read the full story.
Tourism’s economic contribution marks new milestone in 2015
Philippine tourism became more fun in 2015, as its contribution to the economy breached a trillion pesos to hit its highest in the final full year of the Aquino administration. Read the full story.
House prices rise nearly 10% from January to March
The Philippines is far from seeing a property bubble even as housing prices rose by nearly a tenth annually last quarter, according to findings of the central bank’s new index for tracking such prices nationwide. Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Deputy Governor Diwa C. Guinigundo bared the results of the new residential real estate price index (RREPI) on June 3 that showed, among others, a 9.2% overall rise in housing prices in January-March from the comparable year-ago period. Read the full story.
‘Hot money’ flows back in May
FOREIGN portfolio investments — also known as “hot money” for the ease with which they go through markets — turned around to a net inflow in May following “orderly” national elections, among others, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) said in a June 16 statement. Read the full story.
When age does matter: On IVF, surrogacy, and Obando
By Nickky Faustine P. de Guzman, Reporter
People’s eyes are now on Scarlet Snow. Her every move is documented and shared, whether her adventures at a baby play center or when she is simply just being cute. At the tender age of one year, the baby superstar has amassed hearts, followers, and likes on her very own Instagram account — @scarletsnowbelo — which currently has 121,000 fans (and counting).
Need corporate gift ideas? Fair focuses on the local and personal
BALLPENS AND UMBRELLAS may be the usual giveaways at seminars or corporate parties, but what’s in nowadays is giving something more personal, perhaps more useful, and definitely more thought about — like homemade biscuits.