Targeting the professionals

November 24, 2016 | 11:31 pm

DUTCH GLOBAL paints and coating company, AkzoNobel, has introduced Dulux Professional paints specifically targeted towards “architects, contractors, interior designers and other trade professionals,” according to a company release.

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Doing your Christmas shopping online

November 24, 2016 | 11:31 pm

By Nickky Faustine P. de Guzman

Fridays and the numbers 15 and 30 are usually deadly combinations. They mean one thing, and it’s a word written in bright red boldface: SALE. The red tag heralds both the coming of an empty wallet and gridlock in Mandaluyong or Makati where the giant shopping malls are. Mall sales also mean a hefty surcharge on the price of your Uber or Grab car ride — if you even manage to book one.

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An excerpt from Kathy Griffin’s memoir: When Joan Rivers took her to Windsor Castle to meet Prince ‘Chuck’

November 24, 2016 | 11:31 pm

By Kathy Griffin

Look, it was hard to pick one Joan Rivers story for this book. I’ll always miss her. I have countless meaningful and hilarious memories of our time together. But here’s a story that will blow your mind. It may have a couple of surprises, but I think it encompasses so much about Joan that I loved.

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RiteMed cites true heroes

November 24, 2016 | 11:30 pm

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Nanette Franco-Diyco

TWO MONTHS AGO, RiteMed released a two-minute advocacy ad on social media entitled “Pagpupugay” (A Tribute). International award-winning director Brillante Mendoza agreed to do the commercial, saying that he could relate to the material “because he himself took care of his own mother for 18 months before she passed away.”

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Financial phishing increases during holiday shopping season

November 24, 2016 | 11:30 pm

AS more people shop online during the lead-up to the Christmas holidays, the number of financial phishing attacks is also expected to rise said Kaspersky Lab, a global cybersecurity company, in a release. Its research shows that over the last few years, “the holiday period was marked by an increase in phishing and other types of attacks, which suggests that the pattern will be repeated this year,” the statement said.

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Winter lights

November 24, 2016 | 11:30 pm

TRAVEL TO JAPAN does not have to be limited to cherry blossom time, as the country lights up with special illumination events during winter. The displays start in late October and run till March 2017.

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Killers drop Don’t Waste Your Wishes Christmas compilation

November 24, 2016 | 11:30 pm

THE KILLERS have released this year’s holiday treat for their fans, the Don’t Waste Your Wishes charity album, which dropped exclusively on Nov. 18 on iTunes and Apple Music. The compilation of singles — which the Las Vegas band has gifted annually as a holiday benefit for the (RED) charity, cofounded by Bono to battle AIDS in Africa — also features a new soon-to-be classic for all the little Victims out there, with a cover of the holiday staple “I’ll Be Home For Christmas,” featuring a meandering spoken-word intro about singer Brandon Flowers’s childhood.

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Net personal optimism

November 24, 2016 | 10:24 am

FILIPINOS’ optimism over quality of life and the economy in the year ahead stayed “very high” in President Rodrigo R. Duterte’s first quarter in office, according to a Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey that nevertheless bared a drop in some readings, signaling that keeping the faith will not be a walk in the park. Read the full story.

Top five agriculture imports

November 23, 2016 | 10:26 am

THE Department of Agriculture (DA) has ordered the revocation of all import permits for agricultural products issued by the agency as an anti-smuggling measure. Read the full story.

Nobody said it was cheap

November 22, 2016 | 3:22 am

A comparison of Coldplay ticket prices across concert stops

The cost to the Philippines of driving away American business

November 21, 2016 | 10:31 am

Philippine gross domestic product performance

November 18, 2016 | 2:22 pm

THE PHILIPPINE ECONOMY last quarter expanded at its quickest pace in three years, allowing the country to remain the fastest-growing among Asia’s emerging markets. Read the full story.