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Red Turnip’s silent treatment

By Camille Anne M. Arcilla

Theater
Tribes
Presented by Red Turnip
Directed by Topper Fabregas
Aug. 4 to Sept. 4
Power Mac Center Spotlight, Circuit Lane, Circuit Makati, A.P. Reyes Ave., Brgy. Carmona, Makati City

US TV loses its grip on eyeballs and the ads that want them

By Shira Ovide and Rani Molla, Bloomberg Gadfly

REMEMBER this moment in five to 10 years, when it becomes obvious the television industry is in trouble.

Groundbreaking YA book features Filipina protagonist

By Camille Anne M. Arcilla

IT IS PRETTY SAFE to say that among books released internationally, there has never been a female Filipino protagonist. But young adult author Sophia N. Lee has changed this lack.

Fitz and The Tantrums find pop not a ‘dirty word’

NEW YORK — Fitz and The Tantrums won acclaim with its brand of infectious retro soul but when it came time to write new material frontman Michael Fitzpatrick was at a loss.

Your Weekend Guide (August 5, 2016)

EXHIBITS

Galeria Duemila presents They Speak To You By Association, an exhibit featuring artists Felix Bacolor, Mariano Ching, RM de Leon, Jonathan Olazo, Yasmin Sison, and Trek Valdizno. It opens on Aug. 6, 4 p.m., and will run until Aug. 29. Galeria Duemila is located at 201 Loring Street, 1300 Pasay City.

Controlling and evaluating salespeople

Getting The Edge In Professional Selling
Terence A. Hockenhull

MANY YEARS AGO, I was a pilot in the Royal Air Force. My basic flight training was exacting to say the least.

There’s great coffee indeed!

Ads & Ends
Nanette Franco-Diyco

I’M IMPRESSED with the arsenal of television commercials by Blackpencil Manila for Great Taste Coffee.

Female orgasm an evolutionary throwback: study

PARIS — Why do women have orgasms?

What to see this week

4 films to see on the week of August 5-12, 2016

Some fish tackle ocean global warming by pretending it’s night

OSLO — Some fish may cope with the changing chemistry of the oceans linked to global warming by permanently setting their body defenses to night-time levels, the time of day when they find sea water least hospitable, a study said on Monday.

Moveable feast

Families considering themselves mahirap

FEWER Filipino families consider themselves as mahirap or poor, according to a new Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey which also showed a record low number of households saying they still struggle to put enough food on the table. Read the full story.

Poverty