Napkin brand launches pro-women videos
A WOMAN’S PERIOD can pretty much lead to a bad day, especially when she experiences dysmenorrhea on top of the demands of daily life. The last thing she needs is to be focusing on blood stains and napkins.
Ballet Philippines spreads its wings
By Camille Anne M. Arcilla
Dance
Firebird and Other Ballets
Presented by Ballet Philippines
Aug. 19, 8 p.m.;
Aug. 20 and 21, 2 p.m. and 6 p.m.
Tanghalang Nicanor Abelardo, Cultural Center of the Philippines, Roxas Blvd., Pasay City
Ballet Philippines (BP) is opening its 47th season with a show anchored by a Filipinized version of a Russian folk tale about a magical bird.
Facebook sidesteps ad-blocking on desktop computers
SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook on Tuesday began letting marketing messages slip past ad-blocking software on desktop computers.
Google and Facebook killed free media with ad domination
By Shira Ovide, Bloomberg Gadfly
WHEN SURFING the Web or your favorite apps, it’s hard not to notice the nudges to pony up for a subscription to Spotify, the local newspaper or Hulu. The nagging demonstrates how companies in the business of TV, journalism and music are breaking up with advertising, which has been much of the media industry’s best friend for decades.
Signs and silence
By Camille Anne M. Arcilla
Theater
Tribes
Presented by Red Turnip
Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays from Aug. 19 until Sept. 4
Power Mac Center Spotlight, Circuit Makati, A.P. Reyes Ave.,
Brgy. Carmona, Makati City
IT STARTS out with loud chattering which everyone in the theater can hear — except for one.
How much exercise will lower chronic disease risk?
PARIS — The daily dose of activity needed to lower the risk of diabetes, stroke, and heart disease by at least 20% is several times the minimum recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO), researchers said Wednesday.
Thailand mulls location-tracking tourist SIM cards
BANGKOK — Thailand could issue all foreign tourists with location-tracking SIM cards under plans announced Tuesday by the telecoms regulator, which has denied the project is an invasion of privacy.
How to spend the perfect weekend in Miami, without ever going outside
By Nikki Ekstein, Bloomberg
NOBODY goes to Miami to stay inside. If you’re here on vacation, you’ve come to hit the beach or lounge by the pool; if you’re here on business, chances are you’ll start your day with an outdoor run and end it on a rooftop bar.
Manulife pushes you to go for it!
Ads & Ends
Nanette Franco-Diyco
A COUPLE of weeks ago, I called J.Walter Thompson Philippines executive creative director Dave Ferrer, asking for the best ad campaign produced by the agency covering the full month that was about to end. He asked me to wait for material that was in the pipeline and would soon be breaking.