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Your Weekend Guide (October 21, 2016)

EXHIBITS

Chinese artist Yang Ding Xian’s first exhibition in the Philippines, East Wind Rhapsody, will be on view from Oct. 22 to Nov. 10 at the Mezzanine level of the Makati Shangri-La Hotel.

Perilous beauty

TOURISTS navigate part of the 1.6-kilometer stretch of white water at Pangi River in barangay New La Union (NLU) in Maitum, Sarangani Province.

Devils’ milk could fight superbugs: Australia scientists

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA — Mother’s milk from the marsupials known as Tasmanian devils could help the global fight against increasingly deadly “superbugs” which resist antibiotics, Australian researchers said Tuesday.

10,000 endangered frogs die in Peru

LIMA, PERU — Peru is investigating what killed some 10,000 Titicaca water frogs, a critically endangered species affectionately known as the “scrotum frog,” in a river that is feared to be polluted, authorities said Monday.

Packed with extras

By Heather Turk

DVD Review
Beauty and the Beast

The life and death of the American erotic thriller

LOS ANGELES — Three decades ago Fatal Attraction heralded the age of the erotic thriller — crime potboilers featuring leading men swapping suggestive dialogue and bodily fluids with bewitching but murderous femme fatales.

Possible miscarriage gene found

PARIS, FRANCE — Scientists said Wednesday they had linked mutations in a specific gene with an increased risk of recurrent miscarriages, offering hopes of better diagnosis and treatment for affected women.

What to see this week

6 films to see on the week of October 21-28, 2016

David Attenborough calls for peepholes in zoos

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM — Veteran British naturalist David Attenborough called Monday for gorillas in zoos to be kept behind walls with peepholes rather than glass panels, to respect their privacy.

Growth of Philippine labor productivity

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Degree of hunger among households

THE PROPORTION of Filipinos who experienced involuntary hunger at least once last quarter hit its lowest point in over 12 years, as the reading improved across all areas in the country, a new Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey showed. Read the full story.

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How do US, China, Japan, Australia fare in public trust?

HE may have won an overwhelming mandate in May, but President Rodrigo R. Duterte will be swimming upstream when he leaves for China today on a four-day visit to balance foreign relations away from the United States, according to results of a Social Weather Stations (SWS) poll. Read the full story.

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