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Writers’ privacy row erupts as Italy’s Ferrante unmasked

ROME — One of literature’s most talked-about mysteries appeared to have been cracked Monday with the unmasking of the identity of the Italian publishing sensation Elena Ferrante.

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Blunt embraces dark, damaged protagonist in The Girl on the Train

HAPPILY MARRIED with two young children, actress Emily Blunt relished the opportunity to play a divorced, alcoholic, damaged protagonist in her latest thriller, The Girl on the Train.

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MAXX to the max!

Ads & Ends
Nanette Franco-Diyco

I REMEMBER VISITING decades ago a big confectionery plant in Libis that was churning out Halls menthol candies in various flavors, an unquestionable favorite among the AB and upper and lower C socioeconomic groups in the confectionery menthols category.

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Don Papa Rum launches new canisters, opens 2nd art tilt

PREMIUM RUM brand Don Papa Rum recently introduced a new set of award-winning packaging designs in its Don Papa Art Canister Series, which will be available in the Philippine market this October.

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A weekend bazaar that keeps on giving

LOVING LOCAL means supporting our own handcrafters and coffee farmers. On Oct. 8 and 9, these items and more will be available to try out at Avida Land’s “Homegrown Life + Style” market at the Glorietta Activity Center. To be showcased are the quality coffees from the International Women’s Coffee Alliance (IWCA), products from lifestyle brand ECHOStore, and handmade bags and home accessories from the social enterprise, Rags2Riches.

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Eating our way through Iloilo

By Camille Anne M. Arcilla

THE MOMENT we landed at the Iloilo International Airport, our tour guide welcomed us with a promise that we were “up for a different gastronomic experience.”

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Getting The Edge In Professional Selling
Terence A. Hockenhull

I HAVE BEEN in the Philippines long enough to appreciate that personal relationships count for a great deal. This appears especially true in selling.

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Baskin Robbins expands in the Philippines

AMERICAN SPECIALTY ice cream brand, Baskin Robbins, known for its wide array of flavors — enough for every day of the month — has just opened its 14th store in the Philippines, two years after its return to the country.

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Gene variant may drive hunger for high-fat foods

PARIS — People with a variant of a particular gene prefer high-fat food compared to people without it, said a study Tuesday, suggesting our dietary preferences may be at last partly pre-coded.

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Bad blood in the claws of literary execs

By Pola Esguerra del Monte

IN THE INK-STAINED manuscripts of the late Edgardo M. Reyes, the man who wrote the magazine serial-turned-novel-turned-award-winning-film [Maynila] Sa mga Kuko ng Liwanag, Manila is a dystopia of dark corners and neon lights — contrasting backdrops before which ordinary men and women are oppressed.

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Net Public satisfaction with President Rodrigo R. Duterte

PRESIDENT Rodrigo R. Duterte ended his first three months in office with a net satisfaction rating — the first for the current chief executive — that bested those of most of his post-EDSA revolution predecessors, except for Fidel V. Ramos, according to a Social Weather Stations’ (SWS) survey. Read the full story.

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Headline inflation rates in the Philippines, all items

CONSUMER PRICES last month rose at their steepest in one-and-a-half years, taking the year-to-date pace close to the central bank’s full-year forecast even as it stayed below the official target band for 2016. Read the full story.

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