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Pete’s dragging

DVD REVIEW
Pete’s Dragon
Directed by David Lowery

By Noel Vera

Walt Disney Studios, in case you haven’t noticed, has been remaking its movies with mostly dire results. There was the live-action The Jungle Book (never mind); the live-action Maleficent (which totally bypassed the splendor of the original — possibly the only Disney animated feature I really like — in favor of a puny little girl-power parable) and I hear of Kenneth Brannagh doing a live-action Cinderella (which I missed, thankfully; there’s only so much punishment a critic can take).

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Quiet battle for the sound of silence in UK shops

LONDON — Nigel Rodgers is in hell. A campaigner against piped music for decades, he stands in a shoe shop on London’s Oxford Street which is blaring out loud pop music, wincing visibly.

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Beer and loafing in Laos

By Robert JA Basilio, Jr.

travel VientianeVIENTIANE, the capital of Laos, had me worried.

No, it wasn’t the socialist government nor the state-controlled media.

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Good, better, best advice for parents on children’s work

Ads & Ends
Nanette Franco-Diyco

THERE IS THIS book entitled Good, Better, Best (published by Scepter Publishers of New York in 2013) that has been such a great influence on mothers in the US and here in our country. It was therefore no surprise that it has just been translated into Spanish as Bien, Mejor, Excelente!, published by Ediciones Rialp of Madrid, Spain.

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Bar-hopping in Dallas after Orlando

By Joseph L. Garcia

travel DallasSEVERAL NEWS OUTLETS reported on the haunting din of the ringing of mobile phones on the early morning of June 12 in Orlando’s Pulse nightclub, a popular hangout for the LGBTQ crowd in the city in Florida. A shooter, identified as Omar Mateen, gunned down 49 people in the nightclub. Frantic loved ones called these cellphones, hoping to find out if their child, parent, sibling, friend was safe — but because they were no more, the phone calls went unanswered. The attack goes down in history as one of the deadliest mass shootings, and one of the worst attacks on LGBTQ people — so far.

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Kidney donation: the gift of life

By Nickky Faustine P. de Guzman

A WIFE wails as she begs for a spare organ to save her husband whose own kidneys are failing. But alas, either the wait list is too long or she’s waiting for nothing, because there are no organs ever arriving.

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What to see this week

7 films to see on the week of September 2-September 9, 2016

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Don’t be pushy

Getting The Edge In Professional Selling
Terence A. Hockenhull

GOOD SALESPEOPLE are able to sell effectively because they listen to their customers and take the time to find out exactly what it is that they want and need. I know from personal experience that dealing with salespeople can be an exasperating and frustrating experience especially when dealing with a salespersons who don’t listen.

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Moon is key to when jellyfish hit beach: Israeli study

JERUSALEM — Swimmers wanting to avoid being stung by jellyfish may want to watch the sky as much as the sea after Israeli researchers found a link between their arrival and the phase of the moon.

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Bringing Luzon’s mythical heroes to Mindanao, the Visayas

The legend of Lam-Ang, Bernardo Carpio, Ulo ng Apo and Bul-ul are some of the mythical stories from the Luzon region which will be mounted in a collaborative production tour from Sept. 4 to 11 in Mindanao.

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Philippine Travel Mart focuses on the peripatetic Millennial

By Zsarlene B. Chua

GET READY ONCE MORE for long lines snaking around the SMX Convention Center in Pasay City as the Philippine Travel Mart returns for its 27th staging from Sept. 2 to 4. This time more than 200 companies — from travel agencies and tour operators to food and merchandise purveyors — are joining.

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Hokkaido Highlights

Sometimes, the best view is the one behind you.

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