Jollibee celebrates real love

October 13, 2016 | 11:31 pm

Ads & Ends
Nanette Franco-Diyco

THE NEWLY LAUNCHED digital and television commercials of Jollibee’s Burger Steak express how someone who’s deeply in love really knows it’s real love. I congratulate Jollibee and Publicis Jimbasic for creatively exploiting the love duo of “JaDine.” I remember this same client and agency producing one of the very first TV commercials of James Reid when he was still a nobody in cinema or TV. So it was an extremely wise move to actively stay with him as he slowly rose to stardom.

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What to see this week

October 13, 2016 | 11:30 pm

7 films to see on the week of October 14-October 21, 2016

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Classic buddy cop comedy Lethal Weapon hits small screen

October 13, 2016 | 11:30 pm

Television
Lethal Weapon
Thursdays, 8:10 p.m.
Fox

HOLLYWOOD — Lethal Weapon famously starred Mel Gibson and Danny Glover as mismatched but likable cops in a series of lighthearted action-packed films in the 1980s and 1990s. Veteran comedic actor Damon Wayans (In Living Color) and up-and-coming Alabama native Clayne Crawford (TV’s Rectify) stepping into the shoes of Glover and Gibson, respectively, in the TV series update of Lethal Weapon.

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Celebrating idleness

October 13, 2016 | 11:30 pm

Words and images by Nickky Faustine P. de Guzman

AFTER SAILING for nine hours straight, I have perfected the art of doing nothing.

Going to Boracay usually takes less than an hour by plane from the Manila airport — which is way more convenient than commuting from Makati to Alabang — but alternatives, and longer routes, are also options, especially for those with a smaller budget but with more time to spare.

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France to open first ‘shooting gallery’ for drug addicts

October 13, 2016 | 11:30 pm

PARIS, FRANCE — France’s health minister visited the country’s first “shooting gallery” for hard drug addicts on Tuesday as opposition politicians denounced the experiment at a hospital in northern Paris.

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A facelift for the Moon every 81,000 years

October 13, 2016 | 11:30 pm

PARIS — The Moon is bombarded by so much space rock that its surface gets a complete facelift every 81,000 years, according to a study released Wednesday based on NASA data.

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WHO urges price hikes on sugary drinks in obesity fight

October 13, 2016 | 11:30 pm

GENEVA, SWITZERLAND — The UN health agency on Tuesday urged countries to start taxing sugary beverages as they fight against an obesity epidemic, pointing to evidence that price hikes can dramatically reduce consumption.

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No commitments, no sale

October 13, 2016 | 11:30 pm

Getting The Edge In Professional Selling
Terence A. Hockenhull

I AM FREQUENTLY asked about the cultural aspects of selling. Is there anything different about selling in the Philippines compared to say, Hong Kong, Australia, the USA or the UK? Essentially, no. The basic skills required to close a complex sales interaction are the same no matter where you are. Having said this, local culture has an impact on the way buyers and sellers interact with each other during a sales meeting.

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Tom Hanks enjoys playing ‘smartest guy in the room’ in Inferno

October 13, 2016 | 11:30 pm

ACTOR Tom Hanks said the real draw for him to reprise his role as fictional symbologist Robert Langdon in the film adaptation of Dan Brown’s thriller Inferno was the chance to be “the smartest guy in the room.”

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Families considering themselves mahirap

October 13, 2016 | 9:56 am

THE PERCENTAGE of Filipinos considering themselves poor hit a fresh record low last quarter, according to results of a Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey that signaled a good start for the new Duterte administration’s push to slash official poverty rate to 16-17% by the time it steps down in mid-2022 from 26.3% as of the first half of 2015. Read the full story.

Awareness, trust ratings of President Rodrigo R. Duterte

October 11, 2016 | 10:10 am

NEITHER his harsh rhetoric nor a mounting body count in the government’s war on narcotics has eroded the public’s trust in President Rodrigo R. Duterte, whose net rating has steadied in “excellent” territory, according to findings of a survey the Social Weather Stations (SWS) conducted for the chief executive’s first three months in office. Read the full story.

Foreign direct investments in the Philippines

October 11, 2016 | 10:10 am

NET foreign direct investments (FDIs) recovered to a three-month high in July just as President Rodrigo R. Duterte formally occupied Malacañang, according to data the central bank released yesterday, riding on confidence in the newly seated administration. Read the full story.