30-second selling and shopping with Shopee
By Joseph L. Garcia
ONLINE SELLING gets a little bit easier with Shopee, an easy-to-use buying and selling app.
Russell Crowe shows he can be one of the Nice Guys
By Angela Dawson
HOLLYWOOD — Although A-list bad boy Russell Crowe has mellowed since his phone-throwing, temper-tantrum days, the Aussie (by way of New Zealand) Oscar winner can still be rebellious.
Tryvertising: The beauty of trying before buying
BEAUTY PRODUCTS COME with a price, but not with a warranty. Unlike gadgets and gizmos or appliances and clothes, vanity items, once bought, are considered sold, regardless of whether the lipstick suits your skin tone or the toner causes breakouts.
Young users ‘guinea pigs’ for new wave of drugs: EU watchdog
PARIS — Young drug users risk ending up as “human guinea pigs” for a new wave of sometimes highly-toxic recreational drugs, the European Union’s (EU) drug monitoring body warned in a report released on Tuesday.
Using art to raise environmental awareness
By Camille Anne M. Arcilla
WATER is supposed to be clear. But when it gets dirty, it becomes a medium of art.
The 10 books you need to read this summer
By Barry Ritholtz, Bloomberg View
IF YOU are anything like me, you are probably looking forward to delving into several new and recent book releases that could make for pleasant beach reading.
Luxury brands struggle to attract Internet generation
SAN FRANCISCO — Seducing hyper-connected millennials poses an increasing challenge for luxury brands, which find their markets slowing as young, skeptical consumers force them to rethink strategies.
TechnoMarine brand ambassador Xian Lim on ‘living deep’
By Camille Anne M. Arcilla
FOR ACTOR Xian Lim, time management may not be an easy task, but he is still up for that challenge.
‘Tourists go home’: Spain tourism surge brings backlash
PALMA DE MALLORCA, SPAIN — On the walls of the grand old houses of this Balearic port which attracts millions of foreigners every year, a new kind of graffiti has flourished: “Tourists go home.”
YA novelist Jennifer Niven makes fans cry
By Camille Anne M. Arcilla
WHEN YOUNG ADULT novelist Jennifer Niven went to the Philippines, she cried as much as her Filipino fans did when they finally met.