PARIS — Invasive insects cause at least $77 billion (€69 billion) in damage every year, according to a study released Tuesday that says this figure is “grossly underestimated” because it covers only a fraction of the globe.
by Richard Roeper
At 80, Woody Allen is the filmmaker equivalent of the dad or grandfather who has almost zero interest in modern pop culture, but loves to go through old photo books while listening to the music of a bygone era and telling anyone within earshot, “Those were the days.”
PARIS — A topologist is a person who cannot tell the difference between a coffee mug and a donut — so goes a joke about a little-known scientific field crowned Tuesday with a Nobel Physics Prize.
INTERNET addiction and stress, among many other factors, may contribute to developmental disorders among children in the Philippines, said Dr. Ma. Rochelle Buenavista-Pacifico, a developmental and behavioral pediatrician.
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.
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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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.
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.
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.
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.”
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.
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.
