HOLI in Manila

THE Asia Society Philippines and SM by the Bay present the 4th annual Holi Festival in Manila on March 20 at SM by the...

Fashion’s holy grail would be an Instagram ‘Buy’ button

AS FASHION month drew to a close, with Paris the last stop, there was only one talking point: which designers would follow Burberry and...

The Bibliophibian’s Backlog: Book lovers are essentially hoarders with better excuses.

By Jessica Zafra BOOK LOVERS go by many names — bibliophiles, bibliomaniacs, bibliolaters, Larry (McMurtry, the Pulitzer and Oscar-winning author who runs a bookstore and...

Davao’s ‘Bat Mama’ firming up plans to build artificial bat cave in Samal

By Maya M. Padillo DAVAO CITY — Don’t call her Batwoman, although like the DC Comics character, she is a kind of heroine — one...

Bryan Cranston soaked in persona of blacklisted scribe Trumbo

By Angela Dawson, Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD — Though few outside of the Hollywood community know the name Dalton Trumbo, the two-time Academy Award winning...

Indian medical students bring Holi to Davao

By Maya M. Padillo DAVAO CITY -- Indians, mainly medical student who have made Davao their temporary home, are bringing their Holi Festival of Colors...

Now out on DVD

The Fall GILLIAN ANDERSON (The X-Files) and Jamie Dornan (Fifty Shades of Grey) reprise their cat-and-mouse roles in the second season of The Fall, available...

Meeting with the top guy

Getting The Edge In Professional Selling Terence A. Hockenhull ONE OF THE weaknesses of my sales team is that they sell within their comfort zone. The younger members...

Jennifer Garner explains how new faith film made her return to church

LOS ANGELES — In new faith film Miracles from Heaven, which is based on a true story, actress Jennifer Garner plays Christy Beam, the...

Horse-sized dinosaur shows how T. rex became king

WASHINGTON — A newly discovered cousin of the Tyrannosaurus rex may explain how the legendary dinosaur leapt in size to become undisputed king of...

Mountains, music and mangoes

WITH THE START of the long hot summer, Metro Manila’s footloose travelers need not look far -- just north of the metropolis is Zambales,...

Environment behind nearly quarter of global deaths: WHO

GENEVA — One in four deaths worldwide is due to environmental factors like air, water and soil pollution, as well as unsafe roads and...