Overseas Filipinos’ cash remittances
Money sent home by Filipinos abroad -- a key driver of household spending that contributes nearly 70% to the economy -- grew at a markedly...
How to play Pokemon Go
Before you get hooked, here are the things you need to know about Pokemon Go:
Vagina Dialogues: Thoughts on ‘revirginization’
By Nickky Faustine P. de Guzman
She said: “He’s so small I could hardly feel him.”
He said: “Even a 747 will feel small inside the...
Your car’s been studying you closely and everyone wants the data
AS YOU MAY have suspected, your car is spying on you. Fire up a new model and it updates more than 100,000 data points,...
New Ghostbusters cast shakes off criticism to revive classic story
LOS ANGELES — The four lead actresses of the new Ghostbusters are out to prove that women can fight supernatural entities just as well...
MoneyGram renews endorsement contract with action star
MONEYGRAM, a global money transfer company, has renewed its contract with actor Robin Padilla as its global ambassador in line with the brand’s continuous...
A remittance campaign champions sari-sari store owners
ON AVERAGE, Filipinos take 22 minutes to reach the nearest financial service centers for their transactions. According to data from the first National Baseline...
Pregnancy multivits ‘unnecessary’ for most: experts
PARIS — Multivitamins and mineral supplements in pregnancy are an “unnecessary expense” with no proven benefits for most well-nourished women or their babies, said...
Five questions on Germany’s green energy shift
BERLIN — Germany’s Energiewende or energy transition is its biggest infrastructure project of the post-World War II era, and its greatest national challenge since...
Singing in the Rain with Tide
Ads & Ends
Nanette Franco-Diyco
THE LATEST TIDE commercial of Procter & Gamble is far different from the usual detergent commercials that have virtually toppled in...
Pulp fiction
by Richard Roeper
MOVIE REVIEW
Marauders
Directed by Steven C. Miller
YOU’RE PROBABLY NOT going to catch Marauders in theaters because it’s hardly flooding the markets this weekend,...
Refrains in a song
By Noel Vera
Video
Dung-aw
Directed by Lino Brocka
LINO BROCKA’S Dung-aw (Dirge, 1976), his musical adaptation of the life of Gabriela Silang, is one of the less...