DoH-Davao Region sets up data system
By Maya M. Padillo
DAVAO CITY — The Department of Health’s (DoH) Davao Region office is spending P2 million to set up a system for...
LUX returns with ‘Perfumed Bath Collection’
AFTER SEVERAL YEARS not in the Philippines, LUX (one of Unilever’s personal care brands) has returned to the local market with the introduction of...
Diving into the gray zone
By Richard Roeper
Movie Review
Sicario
Directed by Denis Villeneuve
WHEN WE TALK about “the war on drugs,” there’s an implication that two clearly established...
Dengue makes a ‘comeback’
MEDICINE CABINET
REINER W. GLOOR
IN A HOSPITAL in Trece Martires City, Cavite, dengue patients had to be admitted and confined to hospital rooms not sufficiently...
Coke bottle and art on tour
AS ONE of the world’s most recognized shapes turns a century old this year, The Coca-Cola Company (Coca-Cola) decided to launch a 15-country tour...
Janet Jackson returns to channel late brother
CD Review
Unbreakable
By Janet Jackson
NEW YORK — It can’t be easy to be the kid sister of the King of Pop, but Janet Jackson pulled it...
Tiger Lily: white but packed with girl-power
NEW YORK — Tiger Lily may not be played by a Native American actress in a new movie version of the Peter Pan story,...
Modern Etiquette: Caution required when dealing with e-mail
By Mary Mitchell
LIKE IT OR NOT, we all are responsible for our own communication. E-mail evokes almost unprecedented cultural and generational challenges.
Why, you ask?...
Nido’s heritage trumpeted
Ads & Ends
By Nanette Franco-Diyco
THREE TIMES a week at the Ateneo, my students in my advertising classes — composed of juniors and seniors in...
Matt Damon: bucklet lists, going to Mars and Donald Trump
By Richard Roeper
OVER the last 20 years, Matt Damon has arguably the highest batting average of any actor of his generation. The critical and...
Are You Healthy? Get a free checkup this weekend
MYTH 1: THERE’S A PILL FOR EVERY ILL.
There’s no cure for every disease, said former Department of Health former Secretary Alfredo R.A. Bengzon in...
Pink lake, treehouses and African beats in Senegal
By Makini Brice
LAC ROSE, SENEGAL — Approaching Senegal’s sand dune-flanked Lac Rose, overcast skies hid the sun and, at first, obscured the vibrant pink...