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The travel industry is being disrupted. First there were the budget airlines which made it possible for an increasing number of people to travel...

The Binge Jessica Zafra EVERYTHING’S BEEN DONE, the British actor Rob Brydon points out in The Trip to Italy. You can only do it differently. Take...

By Susan Claire Agbayani He was calling to his mother as she came out of the bathroom while combing her tresses. What he saw frightened...

By Jasmine Agnes T. Cruz Opera La Boheme Presented by Manila Chamber Orchestra Foundation Nov. 26, 7 p.m. Ayala Museum, Makati Ave. corner De la...

By Jessica Zafra EVERY YEAR the Oxford Dictionaries declare a Word of the Year, and this year it’s . Not “face with tears of joy,”...

By Zsarlene B. Chua, Reporter A recent study commissioned by the Singapore Tourism Board (STB) lifts the veil on the travel habits of Asian business travelers...

The Binge -- Jessica Zafra CRITICS explaining the phenomenon that is Game of Thrones tend to overlook the obvious reason: it’s a very good show....

By Zsarlene B. Chua Reporter DUE to the film franchise’s massive popularity (and the seventh film’s well-timed holiday release), it seems that the Philippines will...

By Maya M. Padillo DAVAO CITY -- A group of female doctors specializing in fertility know that fatalism, or the Filipino bahala na attitude, is...

By David Stanway and Kathy Chen BEIJING -- To get a sense of how hard it is to measure greenhouse gas emissions in China, it...

By Noel Vera Movie Review Violator Directed by Eduardo Dayao THE HORROR GENRE is experiencing some kind of renaissance, interesting premises being hurled at our faces...

By Jasmine Agnes T. Cruz Filipino mothers are tech-savvy. They are online, are mobile first, and are the decision makers for household purchases. This is according...

By Victoria Fritz NEOGAN, a tiny village in Tagaytay city, is home to the Philippines’ only world-class restaurant (Antonio’s is the only restaurant in the...

THE MARKETING of fine French wine usually involves making potential customers want to taste it. They’re supposed to anticipate experiencing in the bottle what...

The Binge By Jessica Zafra YOU WOULD BE forgiven for thinking that the new ABC series Quantico was the talent portion of a beauty contest. It...

By Nickky Faustine P. de Guzman WITH THE HOLIDAYS and the long weekends coming, now is the best time to book a staycation at InterContinental...

The Binge Jessica Zafra IT SEEMED that Downton Abbey, like the zombie apocalypse, would never end. And yet the series created and written by Julian...

By Nickky Faustine P. de Guzman With the air-conditioner, television, computer, electric fan, and refrigerator eternally turned on, a typical Filipino household of five members...

By Nickky Faustine P. de Guzman MOST local horror booths are funny rather than scary (or perhaps I am only trying hard to appear brave)....

Text and Photos by Cecille Santillan-Visto WHEN TRAVELING with kids overseas, there are three main factors to consider — enough interesting sites to visit and...

By Nickky Faustine P. de Guzman A better tomorrow should start at home. In the Philippines, many young Filipino designers, students, and environmentalists are into...

Kapit sa Patalim Trafficking in the Land of the Free   Words by Santiago J. Arnaiz Art by Mags OcampoEleonor Ramos couldn’t sleep at all that night. The sound of...

By Jasmine Agnes T. Cruz, Reporter There are those who think that art is elitist, with prized objects hidden from view in posh museums, hard-to-find...

By Jasmine Agnes T. Cruz HARRY POTTER captured the hearts and minds of young readers around the world. Inspired by this series but wanting to...

LOS ANGELES — It has been a long time coming. Canadian singer-songwriter Bryan Adams says his new album, Get Up, is the ideal follow-up record...

ORLANDO, FLORIDA — A common ingredient found in sunscreen is toxic to coral and contributing to the decline of reefs around the world, according...

4 films to see on the week of Oct. 23-Oct. 30, 2015: Knock Knock DISLIKED by most of the critics on Rotten Tomatoes — which gave...

The Binge -- Jessica Zafra MISS JANE MARPLE is a menace to society. Whenever she turns up with that handbag of hers, sniffing around in...

By Jasmine Agnes T. Cruz SCHOOL is for learning while the beach is for fun, right? Not necessarily. Parents can take their children on a trip...

JAKARTA — Fires raging across huge areas of Indonesia are spewing more greenhouse gases into the atmosphere every day than the US economy, according...

Medicine Cabinet Reiner W. Gloor ROUGHLY 7% of the population — about 7 million Filipinos — are above the age of 60, says the Department of...

Focusing on the quality of education could have more impact than increasing the number of years pupils spend in school. From the Asian Development Bank's...

By Nickky Faustine P. de Guzman Some are destined to be secretaries. Others are called to be teachers. Many choose to be nurses. While our...

MUCH OF THE WORLD now revolves around a combination of offline and online action. Of course, that includes consumer behavior, something brands seem to...

The Binge By Jessica Zafra IT STARTS with a phone call in the dead of night, then a visit to the morgue where the body of...

By Victoria Mendoza Fritz OURS is a land of kings. But who knew that? Antonio Pigafetta did, apparently. In entry after entry of his diary, as...

LONDON — Sitting down is no worse for you than standing up as long as you take regular exercise, a British study said on...