Filipinos’ optimism surges to fresh high – SWS

Optimism over the quality of life rose to a record high in the fourth quarter, while confidence about economic growth prospects perked up during...

Big dreams but little action on Manila’s traffic

Dubbed “carmaggedon” by locals, business leaders are warning Manila could come to a total standstill despite grand government plans to tackle its traffic. WEB DESIGNER...

Philippines is 33rd best country to live in – report

PHL places 33rd in ranking of best countries THE PHILIPPINES is the 33rd best country to live in, according to a ranking on 60 countries...

Shrinking screens, bigger bucks

By Pola Esguerra del Monte Assistant editor, BWorld University   The 1280x720 screen burst to life. Little people, now smaller than ever, begin talking in front of the...

US Pizza Hut has an answer for LeBron and all the pizzeria upstarts

AMERICANS ARE BUYING more pizza than ever, but Pizza Hut -- which has been feeding that appetite for more than a half-century -- is...

Better Call Saul: The moving story of an honest sleazeball

The Binge — Jessica Zafra “YOU’RE the kind of lawyer guilty people hire,” the embezzler’s wife tells Jimmy McGill (Bob Odenkirk). Even the most clueless...

2015 a ‘tipping point’ for climate change

By Marlowe Hood, AFP PARIS — When future generations write the history of humanity’s faltering quest to repair Earth’s climate system, 2015 will have its...

Big beer’s curious plan to sell to consumers who mistrust them

AMERICA’S BIGGEST BEER companies want more millennials to buy their products, but they don’t want to be, like, obvi about it. Anheuser-Busch InBev and MillerCoors...

Nescafé Latte teaches the art of the pregnant pause

Ads & Ends Nanette Franco-Diyco WHAT DO YOU do, what do you say, how do you react when someone greets you with such familiarity and enthusiasm...

David Bowie: A force on screen and soundtracks

By Richard Roeper DAVID BOWIE was one of the most beloved and influential musical artists of the 20th (and early 21st) century — but he...