From ninja to elder statesman: Japan techno king Ken Ishii
TOKYO — Japan’s techno trail-blazer Ken Ishii rocks huge crowds the world over and leads a glamorous, jet-set life — but the superstar DJ...
Economists are out of touch with climate change
By Noah Smith, Bloomberg View
IN THE DEBATE over climate change, there is one group you don’t hear much from: economists. The failure of climate...
What to see this week
4 films to see on the week of Mar. 18-25, 2016
Ju-on: The Final Grudge (aka Ju-on: The Final Curse)
A WOMAN looks into the mysterious death...
The guides of El Nido
LITTLE HAS CHANGED in Bacuit Bay, home of three of the four El Nido Resorts (ENR), in the last millennium. Its craggy limestone cliffs...
The Circle of Life: from Les Miz to Miss Saigon and back again
By Zsarlene B. Chua
Theater
Les Miserables’
Ongoing until April 24
The Theatre at Solaire Entertainment City, Parañaque City
ONE of the men behind the immensely popular sung-through musical,...
The creative energy of Jollibee
Ads & Ends
Nanette Franco-Diyco
I WAS SCANNING the Internet, carefully noting down links to Lenten recollections, spiritual readings, and inspirational talks to recommend to...
Which Asian country is the happiest? Hint: it’s not the Philippines
How do Asian countries rank in World Happiness?
Unemployment drops to 10-year low
THE number of jobless Filipinos last January dropped to a 10-year low. Based on the preliminary results of the latest quarterly Labor Force Survey (LFS)...
Foreign direct investments in the Philippines
Check out the performance of foreign direct investments in the Philippines for the whole year of 2015.
‘We’re not asking for it’
By Nickky Faustine P. de Guzman
He was holding it, caressing it. A man, a stranger, wearing short shorts, sunglasses, and cap, was masturbating in...
John Oliver is the voice of sanity for these troubled times
The Binge
Jessica Zafra
EVERY GENERATION has its voice of sanity. In the 1950s when the McCarthy witch hunts threatened the same freedoms it claimed to...
Kraft Mac & Cheese recipe change good for big food
FOR MOST CONSUMERS, “better for you” is good enough.
Kraft Heinz revealed on Monday that, three months ago, it quietly stripped its signature Mac &...