Quantico: How to get away with terror
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...
A comics anthology answers the question: ‘Are people still willing to work for free?’
By Sam L. Marcelo
High Life Associate Editor
A YEAR FROM NOW, a recently published comics anthology, exists online as an answer to a question Lyra...
Etsy third-quarter sales miss estimates as competitors move in
ETSY, INC. reported third-quarter revenue that fell short of analysts’ estimates, signaling that the online marketplace for handmade and vintage goods is struggling to...
‘Super-agers’ study may reveal secrets to staying young
MIAMI — Mary Helen Abbott, 77, paints her lips bright pink, still smokes the occasional cigarette, keeps up on all the gossip at the...
Closing Time: one last staycation at the InterCon
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...
Watching Burnt, the new Bradley Cooper movie, with a Michelin-starred chef
By Tejal Rao, Bloomberg
CHEFS don’t have time to pop out and see a movie in the middle of the day, Don Draper-style, but Elise...
Sundown Singapore
AMONG the ranks of Asia’s powerhouse players, Singapore is often depicted as the squeaky clean poster girl for gleaming glass modernity, priggish protocol and...
Rocker Rod Stewart continues songwriting return with new album
LONDON — Singing about a soldier serving abroad or bedtime for his young son, rocker Rod Stewart continues his comeback to songwriting with new...
Potential health hazards of ‘smaze’
Medicine Cabinet -- Reiner W. Gloor
The haze from the burning Indonesian forests reached parts of Mindanao and the Visayas region a couple a weeks...
Agusan Marsh: A biodiversity hot spot
LONG BEFORE 6.17-meter crocodile “Lolong” became an icon of Agusan del Sur and landed in the Guinness Book of World Records, the province was...
Selecta’s core values
ADS & Ends
Nanette Franco-Diyco
EVERY YEAR, as we celebrate All Saints Day, one of my best friends has their maids begin distributing a cup...
What to see this week
4 films to see on the week of Nov. 6-Nov. 13, 2015:
Flotsam the Movie
A MUSIC-FILLED film about a young woman running away from a volatile relationship...