Betting on Mindanao
Building peace is just like clearing land mines.
Or so said Harriet Lamb, the chief executive officer (CEO) of the UK-based International Alert, one of...
Coca-Cola reaps a big benefit from the word ‘zero’
By Noah Feldman
THINK YOU CAN trademark the word “zero”? If you’re Coca-Cola, you do. The soft-drink company has asked the US Patent and Trademark...
Men face higher risk of cancers linked to oral sex
WASHINGTON — Men are twice as likely as women to get cancer of the mouth and throat linked to the human papillomavirus, or HPV,...
Ms. Deeds
By Noel Vera
Movie Review
Joy
Directed by David O. Russell
DAVID O. RUSSELL’S Joy (2015) — about Joy Mangano, creator of the Miracle Mop and early diva...
Young and wild… and free?
By Johanna D. Poblete
Theater Review
Dog Sees God: Confessions
of a Teenage Blockhead
Feb. 26, 8 p.m.
Staple and Perk, Ground Floor,
Eco Plaza Bldg., Don Chino Roces Ave....
Automakers, Super Bowl ad stalwarts, buy less air time
THE SUPER BOWL was a little less sleek, sporty, and horsepowered this year. The portion of advertising time devoted to promoting cars and trucks...
Yet another Nicholas Sparks tearjerker
By Richard Roeper
Movie Review
The Choice
Directed by Ross Katz
NOBODY, and I mean nobody, cranks out more romance tragedy porn than Nicholas Sparks.
Sparks writes the novels...
New clinic offers confidential, free HIV testing
HIV and AIDS awareness advocacy group LoveYourself, Inc. opened a new HIV testing clinic and community center on Feb. 17. The clinic, called LoveYourself...
Davao’s Chinatown gets all dressed up
By Carmencita A. Carillo
DAVAO CITY -- Four archways in different spots mark Chinatown here, which, at 44 hectares in what is mainly the central...
Art in the car park
ART FAIR PHILIPPINES 2016 has an expanded and exciting lineup for its fourth edition as it recognizes its role as the world’s window to...
The hole world
By Noel Vera
Movie Review
Room
Directed by Lenny Abrahamson
LENNY ABRAHAMSON’S adaptation of Emma Donoghue’s novel Room, about abducted sexually abused Joy (Brie Larson) locked away in...
A return to Lingayen Gulf
GENERAL Douglas MacArthur’s oft-quoted one-liner “I shall return” has been associated with the massive landing of Allied Forces in Leyte Gulf during World War...