Seven’s the charm for Stallone

By Angela Dawson, Front Row Features PHILADELPHIA — It’s been 40 years since an underdog boxer named Rocky Balboa jogged up the steps of the Philadelphia...

Chinese online retailer YiLinker joins Philippine fray

AND THEN there were more. Barely a week after Thai e-commerce site iTrueMart launched in the Philippines, China’s YiLinker did the same, but differentiating themselves...

What to see this week

6 films to see from December 11-18, 2015. Blunt Force Trauma TWO GUNSLINGERS travel the underground dueling circuit of South America in search of revenge and redemption. Written...

Relaunched: The air up there

By Michael Angelo S. Murillo AFTER TEMPORARILY shutting down to move to another location, the country’s only flying trapeze school is once again up, bigger...

How a bird festival changed Balanga City

THERE’S a city in the Philippines where one can see thousands of migratory birds flocking to in December. A few hours drive from Manila is...

Climb a mountain, take pics, and share in real time

By Nickky Faustine P. de Guzman MOST FILIPINOS are currently addicted to two things. One, the lure of travel and adventure thanks to promos and...

Toil and trouble in China over Nobel medicine prize

BEIJING — China’s Tu Youyou collects her country’s first Nobel Prize for medicine this week for extracting an anti-malarial drug from a herb mentioned in...

Ligo Tuna sings sexy

Ads & Ends — Nanette Franco-Diyco THERE IS A TRULY entertaining and unique television commercial that was launched a fortnight ago to trumpet that Ligo...

Your tablet screen is brought to you with the aid of… carrots

DARMSTADT, GERMANY — This Christmas, as consumers around the world hope Santa will give them a smartphone, TV or tablet computer, few people know that...

Making the most of the customer’s time

Getting The Edge In Professional Selling — Terence A. Hockenhull I HAVE PROBABLY mentioned before that the last couple of years have been an opportunity...

The games people play

By Jasmine Agnes T. Cruz Theater Children’s Plays for Adults (Si Maria Isabella at ang Guryon ng mga Tala and Games People Play) Presented by Bit by Bit Company Dec. 12,...

Your weekend guide (December 11, 2015)

EVENTS Rockwell Primaries will hold the Christmas Village Fair, a Christmas bazaar that will feature exciting villages for handcrafted items, recycled art, fashion pieces, as...