WHO urges price hikes on sugary drinks in obesity fight
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND -- The UN health agency on Tuesday urged countries to start taxing sugary beverages as they fight against an obesity epidemic, pointing...
No commitments, no sale
Getting The Edge In Professional Selling
Terence A. Hockenhull
I AM FREQUENTLY asked about the cultural aspects of selling. Is there anything different about selling in...
Tom Hanks enjoys playing ‘smartest guy in the room’ in Inferno
ACTOR Tom Hanks said the real draw for him to reprise his role as fictional symbologist Robert Langdon in the film adaptation of Dan...
Families considering themselves mahirap
THE PERCENTAGE of Filipinos considering themselves poor hit a fresh record low last quarter, according to results of a Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey...
Awareness, trust ratings of President Rodrigo R. Duterte
NEITHER his harsh rhetoric nor a mounting body count in the government’s war on narcotics has eroded the public’s trust in President Rodrigo R....
Foreign direct investments in the Philippines
NET foreign direct investments (FDIs) recovered to a three-month high in July just as President Rodrigo R. Duterte formally occupied Malacañang, according to data...
President Duterte’s China-Russia Pivot: does it make economic sense to ditch the US?
WASHINGTON -- President Rodrigo R. Duterte will seek billions of dollars in infrastructure investments from China in the coming months as the country seeks...
Satisfaction with government’s campaign against illegal drugs
THE DUTERTE ADMINISTRATION’s decisive war on drugs -- a policy cornerstone that has drawn international censure -- has overwhelming support from the public that...
Your Weekend Guide (October 7, 2016)
EXHIBITS
The National Museum’s Visual Anthropology program presents When Lens Meets Brush on Oct. 9. The exhibit features works of six Leica Club of Manila...
Self-defense 101: engage, escape, run
By Nickky Faustine P. de Guzman
In a Utopian world, the genders are equal and violence is a foreign concept. But in reality, women are...
Oil’s well that ends well
MOVIE REVIEW
Deepwater Horizon
Directed by Peter Berg
By Noel Vera
THE DEEPWATER HORIZON was a specially designed ship meant to move into waters 5,000 feet deep and...
Advertising on mobile: it’s all about ‘stopping the thumb’
NEW YORK -- Almost 80 years old, the deodorant Old Spice is learning new tricks for finding customers in the era of smartphones and...