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...
Reality shows mirror business — or do they?
Getting The Edge In Professional Selling
Terence A. Hockenhull
I WAS RATHER surprised to see that Survivor, a reality show I haven’t watched for some years, is now...
Armed groups line up to kill Congo’s elephants
By Tristan Mcconnell, AFP
GARAMBA NATIONAL PARK, DR CONGO — On a recent Sunday a team of rangers slung backpacks and assault rifles into a...
Before his time
Concert
Reveries
Feb. 19, 8 p.m.
Tanghalang Nicanor Abelardo,
Cultural Center of the Philippines,
Roxas Blvd., Pasay City
LIKE MANY GENIUSES whose ideas come way before their time, Danish composer...
Eating too much fish while pregnant raises child obesity risk: study
MIAMI — Women who ate more than the recommended three servings of fish per week while pregnant gave birth to children at a higher...
Your weekend guide (February 19, 2016)
EVENTS
COUTURIER-heritage conservationist Beatriz “Patis” Pamintuan Tesoro will be holding the first ever collaborative encounter between the Tinggians of Namarabar, Peñarrubia, Abra and the embroiderers...
How much is forever?
By Nickky Faustine P. de Guzman
Jennifer Lopez was lying when she sang, “love don’t cost a thing” -- because it does.
While love makes the world...