Dari Creme: a Heritage Brand
Ads & Ends
Nanette Franco-Diyco
An iconic brand — a heritage brand — Dari Creme, is now back on our TV screens after years and years....
A small intimate production
By Camille Anne M. Arcilla
Theater
Happiness Is A Pearl
Written by Rody Vera
Presented by Artist Playground
June 9 to July 3
Wednesdays to Fridays at 7 p.m.;
Saturdays and...
Life of rock superstar Prince celebrated in new comic book
Prince, the innovative, Grammy-winning musician who died of an accidental, self-inflicted overdose of a powerful painkiller in April, is being honored with a comic...
Star Wars is really about Feminism. And Jesus
By Cass R. Sunstein
THIRTY-NINE years ago, on May 25, 1977, a movie was released with a somewhat ridiculous name: Star Wars. (It’s now called...
Indonesia plans tougher punishments for poachers
JAKARTA, INDONESIA -- Indonesia plans to quadruple maximum jail terms for animal poachers and traffickers in a major overhaul of wildlife crime laws, but...
Success with immunotherapy in handling hard to treat cancer
CHICAGO -- Using a patient’s individual tumor biomarkers to determine the best treatment can improve success rates, studies showed on Saturday.
Unlike chemotherapy and radiation...
Racing through Siargao
By Zsarlene B. Chua
THERE WAS SOMETHING utterly magical about Siargao in Surigao del Norte — and it’s mostly because of the unspoiled beauty of...
Asking questions
Getting The Edge In Professional Selling
Terence A. Hockenhull
A couple of weeks back, I suggested that there appear to be an awful lot of people...
Amsterdam seeks ways to tame its flood of tourists
THE HAGUE, NETHERLANDS — Some 17 million visitors flock to Amsterdam every year, but the tide of tourists is now threatening to swamp the...
What to see this week
7 films to see on the week of June 10-17, 2016
Fifty Shades of Black
THIS SPOOF from the Wayans Brothers parodies the ultra-popular novel/film series Fifty...
China says important glacier is melting due to climate change
A GLACIER that is one of the largest at the source of China’s Yangtze River is fast retreating because of climate change, state media...
Simple blood tests can help detect, target cancer: study
CHICAGO -- Blood samples can be just as effective as invasive tissue biopsies in monitoring cancer and can help doctors better prescribe treatment, a...