IOC ‘very satisfied’ with Tokyo 2020 preparations, say organisers
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Despite concerns about extreme heat, ballooning costs and accommodation shortages, organisers of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and Paralympics are resolutely upbeat with one year...
State of Philippine mental health care
Today, Oct. 10, is World Mental Health Day. Earlier this week, the World Health Organization (WHO) released its latest Mental Health Atlas (pdf), showing...
PR: Truth or spin?
By Nickky Faustine P. de Guzman
While the perpetual crusade of the marketing industry is “truth in advertising,” a key criticism of marketers, advertisers, and...
‘Peacocking’ men may boost pink iPhone as hue fades with women
LET’S FACE IT, the “rose gold” iPhone 6 is pink.
We all know it. It doesn’t even seem as if Apple tried very hard to...
‘Gifts’ from Chinese herbal medicine
PARIS — Derived from a herb used to treat fevers some 1,700 years ago, the anti-malaria drug artemisinin is one of many treatments plucked...
Pan taps origins of Peter Pan’s 100-year pop culture adventure
NEW YORK — In the century since Scottish author J.M. Barrie created Peter Pan for a stage play then a book, the Neverland universe...
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: 21st century screwball comedy
The Binge
By Jessica Zafra
FOURTEEN-YEAR-OLD Kimmy is abducted in front of her house by a cult leader. She spends the next 15 years in an underground...
DoH-Davao Region sets up data system
By Maya M. Padillo
DAVAO CITY — The Department of Health’s (DoH) Davao Region office is spending P2 million to set up a system for...
LUX returns with ‘Perfumed Bath Collection’
AFTER SEVERAL YEARS not in the Philippines, LUX (one of Unilever’s personal care brands) has returned to the local market with the introduction of...
Diving into the gray zone
By Richard Roeper
Movie Review
Sicario
Directed by Denis Villeneuve
WHEN WE TALK about “the war on drugs,” there’s an implication that two clearly established...
Dengue makes a ‘comeback’
MEDICINE CABINET
REINER W. GLOOR
IN A HOSPITAL in Trece Martires City, Cavite, dengue patients had to be admitted and confined to hospital rooms not sufficiently...
Coke bottle and art on tour
AS ONE of the world’s most recognized shapes turns a century old this year, The Coca-Cola Company (Coca-Cola) decided to launch a 15-country tour...