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Volatilities cloud fate of chicken raisers in the Year of the Rooster
The Year of the Rooster may not be so lucky for the local poultry sector, with its fortune clouded this year by unstable and...
Malampaya shutdown starts today
By Lenie Lectura
Power-industry stakeholders have finalized contingency plans that would address a possible supply-deficiency scenario during the 20-day shutdown of the Malampaya gas facility,...
65th Miss Universe preliminary show and national costume presentation
By C. Mendez Legaspi | Photographed by Alysa Salen
The 65th Miss Universe preliminary show, held at the Mall of Asia Arena on Thursday night,...
Trump orders wall built at Mexican border, crackdown on immigrants
WASHINGTON—President Donald J. Trump on Wednesday began a sweeping crackdown on illegal immigration, ordering the immediate construction of a border wall with Mexico and...
Big challenge down under
7-ELEVEN Road Bike Philippines flies down under to Australia, bringing with it the Filipino brand of world-class cycling the team hopes to wield against...
Cycling Queen Marella sets goal high
MARELLA VANIA SALAMAT has a busy 2017 ahead of her.
First stop for the Philippine Cycling Queen is the Asian Cycling Championships in Bahrain from...
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Davao del Norte mulls enhanced crop insurance
MAITUM, Sarangani – Davao del Norte has indicated its intention to expand coverage of farm insurance to include all high value crops that were...
Insurance Commissioner thanks Canada for helping grow PHL microinsurance
The Department of Finance (DOF) stressed the importance of foreign partnerships in increasing the growth of a number of sectors in the country, including...
By Elvira Manash
HOW that we’re done with the general outlook on how 2017 might shape up, no doubt you’re excited—and, perhaps, not a little bit anxious—to know what the Year of the Fire Rooster has in store for you specifically. v Gather round, all you Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit,...
By Elvira Manash
WITH all the upheavals that marked 2016, the Year of the Fire Monkey, many Filipinos are looking forward to the new year for favorable changes in their fortunes. Luckily, the Year of the Fire Rooster, which, according to the Chinese Lunar Calendar, begins on January 28, offers...
By Jon Caramanica / New York Times News Service
Sebastian—Seb, if you’re a hepcat—drives a creaky but reliable brown Buick Riviera convertible with a cassette deck, wears spectator shoes and rehearses a mournful piano figure ad nauseam. Mia is a wry, carefree and would-be actress who hasn’t found her footing but,...
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Critics Say Trump Appointees Can Dodge A Huge Tax Bill. That’s Not The Case.
By Andrew Ross Sorkin
"Not only is Donald Trump giving a gang of billionaires control of our government, he’s offering them a special tax break just for signing up.”
That was Sen. Elizabeth Warren, Democrat of Massachusetts, last week criticizing what has been called a “loophole”...
What to Make of the ‘Davos Class’ in the Trump Era
By Andrew Ross Sorkin
Donald Trump has never been invited here. Neither has Nigel Farage, the British politician who led the Brexit campaign.
At World Economic Forum’s annual meeting—an annual gathering of global policy and business leaders, who come to debate the world’s great challenges—the shifting...
By Ambrosio N. Flores III
He stood there majestically unmoving, his long white hair waving slowly in the dimness, covering his forehead, his beard waving in ripples. He was wrapped in long, flowing, almost diaphanous robes, his arms covered by the robes as they stayed firmly crossed on his chest.
His...
By Marius Carlos, Jr.
“A book itself is a little machine; what is the relation of this literary machine to a war machine, a love machine, revolutionary machine, etc.—and an abstract machine that sweeps them along?”
Deleuze & Guattari (Mille Plateaux)
The non-fiction genre in the Philippines has always been a...
The Broader Look
Filipino-Chinese interracial marriage: A cracked mirror?
By Roger Pe
WAY before Ferdinand Magellan discovered the Philippines, Chinese merchants had been openly trading with Filipinos as far back as the 9th century.
As proven by Chinese artifacts found in many places in the country, the evidence is well documented. According to historians, some...
The Tax Management Association of the Philippines (TMAP) has asked the House of Representatives to conduct more studies on the proposal of the Department of Finance (DOF) to impose excise tax on petroleum products.
TMAP President Malou Lim, during the hearing of the House Committee on Ways and Means on Wednesday,...
By Pauline Joy M. Gutierrez / Special to the BusinessMirror
Conclusion
IT’S still days before the awaited coronation night of the Miss Universe pageant at the SM Mall of Asia Arena and things are considerably heating up for both the candidates and the public, from changes in the rules of the pageant...
Motoring
Transporting lives and goods, moving economy forward
WHEN there is no way to transport people, animals and goods from one location to another, then life could be at a standstill—such a dull life with no movement or no activity at all. That’s why transportation is important, because it enables trade between people, which is...
Ride and drive in comfort with the new Strada
THE Mitsubishi Strada is one of the oldest pickups being sold in the country to date. It first carried the name L-200 back in the 1990s. The Strada nameplate was only adopted in the succeeding models.
In other countries, the Strada is also known as...
Imprezive at Singapore spectacle
"HERE all is life and activity,” once exulted 1820’s Dutch East Indies Governor General Sir Stamford Raffles when he first founded the country of Singapore, now known as the Lion City and is one of the most successful global financial centers in Asia.
True enough,...
Property
Property sector to sustain growth momentum in 2017
CARRYING the momentum of a scintillating performance in 2016, the Philippine real-estate industry is going to have another banner year, as the information technology-business process management (IT-BPM), commercial, residential, industrial and retail sectors displayed robust growth, according to forecasts by Santos Knight Frank Inc.
“We’re very optimistic...
Urban art pieces are more than just ‘eye candies’
People who know me have long accepted the fact about my love for the arts as an advocacy that I encourage every Filipino to take on and embrace.
Look around you and you’ll be surprised to see how every corner of your own space translates...
Families build memories at Solen Residences
EVERYONE remembers the home they grew up in. For most people, a home is not just a place to eat and sleep, but a special place to create memories that last a lifetime.
For those who are in search of their dream home, Solen Residences...
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Story and photos by Efleda P. Campos | Senior Editor
I HAD been worried. From February to July 2016, my blood-sugar readings had been hovering between 450 and 550. Readings for normal levels of blood-sugar range from 90 to 120.
I had been faithfully taking my medications—all prescriptions—that cost me about...
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