Sunday, August 14, 2022
‘The other end of the line’
What’s next for PHL outsourcing industry in the ‘new normal’?
Opinion
Anne Curtis talks about favorite streaming service, the shows she watches regularly
To introduce Prime Video to Filipino viewers, the video streaming service has launched a local marketing campaign featuring actress Anne Curtis. One of the campaign’s highlights is a TVC showing the actress and TV host arriving at a wedding wearing a blue gown and saying, “Iba ang dating!” Another video shows a man running from the police and when he is finally caught, Curtis appears on a…
Epson’s HyFlex learning might be the future normal
FOR the longest time, our educational system has remained basically the same since the time of our great grandfathers. Despite the use of new technologies and various reforms, students still followed the same routine: wake up in the early morning, head to school, sit in front of the teacher for the rest of the day, then go home to do more homework. Dress codes, school facilities, and…
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Our new enemy is complacency
Filipinos already know how to avoid Covid infection. But as the pandemic abates, we have a new enemy—pandemic fatigue and complacency. Let’s not allow complacency to undermine efforts to control the spread of Covid in the country.
How do you solve a problem like Myanmar?
Foreign ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) debated extensively last week about the deteriorating peace and order in Myanmar, but they could not agree on how to deal with the junta, which has been undermining the integrity of the regional bloc. Foreign Affairs Assistant Secretary for Asean Affairs Daniel Espiritu said that Asean ministers’ “disappointment…
Living our own Dark Ages
Those years from the Fall of the Roman Empire to the birth of the Italian Renaissance from 500 to 1500 AD (these are estimates, of course) have always impacted our understanding of histories and civilizations. Popularly known as the “Dark Ages,” a term that makes use of the light-and-darkness binary, said periodization has undergone modern and postmodern readings. One of the main critiques…
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From fish balls, Pampanga’s Mekeni starts selling tocino in US mainland
NEW YORK CITY—Following the retail success of its marine products that are selling briskly in the West Coast, Porac-based food processor Mekeni Food International (Mekeni) has continued to penetrate the US market as it starts to sell its tocino product and bring the rest of its products at…
Executive Views
Mayor Dennis Felipe C. Hain’s “Bagong Cabuyao”: Training for good governance and equal opportunities in education and health
‘I am a businessman, a father, a family man and now, I am the mayor of Cabuyao City. I will use these experiences to help me manage our city better.” This was the promise made by newly-elected Cabuyao City Mayor Dennis Felipe C. Hain in a recent interview with BusinessMirror. Cabuyao became…
Nation
PHL dengue cases continue to rise–DOH
The Department of Health (DOH) reported on Monday a total of 92,343 dengue cases from January 1 to July 23, 2022, cumulatively 118 percent higher as compared to the reported cases during the same period in 2021. DOH pegged the cases recorded during the same period last year at 42,294. Based…
World
Experts see Canada’s euthanasia regulations as threat to disabled
TORONTO—Alan Nichols had a history of depression and other medical issues, but none were life-threatening. When the 61-year-old Canadian was hospitalized in June 2019 over fears he might be suicidal, he asked his brother to “bust him out” as soon as possible. Within a month, Nichols…
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Romanian teen swimmer Popovici breaks 2009 mark in 100 free
ROME—Seventeen-year-old David Popovici of Romania became the youngest swimmer to break the world swimming record in the men’s 100-meter freestyle Saturday, beating the mark set more than 13 years ago in the same pool. Popovici touched in 46.86 seconds at the European championships…
Life
‘I didn’t really learn anything’: Covid grads face college
Angel Hope looked at the math test and felt lost. He had just graduated near the top of his high school class, winning scholarships from prestigious colleges. But on this test—a University of Wisconsin exam that measures what new students learned in high school—all he could do was guess. It was like the disruption of the pandemic was catching up to him all…
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‘I didn’t really learn anything’: Covid grads face college
Angel Hope looked at the math test and felt lost. He had just graduated near the top of his high school class, winning scholarships from prestigious colleges. But on this test—a University of Wisconsin exam that measures what new students learned in high school—all he could do was guess. It…
Masked, vaccinated students didn’t catch Covid in classrooms
Vaccinated and masked college students had virtually no chance of catching Covid-19 in the classroom last fall, according to a sweeping study of 33,000 Boston University students that bolsters standard prevention measures. The researchers screened the college’s health records to find nine…
Could a new probiotic supplement really cure your hangover?
A new anti-hangover supplement has gone on sale in the UK last month, marketed by Swedish firm Myrkl as “the pre-drinking pill that works.” The pill is said to break down up to 70 percent of alcohol after 60 minutes. This means that if someone drinks 50ml of 40-percent spirits, which…
A new gin from Japan for any and every meal
Suntory brings Sui to the Philippines, a new standard of gin. Sui Gin hails from a rich heritage, being from the same Suntory Osaka plant that produced the Hermes Gin in 1936 and Roku Gin in 2017. The creation and perfection of Sui Gin are based on more than 100 years of Suntory’s expertise…
Latest beer innovation serves new gen with something unexpectedly smooth
Heineken has launched its latest brewing innovation, Heineken Silver, a smooth, easy to drink and accessible tasting beer that provides Filipino drinkers with a premium alternative designed for today’s social gatherings. Brewed by seasoned master brewers using beautifully simple, natural…
Can job-hopping help retirement savings?
Millennials have been coined the “job-hopping generation,” and I’ve contributed to that stereotype. I started my career at 22 and have job-hopped almost every year since. For many of those years, I was young and restless, and there was another part of me looking for more fulfilling work and…
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Skyrocketing sugar prices stoke industry liberalization stakes
CORON, Palawan and Manila—Many call it “dirty.” And they still eat it. Just ask these fifty-something entrepreneurs: Zosimo and Nelson who know the dirty ice cream business like the back of their palms. But an essential ingredient—refined sugar—has brought bittersweet success to their…
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