BANNER STORY
Norway Backs Filipino Seafarers, but Compliance is Key
Non-compliance to Int’l Convention May Ban Local Seamen The maritime audit by a European team done in April on the Philippines’ maritime education and training has put the Filipino seafarers’ future in jeopardy, particularly those working on vessels regis­tered in the European Union (EU) countries. But there is hope, the...


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Features
WWF Calls for Major Investments in Renewable Energy
SEIZE YOUR POWER! With a global call to action urging governments and financial insti­tutions to increase investments in renewable energy (RE) to at least US$40 billion (approximately Php 1.68 trillion) over the next year,...


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Travel
As Summer Fades, Mayday in Boracay!
‘Twas my seventh time, my wife April’s third time, but a first for our family with Raffy and Ryan, our two sons. Five glori­ous days of sun, sand, sunny sons, and sand­castles in Boracay...


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Features
Foretaste of a Romanian Vineyard
  As part of the European Culinary Season 2013, the Embassy of Ro­mania in the Philippines organ­ized a wine festival last May 29 hosted no less than Romania’s envoy to the Philip­pines. Intimate and...


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Features
Nobel Prize Scientist in Manila
Menarini Philippines recently presented as guest speaker a Nobel Prize-winning scientist at the 44th annual convention of the Phil­ippine Heart Association (PHA) which was also celebrating its 60th anniversary. Louis J. Ignarro spoke on...


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Features
Paint on a Pile of Books
A 24-foot book sculpture greets the customers of Fully Booked in Bonifacio Global City nowadays. This piece, which features a painting of a lady carrying her feline friend, is the high­light of renowned self-taught...


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Features
ONE FC: Rise to Power Retrospect
Asia’s largest mixed martial arts or­ganization, ONE Fighting Cham­pionship (ONE FC), recently delivered a great show to Manila MMA fans with their second stint in the Phil­ippines with ONE FC: Rise to Power. While...


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Outside the Lines
Steroids & Performance Enhancement: A Perspective Tweak
We all know that the spin-doctors in the media hold great influence over the masses, a powerful sway that is just all the more magni­fied when it comes to something that is rela­tively unknown....


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Features
Red Carpet Rolls Out for French Film Festival
It was a night of glamor as the red car­pet was rolled out during the opening night of the 18th French Film Festival held last June 6 in Greenbelt 5, Makati City. The three-day...


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