BANNER STORY
Businesses Urged to Invest on Resilience
Published on: 2 Dec, 2013 No comments.
While Asia presents many opportu­nities for business growth and ex­pansion, it also has a major down­side as the region is disaster-prone. For the past two decades, Asia has accounted for 50 per­cent of the world’s estimated economic cost of disasters. Moreover, in the year 2012 alone, the economic loss in...


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Travel
Sunrise Above the Clouds
Published on: 2 Dec, 2013 No comments.
A New Day Unfolds at the Summit of Mount Pulag The alarm goes off and I’m rustled from a deep sleep. It’s dark inside the tent. A single, blinking light emitted by my cell...


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Features
International Community Responds to Philippine Tragedy
Published on: 2 Dec, 2013 No comments.
Over 600 kilometers wide with recorded wind speeds of over 300 kilometers per hour. Five-meter high storm surges caused by intense low pressure at the storm’s center. More than one million homes destroyed or...


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Features
Blue, White, and Full of Light
Published on: 2 Dec, 2013 No comments.
A tiny village of lit­tle blue houses has recently sprouted in the lobby of the Hotel InterContinental Manila. There must be some high-flying jet-setting Smurfs living inside them though, since each miniature porcelain abode...


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Features
Various Countries Join Forces Under One Cause
Published on: 2 Dec, 2013 No comments.
MULTINATIONAL COORDINATING CENTER FORMED “We will be here as long as we’re needed,” said Lt. Gen. John Wissler of the US Marine Corps, to which Tina Malone of the US Embassy in Manila added:...


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Outside the Lines
The Good, The Bad, and The Depressing
Published on: 2 Dec, 2013 No comments.
It’s been an eventful couple of weeks in the world of sports—events that have ranged from the good, the bad, and the depressing depending on which lenses you’re looking at them through. The Good...


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Dining
Siklab: Bursting with ‘Refined’ Filipino Dishes
Published on: 2 Dec, 2013 No comments.
Siklab, which means “to catch fire” or “burst into flames,” has recently opened its doors at the third level of Greenbelt 3. A part of The Bistro Group, Siklab offers comfort Filipino food refined and...


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Dining
A Snug Sicilian Stopover
Published on: 2 Dec, 2013 No comments.
His stay of seven years here in Manila makes you think that Nino Quartana has already done it all. The renowned artist, however, has just begun a new chapter. Following his breathtaking exhibitions and...


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Features
Local Redemption Sought at ONE FC: Moment of Truth
Published on: 2 Dec, 2013 No comments.
The Philippines’ pre­mier mixed martial arts (MMA) camp, Team Lakay from Baguio City, promises to come back from a disappointing show­ing earlier in the year when ONE FC goes to the Mall of Asia...


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