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Holidays are best spent away from the crowded streets of the city, and for people who want to get away, Palawan province is often the place they think of. Not surprising, since top US travel magazine Condé Nast Traveler named it the world’s best island last year.

This year, resolve to meet new people, visit new places and immerse in other cultures and ideas. Let Emirates, the connector of people, places, economies and ideas, help you in this as it releases new fares for 2016, so you can plan your trips accordingly. 

By Derrik J. Lang / The Associated Press Los Angeles—Star Wars isn’t just strong. It’s unstoppable. 

Associated Press film writers Jake Coyle and Lindsey Bahr’s favorite movies of the year span blockbusters, arthouse films and, yes, even Star Wars.

By Ma. Cristina C. Arayata / Philippines News Agency I used to think that one just needs to spend at least three months in culinary school to be called a chef. That changed when I chanced upon celebrity chef Rolando Laudico, better known as Chef Laudico, and learned I was wrong. “Being a chef is not for everyone,” he said during …

By Katherine Roth / The Associated Press Home sweet home. It seems so simple. 

By Alvin I. Dacanay Another scandal is shaking, rattling and rolling the 41st Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF). 

The CineFilipino film festival, organized by Unitel Productions in partnership with the MVP Group of Companies, promises to offer from February 2 to 8, 2016 a fresh spin on independent or “indie” films: more moving stories and a wider range of genres.

Story and photos by Alvin I. Dacanay Early this month, a midscale hotel bearing a globally recognized brand formally opened at the Subic Bay Freeport Zone in Zambales province. This hotel—Best Western Plus Hotel Subic—is the first of its kind in the former United States naval base, and the first in the world to carry the Phoenix, Arizona-headquartered hotel and …

That question—or a variation of it—will be on the minds of beauty pageant-crazy Filipinos on Monday morning (Manila time), when Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach competes with 79 other women from around the world for the title of Miss Universe.