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Honda Philippines Inc. (HPI) conquered SM Taytay recently with the launch of its latest, new-generation Honda BeAT scooter, which it calls the “Scooter for All.”
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August, 2015
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2 August
Mission complete for Tom Cruise in new ‘MI’ flick
Review by Jocelyn Noveck / The Associated Press There’s some interesting talk in the cleverly satisfying script of Mission: Impossible—Rogue Nation about the element of luck. As in: How much is luck a factor in the success of Ethan Hunt and his Impossible Missions Force (IMF) cohorts? After all, in the last movie they merely saved us from a nuclear holocaust. Was it talent, …
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2 August
A masterfully helmed drama about a Beethoven masterwork
Review by Alvin I. Dacanay There’s a scene in Red Turnip Theater’s elegant, intellectually engaging production of Moisés Kaufman’s 33 Variations that highlights one of its central themes. In it, the main character, musicologist Katherine Brandt (Shamaine Centenera-Buencamino), discusses transfiguration—not of Christ, she quickly clarifies—as transforming something ordinary into something extraordinary, as improving a banal work and making it sublime. In …
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2 August
The Sona 2015 red carpet: The old made new again
By Ma. Cristina C. Arayata / Philippines News Agency It was that time of the year again when legislators, their wives and other government officials walked the red carpet to listen to President Benigno Aquino III’s State of the Nation Address (Sona)—his last—last Monday. Who do you think was the most fashionable?
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2 August
Writers group behind Virgin Labfest holds play-reading sessions
The Writer’s Bloc, an independent group of emerging and established playwrights headed by acclaimed dramatist Rody Vera, is inviting interested parties to attend its regular reading sessions of new plays every other Sunday afternoon, starting August 9.
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2 August
ERH offers Executive Meal for busy businessmen
Looking for the ideal, hassle-free option for your lunch break or luncheon meeting? Eastwood Richmonde Hotel’s (ERH) The Lounge offers that to you. Keeping the needs of busy business people in mind, The Lounge’s Executive Meal was created to be uncomplicated, delectable, satisfying and worth your money.
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July, 2015
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26 July
‘BSP’s moves on peso inimical to Philippine growth’
By Lito U. Gagni The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) policy of strengthening the peso is among the factors that have denied the country of inclusive growth, the Foundation for Economic Freedom (FEF) said. FEF President Calixto Chikiamco said the need for a “competitive exchange rate” is one of the five desired objectives that the country needs to have inclusive growth, or growth whose economic benefits filter down to include the masses. Chikiamco was one of the featured …
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26 July
Underspending on food programs worries Chiz
By Luis Leoncio One of President Aquino’s closest allies has called attention to the chronic government underspending that critics of the administration said has become a “policy.”
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26 July
DOLE firm on stricter hiring policies
By Riza Lozada The government is standing firm on its “mandate” to implement policies and rules aimed at ensuring better protection of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs), Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz said recently.
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26 July
Tax cuts, improved lives sought in PNoy’s last Sona
By Luis Leoncio President Aquino is being asked to devote his last State of the Nation Address (Sona)—his legacy speech, according to many—to unfulfilled promises and the improvement of his countrymen’s daily lives.
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