January, 2015

• 26 January

  After five vicarious haloed days

  

  Alegria A.Imperial / Peregrine Notes Another gray sky blankets Vancouver. Through the blinds, a slivered world of bare trees, bland walls of glass divided in parts by empty alleys as if evacuated, belie a fresh day, which I suppose has just risen a vast ocean away; I imagine another gold-ish day swaths Manila, sustaining the serene haloed air. The hosts …

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• 26 January

  Focus back on hunger issues

  

  Ed Javier / Where I Stand For a brief while, the country focused on what really matters to the ordinary Filipino: food. Just before the papal visit, Sen. Grace Poe called on her colleagues in the Senate to address hunger woes besetting our countrymen, particularly our children.

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• 26 January

  The politics of perception

  Edmund Tayao / Mettle Works Why do we measure? Why do we need to determine whether one is big or small, tall or short? When do we say that it is substantial or insignificant? We measure for purposes of comparison? We compare for purposes of reference? We need reference to determine how to go about doing things? Certainly, measurement is …

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• 26 January

  Filipino chess prodigy making waves after life-changing decision

  

  Sebastian Santiago Not a few may have considered as ill-advised Wesley So’s decision to drop out of school and go full-time professional. But only a year after making that controversial choice, the Filipino chess prodigy has shown that it made sense after all.

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• 26 January

  Imports dribble back to PBA hardcourt

  A Kawhi Leonard play-alike gets to strut his wares tomorrow as the bigger, power playing reinforcements return to the local hardcourt at the start of the Philippine Basketball Association’s Commissioners Cup at the Mall of Asia Arena.

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• 26 January

  Despite Ariza’s pronouncements: Arum positive May-Paq is going to happen

  While Manny Pacquiao’s former strength and conditioning coach Alex Ariza is painting a grim scenario of the ongoing Mayweather-Pacquiao talks, Top Rank promoter Bob Arum believes the contract will be signed this week.

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• 26 January

  Driverless Cars at CES 2015: Self-driving automobiles shine in Las Vegas

  

  The A7 uses sensors, radars and a front-facing camera as “eyes” and advanced computer technology to intelligently negotiate traffic. A self-driving Audi A7 traveled from Silicon Valley to the 2015 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas last week, while Mercedes-Benz and Ford also made announcements about autonomous technology, reports Time.

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• 26 January

  Toyota remains top in global sales

  

  Toyota expects overseas sales to grow 2 percent this year to more than 8 million vehicles from 7.9 million vehicles last year. Tokyo—Toyota Motor Corp. stayed at the top in global vehicle sales in 2014, taking that auto industry crown for the third year straight, but was less upbeat about this year.

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• 26 January

  Egypt braces for uprising anniversary

  

  Activists blame police for the death of Shaimaa el-Sabagh, a 32-year-old mother of one from the Mediterranean port city of Alexandria. The government says it is investigating.

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• 26 January

  ISIS Executes Japanese hostage; Abe ‘speechless’

  

  Tokyo—From prime minister to ordinary people, Japanese responded with shock Sunday at a video purportedly showing one of two Japanese hostages of the extremist Islamic State group had been killed.

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