Rockwell Christmas, holiday spirit at Ayala Center
By Tessa Prieto-Valdes
One of the most festive developments in the city is the Rockwell Center, with its unmistakable building lights creating glimmering silhouettes of its towers.
One of the most festive developments in the city is the Rockwell Center, with its unmistakable building lights creating glimmering silhouettes of its towers.
As soon as the air takes on a chilly nip, the radio plays Christmas songs and the streets explode with colorful lights, you know that the holiday season is just around the corner. By this time, we say goodbye to typhoons (although a couple might try to sneak through) and expect good cool weather until January of next year.
US stocks continued their record-breaking run Tuesday, closing before a Christmas break at a new all-time high following solid reports on durable goods and new home sales.
Financial markets in Hong Kong, the Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Australia, New Zealand, South Korea and India are closed on Wednesday for a public holiday.
The local stock market is closed today, Wednesday, in celebration of Christmas Day, leaving only two trading days for 2013.
Deanna Kremis remembers the exhilarating day her young sons first had the energy to race each other up a flight of stairs.
Some time ago, Inquirer Science/Health interviewed nutritionists for tips on how to stay healthy even when surrounded by the Christmas buffet table. Their advice is still worth mentioning today. Here are the five must-do practices for a tragedy-free Christmas.
Health advocates and plant-based nutritionists call the holiday season binges as the “Merry Christmas coronary” and “Happy New Year heart attack” because the combination of eating cholesterol-rich foods, excessive imbibing of alcoholic beverages, and all-night partying (lack of proper sleep) have become the routine from December to January.
An agriculture industry alliance said that there are no reason for any significant price increases in food and agricultural commodities.
The cool breeze gently reminds us that the Christmas season has started. Many families, companies and organizations are foregoing their Christmas parties in light of the dire situation in Tacloban and other typhoon-ravaged areas in the country. The saved funds are instead to be donated to help in the relief operations in these places.
Local businesses expect to book higher sales and expand their operations in the fourth quarter of the year, in time for the holiday season in December and the harvest season at the end of the year. Results of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) fourth quarter Business Expectations Survey (BES) showed optimism among businessmen reached a near record high for the fourth quarter of the year.
The government on Tuesday started its “heightened” monitoring quality and prices of products for the holidays like Christmas lights and Noche Buena items beginning with populated malls and establishments in Divisoria, Manila.
