ON the current physical state of the shuttered Central Azucarera de San Pedro (CADP) in Nasugbu, Batangas, I have no idea.

Many people have owned or known big dogs, from the gentle giant Great Danes to the sweet-tempered, bear-sized Newfoundlands.

Brown is not George Clooney’s color. And his wife, British Lebanese lawyer Amal Clooney, doesn’t disagree. The actor, who’s ...