The ‘Rape of Manila’ remembered
SEVENTY-FOUR years ago to the day (Feb. 11), the battle to re-take Manila from Japanese hands (Feb. 3 to Feb. 29, 1945) was raging.
On...
The Governor’s Report
Traditionally, the Governor of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas delivers a periodic report on the state of banking in the country similar to the...
Someone had blundered
ON THE FOURTH anniversary of the Mamasapano Massacre which resulted in the death of 44 policemen belonging to the Special Action Force, let me...
Father Rocky’s Street Children
JAMES Augustine Dino, a culinary arts graduate, was personally chosen by Chef Alain Ducasse to work in his famous Le Jules Verne restaurant in...
A sea of garbage
THE RECENTLY concluded traslacion has established newer records of sorts – the longest procession, the best attended, the most organized, the least number of...
Election gun ban
UP TO yesterday, when my attention was called by a Facebook friend, I was not fully aware of the extent of the coverage of...
How do you deal with a bully like China?
BULLYING cases have been in very much in the news lately. In the last two cases, at least, the incidents were dealt with promptly...
Muntinlupa @ 101
MUNTINLUPA, voted Most Business Friendly LGU two years in a row by PCCI, turned 101 years old last week.
Mayor Jaime R. Fresnedi led residents...
Wiping the debt slate clean
Have you experienced the classic ‘holiday debt hangover’?
THIS TYPE of hangover is usually experienced during the months following the Yuletide season — when the...
PDEx breaches one trillion mark!
WHEN the ceremonial bell rang at the Philippine Dealing and Exchange (PDEx) last Thursday, I thought I heard it ring longer than usual.
For two...