I had the privilege of covering President Aquino for the better part of the second half of her term, so the Cory I saw was a far more mature, far more seasoned, far more decisive, and certainly, far more sensitive chief executive than that who was swept into power on the strength of history’s most [...]
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Cory Through A’s Eyes
Posted in My Personal Space, tagged BusinessWorld, Cory, Cory Aquino, death, Malacañang, President Corazon Aquino on August 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
My President Too
Posted in My Personal Space, tagged BusinessWorld, Corazon Aquino, Cory, death, Herword.com, Philippines, President of the Philippines on August 4, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Originally published in Herword.com, August 4, 2009
She didn’t start out as my president.
Perhaps I was an exception, but I was the politically ignorant child of Pisay (Philippine Science High School) of the eighties, proficient in maths and sciences but absolutely lacking in savvy in the real world around me. Head burrowed in books, living a [...]
Newspaper Of The Year
Posted in Celebrations, tagged BusinessWorld, Newspaper of the Year, Rotary Club of Manila on August 4, 2008 | 7 Comments »
For my husband A and my dear friends of the BW family (and indeed, we are a family), congratulations for bagging Newspaper of the Year. BW’s been through a lot these last couple of years, but today, 21 years past its founding, it still stands true to the ideals set forth by the late Raul Locsin, 1999 Ramon Magsaysay awardee for Journalism, founder and editor-publisher of this venerable [...]
“Do I Make You Proud?”
Posted in Kids, Love♥, tagged BusinessWorld, Mother's Day, Speed Racer on May 12, 2008 | 6 Comments »
My son Alex’s first Mother’s Day gift turned out to be one of the best- he got himself published!
Around a week and a half ago, having gotten off theater practice early, he, A and I caught the advance screening of Speed Racer at SM Megamall Cinema 1. I think he must have been really [...]
Mommy’s DAYS Out
Posted in My Personal Space, tagged business luncheon, BusinessWorld, day out, day-off on March 13, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I’m hung over. Call it “post-traumatic-over-scheduling,’ if you will, but after a whirlwind of activities last week, I am still working through aching muscles and troublesome headaches. Lest I mislead you into thinking I got myself into some horrible mess, allow me to state outright that last week’s experiences, though busy and overwhelming, were all [...]




