Ambassador Jose Abeto Zaide

Consenting adults

January 19, 2020 12:00 am

A happily ending fairy tale

January 05, 2020 12:00 am

‘Dad, what do you do…?’

November 03, 2019 4:51 pm

BELOW THE LINE By AMBASSADOR JOSE ABETO ZAIDE One Sunday afternoon before the turn of the last century, a bright nine year old asked the question of a Philippine Ambassador. Putting down his Der Telegraf, the ambassador explained to his son a diplomat’s duties — his National Day receptions on June 12th, why the mother […]

Remembering Pepe (Joe) and Concha (Connie)

October 27, 2019 4:53 pm

BELOW THE LINE  By AMBASSADOR JOSE ABETO ZAIDE My father, the original Joe F. Zaide, never made it to “Ambassador”.  That was a bureaucratic fluke. I, the second generation and his junior, made it in the pecking order But the original “Joe” was always Ambassador in pectore to every Secretary of Foreign Affairs, to every foreign ministry […]

Hurry up… and wait

October 20, 2019 4:05 pm

BELOW THE LINE By AMBASSADOR JOSE ABETO ZAIDE In the 60s, I was young and full of hope, commuting to school and back via public transport Mondays to Fridays from Tambo, Paranaque, via EDSA, to transfer at Cubao to catch the Marikina bus which went to Loyola Heights. It was normal and do-able. In the 80’s, […]