SUSTAINABLE PARTNERSHIP From left: Jordan Tan, The Manila Bulletin head of business development, Philip Cu-Unjieng, The Manila Bulletin columnist, Dr. Raul Destura, Clinical and Translational Research Institute director at The Medical City, Jose Xavier Gonzales, chairman of the board of The Medical...
TOGETHER FOREVER All the guests in attendance for Jonathan and Kay's Bali wedding CHEERS TO THE NEWLYWEDS The author with the Jonathan and Kay Both pilots by profession, Jonathan Go and Karen Kay Bayawa officially tied the knot on Sept. 19 at the Ocean Front Apurva Chapel at the...
Vicky Veloso-Barrera opening the exhibit A fashion legacy event was what transpired as SM Aura hosted the exhibit, “The Fashion Legacy of Marina Reyes Antonio.” It was a celebration that honored the fashion and design sensibilities of Marina Antonio, her daughter Malou Veloso, sisters Vicky and...
Kathryn Bernardo, Dr. Aivee Teo, and Nadine Lustre Life has become extra-beautiful, thanks to Dr. Aivee Teo, whose breakthroughs in aesthetic medicine and mastery of the latest discoveries, ingredients, and techniques in cosmetic dermatology has brought grooming, skincare, body care, and hair care...
Special Assistant to the President and keynote speaker Frederick Go, with Chris Lim, PFA president Franchise Asia Philippines 2024, an International Franchise Conference mounted by the Philippine Franchise Association (PFA), recently took place at the SMX MOA. It was another feather in the cap for...
BenCab and his Nike Air Nike sneakers have been enhanced by 27 renowned artists in the name of the Pink Room, I Can Serve, and breast cancer awareness and early detection. It's the fundraising activity of I Can Serve Foundation Inc. on its 25th year, and it's an auction that promises bragging...
TO ROSALES WITH LOVE F. Sionil Jose and the author in the former's hometown in Pangasinan, with Mt. Balungao behind us When Manong Frankie, F. Sionil Jose, national artist for literature, died in early 2022, I felt like an orphan all over again, having lost my father early (1989) and then, decades...
SURPRISE GUEST K-drama My Secret Romance star Sung Hoon surprises Ben Chan with his arrival and his delivery of the birthday cakes Lifestyle retail magnate and Love Local champion Ben Chan celebrated his birthday recently at his sister Nenita Chan Lim’s house at Forbes Park, headlined no less by...
Our Philippine Retailers Association (PRA) hosted its annual National Retail Conference and Expo at the SMX Convention Center, MOA Complex the other week. It was truly an inclusive gathering of the best and brightest in Philippine retail. The Expo section was a heady blend of the...
Gelvin Hernandez, known for his breathtaking LED visual designs, recently pulled out all the stops for his daughter Summers’ first birthday celebration held at the Clubhouse in Greenmeadows Quezon City on Aug. 25. As the owner of Always in Motion Live, the leading provider of graphics and...
I’m not sure what prompted me to try to negate all these notions of mine that everything has become worse, not just the climate, not just the state of the environment, not just the conditions in the wild, which we have tamed to our own detriment, not just in terms of our shrinking attention span...
If a dining table could speak, it would probably say “Come and eat, let’s sit and talk a while.” The dining room is central to every home, the most eloquent corner of the house, not quite as private as the bedroom or the bathroom, not quite as behind the scene as the kitchen, but open, even...
