HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRIPE-VINE While October 2024 as Breast Cancer Awareness Month is now in our rear view mirror, a recent event held at the San Juan Medical Center will strongly resonate with San Juaneño women who are suffering from the affliction. Helping Women & Others Foundation...
For your crime fiction shelves, the latest from Kate Atkinson, a sci-fi/crime tale from Alexander Boldizar, and a fresh take on who’s doing the detecting from Marie Tierney. The Man Who Saw Seconds by Alexander Boldizar When Preble Jefferson has an unfortunate...
Chiara G. Cox is the daughter of Arthaland vice chairman and president Jaime Gonzalez and Connie Y. Gonzalez. And as a daughter of a couple who have championed Sustainability for over a decade, way before it became a buzzword; it was no surprise to find Chiara behind the screening of a documentary...
HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRIPE-VINE On Nov. 19 and 20, we’ll be mounting our third Manila Bulletin Sustainability Forum; and it’s been an exciting, fulfilling three-year ride — promoting awareness, information, and understanding on the topic. One approach we agreed on back in 2022...
WHAT A VIEW River Arno and the Ponte Vecchio in the background Tuscany in autumn is a great respite from the typhoons and scorching sunshine of Manila in October and November. I accompanied Issa to attend the wedding of her good friend, Annika, and we flew to Italy; making Florence our home base...
BREAKTHROUGH Bettina Osmena and Libet Virata of HWAO, with Mayor Francis Zamora, Keri Zamora, Cong. Bel Zamora-Jornada, and Estée Lauder enterprise marketing and data manager Miccah Doctolero The San Juan Medical Center (SJMC)now has its own Biological Safety Cabinet. If previously the...
HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRIPE-VINE When people talk about Sustainability nowadays, it is seen by some quarters as an extension of what used to be subsumed under a company’s Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) program. And in the glory days of CSR, we can see the connection quite clearly....
The Night of Baba Yaga by Akira Otani Set in modern Tokyo, think of a revisionist pulp fiction novel that blends Kill Bill and The Bodyguard. Our main protagonist is Yoriko Shindo, who is kidnapped by the Yakuza after a street display of blinding fast and effective martial arts against...
HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRIPE-VINE In the midst of the Asia Pacific Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction 2024, held at the PICC last week, an initiative on behalf of six endangered species of Philippine wildlife was launched. Led by SM and our DENR (Department of the Environment...
IYCRMM Book Reviews The three novels today are either a sequel of an established fan favorite, or come from popular authors now treading fresh ground. Enjoy! Somewhere Beyond the Sea by TJ Klune Klune previously wrote The House in the Cerulean Sea , which earned him a Lambda Literary Award...
HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRIPE-VINE When the Spouses of the Heads of Mission (SHOM) mounted their annual fundraiser this 2024, it was a stroke of good fortune that they synergized with SM Retail and Kultura. With the partnership, the event brought together the diplomatic community,...
Penk Ching and Makati Mayor Abby Binay Sisters Penk Ching and Shen Chen Ratilla, both renowned pastry chefs, were behind one of the sweetest (both figuratively and literally) events of the year, as they launched their second coffee table book, Beyond Sugar . Issa Litton, Rita Neri, and Shen...
