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...
HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRIPE-VINE With our MB Sustainability Focus Session, held at UST, done and dusted; it is time to start looking forward to our 3rd MB Sustainability Forum, which happens this Nov. 19 and 20 at UP. But it would be remiss on our part to close the chapter on the Focus...
Lizzie Zobel, Irene Marcos-Araneta, Monique Siguion-Reyna, and Maricris Floirendo-Brias Tina and Ricco Ocampo welcomed guests to their home, for an intimate lunch that highlighted the holiday collections of their CasaCollective.PH, and daughter Betina’s PuroLino.PH. And in typical Ricco-style, an...
For this installment, four wonderful female authors and their latest works are reviewed. From noir fiction, to ‘time travel’, crime, and the metaphysical; these women write courageously and should be applauded. Creation Lake by Rachel Kushner This latest from Kushner is shortlisted...
HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRIPE-VINE If you’re like me, living in denial of the aging process, then the column today is especially postmarked for you. I play singles tennis at least three times a week, getting up by 6 a.m. to head to an outdoor court. And I’ve been doing this, akin to...
With the hashtag #TimeToEndBreastCancer, Estée Lauder Philippines and SM Cares heralded the start of October as Breast Cancer Awareness Month at SM Aura. It was an especially fitting partnership as SM Supermalls president Steven Tan spoke about how his own mother is a breast survivor, and he still...
