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ROBERT REQUINTINA
Long before I was appointed Entertainment head of the country's biggest newspaper, the Manila Bulletin, I was a news correspondent who covered the police and defense beats. In one of my unforgettable coverages, I survived a fiery landing with 12 others, including...
Sam Ramos Jones on losing his grandfather and mentor
PASSING OF A GENERATION Sam and his lolo
For Sam Ramos Jones, he was Lolo Eddie. The 29-year-old grandson of former President Fidel V. Ramos (FVR) looked back on his relationship with his grandfather a day after the burial, evidently...
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Gemma Cruz Araneta
Suddenly, there were no more coups d’etat. Although President Fidel V. Ramos (FVR) won 23.58 percent of electoral votes in the 1992 elections, the country seemed to have breathed a sigh of relief. How reassuring that perennial destabilizers, mutineers and plotters,...
The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Richard J. Gordon shared the legacy and notable contributions of late ex-President Fidel V. Ramos to the organization during his visit to his wake at the Heritage Park in Taguig.
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According to Gordon,...
Shortly after the inurnment ceremony for late former president Fidel V. Ramos started on Tuesday, Aug. 9, President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. arrived at the Libingan ng mga Bayani in Taguig City to personally bid his last farewell to the former leader.
FAREWELL, FVR—President Ferdinand...
Everything ran like clockwork as former president Fidel V. Ramos would have wanted it.
Funeral procession of former president Fidel V. Ramos at the Libingan ng mga Bayani in Taguig City on Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2022. (Ali Vicoy/MANILA BULLETIN)
From the seamless transfer of his ashes from his wake at...
The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) brought the late former president Fidel V. Ramos to his final resting place at the Libingan ng Mga Bayani (Heroes’ Cemetery) in Fort Bonifacio, Taguig City on Tuesday, Aug. 9.
(Courtesy of RTVM livestream)
AFP Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Bartolome...
​​Families and loved ones of former President Fidel V. Ramos held a solemn tribute for the late leader on Monday night, with notable personalities and people who worked closely with Ramos during his presidency sharing their fond memories of him.
Those who personally paid their last...
Vice President Sara Duterte paid her last respects to former president Fidel V. Ramos, whom she remembered as the “most disciplined and mission accomplished“ chief executive.
(Photo from Inday Sara Duterte Facebook page)
Duterte visited the wake of Ramos at the Heritage Memorial Park in...
Muntinlupa Mayor Ruffy Biazon and members of the Muntinlupa City Council signed a resolution extolling the late former President Fidel V. Ramos, who passed away on July 31 at age 94, and condoling with the Ramos family.
In a resolution, they cited Ramos’ contributions to the development of...
The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) is prepared to bring former Commander in Chief and President Fidel V. Ramos to his final resting place at the Libingan ng Mga Bayani (Heroes’ Cemetery) in Taguig City on Tuesday, August 9.
Former first lady Amelita Ramos spends a few moments in front...
The last time the Philippines held a state funeral for a former president was in 1997 for the late Diosdado Macapagal. The family of the late former presidents Corazon Aquino and Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III declined Malacañang’s offer to give each of them a state funeral in 2009 and 2021,...
