Governance… Craving for a statesman: Notes from Senate’s necrological service for former Sen. Edgardo Angara 16 May 201816 May 2018 I stopped writing business stories for two hours to listen to the livestream of the necrological service at the Philippine Senate for a former lawmaker, Edgardo Angara, 83. The former…
Business and economy… Jack Ma (#JackMaXDLSU): Find a good boss, not a good company 25 Oct 201725 Oct 2017 JACK MA, founder of global giant Alibaba, is in Manila to engage with students and entrepreneurs. De La Salle University Manila invited him to visit and conferred with him an…
Governance What I learned from “BBC Dad” about the two Koreas 6 May 201717 Feb 2022 When Facebook popped notifications that Dr. Robert Kelly, the infamous "BBC Dad," is speaking at the Ateneo de Manila to talk about goings on in North and South Korea, I bookmarked…
Governance… Um, Yasay as next foreign secretary? 21 May 201617 Feb 2022 I don’t know what to make of it, honestly. It was one of those “gulp!” moments, those times when I run to google and go through my old digital notes…
Business and economy… 5 things I learned in Day 3 of probe into world’s largest bank heist 30 Mar 201631 Mar 2016 I monitored the 3rd Senate hearing on one of the biggest money laundering scandals in recent history. US$81 million, which is equivalent to some P2.8 billion, is no…
Career… Goodbye…. 8 May 20158 May 2015 Two were lost last weekend: Filipino boxer Manny Pacquiao's bout with Floyd Mayweather and Evangeline Crisostomo Escobillo's life. Escobillo, known mostly for her short and bittersweet stint as insurance commissioner,…