Category: Journalism

• The day Philippines became the most dangerous place on the planet to be a journalist

  

  A snapshot of what it was like in a newsroom on November 23, 2009, the day of the #AmpatuanMassacre

  Lala Rimando

  20 Dec 2019

  Governance, Journalism, Philippine issues

• The full story of why I yoga

  

  When I’m not writing or managing newsrooms, I am on a yoga mat. I’m sharing here my parallel journeys as a journalist and as someone who process my human frailties…while I practice yoga.

  Lala Rimando

  17 Sep 2019

  Journalism, Personal

  myyogapractice, urban ashram studio, yoga, yogapractice

• Central bank gov Nestor Espenilla Jr, my kindred spirit gone too soon

  

  We had several things in common: powerful foes, health woes, and more

  Lala Rimando

  24 Feb 2019

  Career, Governance, Manila’s Who’s Who, Memorable interviews, Philippine issues

  Bangko Sentral, cancer, central bank, central bank governor, Espenilla, Nesting Espenilla, Nestor Espenilla, Nestor Espenilla Jr, Obituaries, Obituary, throat cancer

• Um, Yasay as next foreign secretary?

  

  I have an uneasy feeling about Yasay’s appointment as our chief diplomat. It seems none of his past experiences, including those I’ve interviewed him on as a business journalist, equipped him to handle foreign policy, especially with issues as sensitive as the sea dispute with China.

  Lala Rimando

  21 May 2016

  Governance, Journalism, Manila’s Who’s Who, Philippine issues

  Banco Filipino, BW Resources, Duterte, Duterte Cabinet, Foreign Secretary, journalism, Jun Yasay, Perfecto Yasay, pre-need, Rodrigo Duterte, SEC, Yasay

• Goodbye….

  

  Two were lost last weekend: Filipino boxer Manny Pacquiao’s bout with Floyd Mayweather, and Evangeline Escobillo’s life. “Tita Vangie,” as I have called her after we have moved on from our source and reporter roles to being friends, was always full of life that it is hard to imagine she is no longer alive. I consider her one of my most memorable mentors, the kind who have contributed to the shaping of my career as a business journalist.

  Lala Rimando

  8 May 2015

  Career, Governance, Journalism, Journalism award, Memorable interviews, Personal

  actuarian, actuary, Agile, Anchor Savings Bank, change, College Assurance Plan, Corruption, death, Evangeline Escobillo, financial crisis, financial industry, Gary Teves, governance, insurance, Insurance Commission, insurance industry, Pacific Plans, Platinum Plans, pre-need, Pre-Need Code, profile, reforms, Securities and Exchange Commission, statistics, Tina Turner, trust fund, USAID, Vangie Escobillo

• Is it Mar Roxas’ fault there are no CCTV cameras at NAIA-3?

  

  No, but a year and a half ago, he set himself up to be blamed when a crime happened this December 2013.

  Lala Rimando

  22 Dec 2013

  Aviation, Journalism

  airports, aviation, CCTV, CCTV security cameras, DILG, DOTC, Fraport, Gloria Arroyo, infrastructure, Jesse Robredo, Jun Abaya, Mar Roxas, NAIA, NAIA 3, NAIA Terminal 3, Piatco, PPP, public private partnerships, security cameras, Takenaka, Transportation Department, Transportation Secretary Mar Roxas

• Garnish or levy? Wading thru jargons in Pacquiao tax issue

  

  ‘Garnish’ doesn’t just involve food. Make sense of a big news story involving major personalities in global boxing and local governance — and lots of jargon

  Lala Rimando

  27 Nov 2013

  Business and economy, Journalism, Philippine issues

  #TyphoonYolanda, #YolandaPH, BIR, Boxing, Kim Henares, Manny Pacquiao, Pacquiao, tax case, Taxes, Top Rank

• Struggling not to hate my Blackberry

  

  My Blackberry has been driving me nuts since I first held it in June 2011. It feels old, it’s clunky, unintuitive, and lacks battery power. It’s a smartphone that does not make me smart.

  Lala Rimando

  24 Aug 2011

  Gadgets, Journalism, Personal, Technology, Travel

  BBM, Blackberry, communication, email, Evernote, gadgets, Globe Telecom, journalism, London riots, mobile phones, Nokia, Palawan, phone bill, postpaid, push email, Research in Motion, RIM, Samsung, smartphones, Steve Jobs, YNAB

• Blissful without texts, emails, facebook, twitter

  

  The call of “now” from all the devices and the endless alerts had me thinking during a walk along the banks of the Nam Khan river in Luang Prabang if these had made me a better person or just a manic one.

  Lala Rimando

  21 Nov 2010

  Indochina, Journalism, Travel

  emails, Facebook, Indochina, mobile phones, retreats, social media, travel, Twitter