Governance… The day Philippines became the most dangerous place on the planet to be a journalist 20 Dec 201920 Dec 2019 November 23, 2009 started as a typical Monday. But it wasn't meant to be. At the end of that day, the Philippines would then be marked as the deadliest place…
Journalism… The full story of why I yoga 17 Sep 201919 Jul 2020 I'm taking the spotlight off my usual subjects — the business elite — and sending some attention toward me. This is not for vanity, or because I crave for attention…
Career… Central bank gov Nestor Espenilla Jr, my kindred spirit gone too soon 24 Feb 201924 Feb 2019 “How do you keep yourself physically healthy? You’ll have a high- pressure, gruelling job, and your predecessors have had health issues. How do you assure us that you are also…
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…
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,…
Aviation… Is it Mar Roxas’ fault there are no CCTV cameras at NAIA-3? 22 Dec 2013 MANILA, Philippines – As Filipinos tried to digest the fact there are no CCTV security cameras to document the crime that killed 4 people at an international airport terminal in…
Business and economy… Garnish or levy? Wading thru jargons in Pacquiao tax issue 27 Nov 201327 Nov 2013 The tax issue between global boxing icon Manny Pacquiao and the Philippines' tax bureau was among the biggest stories I encountered after I woke up past midnight November 27. Big…
Gadgets… Struggling not to hate my Blackberry 24 Aug 201131 Aug 2011 I am a one-phone-gadget woman, as most of us are. But not this time. I cannot live on Blackberry alone. My Blackberry Curve 9300 has been driving me nuts since…
Indochina… Blissful without texts, emails, facebook, twitter 21 Nov 201023 Nov 2010 I was about to go home after staring at different screens—desktop, laptop, mobile phone, TV—for 12 straight hours today. Hours have been like this almost every workday for the past…
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