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Joanne Rae M. Ramirez
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And So It Begins: Women power
by Joanne Rae M. Ramirez - August 30, 2024 - 12:00am
Just before National Heroes Day in the Philippines, four strong women dominated the screen in front of me: former Vice President Leni Robredo, Nobel Peace Prize laureate Maria Ressa and award-winning filmmaker Ramona...
Aug. 21, 1983
by Joanne Rae M. Ramirez - August 23, 2024 - 12:00am
“A shot rang out. A light went out in August, but a conflagration was lit.” —Cory Aquino, Sto. Domingo Church, Aug. 21, 1988
The Galápagos & Kimberley: The next big thing in expeditions
by Joanne Rae M. Ramirez - August 20, 2024 - 12:00am
The location alone is exotic, a string of jewels on the Pacific Ocean far away from the Philippines.
There is nothing micro about women entrepreneurs!
by Joanne Rae M. Ramirez - August 16, 2024 - 12:00am
Women entrepreneurs dream big, even if they start small.
Mu Sigma Phi at 90: When women doctors unite
by Joanne Rae M. Ramirez - August 13, 2024 - 12:00am
What began as a dream in August 1934 of seven female students of the University of the Philippines College of Medicine has blossomed into what is now known as the first and the largest medical sorority in the Philippines...
Sports mirror Life
by Joanne Rae M. Ramirez - August 9, 2024 - 12:00am
We learned as much from Carlos Yulo, the first Filipino to win two Olympic gold medals in Philippine history, as much as we learned from EJ Obiena, who went home without a medal in the Paris Olympics of 2024.
Remembering Cory on her 15th death anniversary: “And the last words I heard her utter, ‘Please tell everyone, Salamat, Salamat.’”
by Joanne Rae M. Ramirez - August 6, 2024 - 12:00am
These words, according to Father Manoling Francisco S.J., were one of the last former President Cory Aquino uttered in the days before she passed away from colon cancer on Aug. 1, 2009.
‘My mother, Zenaida Tantoco, on what would have been her birthday’ – Anton T. Huang
by Joanne Rae M. Ramirez - July 26, 2024 - 12:00am
The late Zenaida “Nedy” Tantoco’s birthday song last Saturday, her 78th birthday, went beyond the “Happy Birthday” ditty.
Authentically Ayala: ‘Hanggang dito na lamang at marami pong salamat.’ — JZA
by Joanne Rae M. Ramirez - July 23, 2024 - 12:00am
Let me begin with gratitude,” Ayala Corp. chairman emeritus Don Jaime Zobel de Ayala said at a star-studded show celebrating Ayala’s 190th year and his own 90th birthday at the Samsung...
Andrew Tan’s Megaworld @35: From 5 to 5,000 employees, from 150 to 1.5 million sq. meters
by Joanne Rae M. Ramirez - July 19, 2024 - 12:00am
Exponential.
Remembering JFK Jr. on his 25th death anniversary
by Joanne Rae M. Ramirez - July 16, 2024 - 12:00am
I remember exactly where I was 25 years ago when news reached me that John F. Kennedy Jr.’s plane had gone missing; the news hitting me like ice-cold water. It was around 9 p.m. and I had just arrived...
Friendships are always in fashion
by Joanne Rae M. Ramirez - July 12, 2024 - 12:00am
During her brother President Noynoy Aquino’s last State of the Nation Address in 2015, Kris Aquino wore a Maria Clara by Michael Leyva, then a relatively unknown 25-year-old designer, which drew raves and...
Yacht you can!
by Joanne Rae M. Ramirez - July 9, 2024 - 12:00am
There’s a new way of travelling and it’s making waves.
Fourth of July in Manila: Party diplomacy
by Joanne Rae M. Ramirez - July 5, 2024 - 12:00am
We could have danced all night — as friends, partners and allies— to American pop at the Fourth of July celebration hosted by the US Embassy in Manila led by Ambassador MaryKay L. Carlson at the Shangri-La...
Thanks for the memories, Philippine Plaza
by Joanne Rae M. Ramirez - July 2, 2024 - 12:00am
Six days before the 51-year-old Sofitel Philippine Plaza closed its doors on July 1 — for now, for good — its president, Esteban G. Peña Sy, treated our Bulong Pulungan press forum core group to...
CCP adds K-Pop to its playlist
by Joanne Rae M. Ramirez - June 28, 2024 - 12:00am
The Cultural Center of the Philippines has a newly minted president, a wife and mother of four who believes art “keeps our minds and souls alive.”
Aivee Clinic & Teoxane ‘Filling’ you softly
by Joanne Rae M. Ramirez - June 25, 2024 - 12:00am
During his brief remarks after the Aivee Clinic was awarded its fifth consecutive Teoxane Most Dynamic Award as the leading user of Teosyal fillers, Dr. Z Teo said, “I think I just want to just tackle...
It’s 6 months till Christmas!
by Joanne Rae M. Ramirez - June 21, 2024 - 12:00am
And just like that, it’s six months to December 2024 and six-and-a-half-months to New Year’s Eve. It may be too early to take out the Christmas décor from storage — but six months before...
Likha Ko, Lahi Ko: Like ko!
by Joanne Rae M. Ramirez - June 18, 2024 - 12:00am
Filipinos were independent even before their leaders declared the Philippines independent of colonial rule.
Hong Kong for the win
by Joanne Rae M. Ramirez - June 14, 2024 - 12:00am
Our Hong Kong sojourn began with a win.
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