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Rodrigo on the Manila Chronicle’s coverage of Magsaysay’s plane crash

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An Honesto Vitug photograph of Magsaysay’s family beside his casket, published on March 20, 1957, won an international award for photojournalism (worth $6,000*). It was a close-up of the hands of the widow and her three children clasped together in grief; the background, made of Magsaysay’s mourning dresses, was completely black. Read more ›

The Wire and the coconut levy (mainly the second than the first)

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Next came another decree allowing the PCA’s acquisition of First United Bank, which would later become the UCPB, the sole bank that kept the levy collected from coconut farmers. While he was PCA administrator collecting the levy from coconut farmers, Cojuangco was also UCPB President, storing the levy in the bank. Read more ›

Book launch: Portrait of a Tangled Relationship

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Jose Maria A. Cariño sold a painting and used the proceeds to publish a book he would later sell below cost.
From a purely financial perspective, the transaction was not expected to bring in a profit.
After all, the painting Cariño sold was priceless. Read more ›

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