One night, when I was about eight, I snuggled in bed with Nanay and Tatay, asking her to scratch my back which was peppered with bungang araw. The last time I saw her, she was unable to recognize the grandson that she sang to sleep that same late summer evening more than three decades ago. Read more ›
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 ›
Now I just want to ask: What exactly is going on, Globe? Is this the way you treat a customer for 13 years? Read more ›
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 ›
What’s smaller than a credit card, thinner than a chocolate bar, and more fragile than a set of Chinese-made disposable electronic trinkets from CD-R King? Read more ›
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 ›