IT’S about time someone wrote a biography of Joaquin “Chino” P. Roces, the late publisher of the Manila Times.
After all, beyond the small circle of older Filipino journalists who worked with him, very few people remember, let alone recognize who he was, why he went to jail, and what he has done for this country.
Cropped from the invite of the book's launch
A frenemy made me do it.
Yes, a frenemy: someone I hadn’t seen, heard from, let alone hung out with in the past three years; a period in which I switched civil statuses, apartments, and jobs (in that order).
From out of nowhere, the guy called me up, asked me how I was, and offered me to become a part of something worthwhile.
Fabella: A weaker peso protects local producers without mechanisms like tariffs (Pic from UP Economics Society)
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