BUSINESS PLAZA

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                    [Title] => Keeping the lights on
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The picture of three big names in Philippine industry — Manny Pangilinan, Ramon Ang and Manolo Lopez — raising their joined hands in jubilation will be etched for a long time in the collective memory of business observers.
                    [DatePublished] => 2009-05-30 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 134209
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                    [AuthorID] => 1804859
                    [AuthorName] => Domini M. Torrevillas
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                    [Title] => Capturing Batanes
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Pastureland as far as your eyes can see, undulating emerald hills, boulder-strewn beaches and the changing colors of the seas from turquoise to lapis lazuli blue. The Ivatan historic stone houses in Sabtang built to stand the lashing winds from the north — these are the islands of Batanes.


                    [DatePublished] => 2007-04-17 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 133272
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                    [SectionName] => Newsmakers
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                    [Title] => Posters from Cesare
                    [Summary] => The "axman" cometh sometimes in the mail, courtesy of a series of poster invites to this or that gathering, across town about town, in Mag:net Katips, along the old Reposo in Bel-Air near the Alliance Française, at the CCP, last remnant of an edifice complex by the bay.


                    [DatePublished] => 2007-04-16 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 133271
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                    [AuthorID] => 1431668
                    [AuthorName] => Juaniyo Arcellana
                    [SectionName] => Arts and Culture
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                    [Title] => Kapatiran
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The Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines issued a pastoral exhortation on Philippine politics in 1997, the gist of which was: "Philippine politics — the way it is practiced — has been most hurtful to us as a people. It is possibly the biggest bane in our life as a nation and the most pernicious obstacle to our achieving full development. . .
                    [DatePublished] => 2007-01-25 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 134209
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                    [AuthorID] => 1804859
                    [AuthorName] => Domini M. Torrevillas
                    [SectionName] => Opinion
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                    [ArticleID] => 355953
                    [Title] => Jung: For men only
                    [Summary] => I went to a lecture on Depression and the Elderly last Saturday.  There I was impressed by the main lecturer, Dr. Emmanuel Gatchalian, 87 years old and still going strong.  "I will never retire," he said.  He spoke about depression in a way I would not have expected from a man of his age.  He welcomed psychiatrists to alleviate depression, drugs, and talk therapy, he said, though he said it with a note of apology, as if we had to get used to the notion of therapy.  


                    [DatePublished] => 2006-09-02 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 135494
                    [Focus] => 0
                    [AuthorID] => 1805260
                    [AuthorName] => Barbara Gonzalez-Ventura
                    [SectionName] => Modern Living
                    [SectionUrl] => modern-living
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                    [ArticleID] => 343961
                    [Title] => Stream of consciousness
                    [Summary] => Mirrored images between painting and poetry condensed in "Pondering," a previous exhibition of works by Rico and Chachu Lascano. The paintings of Rico and the haiku-inspired poems of Chachu echoed a contemporary voice that blended modernist painting inflected by an Oriental serenity and haiku-poems reminiscent of New Age contemplation. Together, painting and poetry sailed into an experiential delight of the spirit. That watery terrain, the pond, was turned into a beneficent act and object of contemplation.


                    [DatePublished] => 2006-06-26 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 133272
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                    [AuthorID] => 1233045
                    [AuthorName] => Cid Reyes
                    [SectionName] => Arts and Culture
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                    [Title] => Frame your plants in pots
                    [Summary] => This week Succulentophile gives way to an article with text by John G. Besa and photos by Joey de Castro.
* * *
 

Very few people think about how to enhance the beauty of their succulents through a pot.  Most opt for a uniform look to keep their collection looking just that – uniform.  So there are a lot of growers/collectors out there with lots of beautiful plants in pots that are, well, ordinary.
                    [DatePublished] => 2005-10-08 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 133260
                    [Focus] => 0
                    [AuthorID] => 1440497
                    [AuthorName] => Kevin G. Belmonte
                    [SectionName] => Modern Living
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                    [Title] => Festival of ‘halal’ foods
                    [Summary] => I had this idea, and you probably had it too, that "halal" food only refers to how chicken, beef and goat are slaughtered the "Muslim way." But if you go to the Malaysian Embassy in Salcedo Village, Makati, you will be surprised, as I was, to discover that halal is applied to the manufacture and canning of a vast array of food products  – from frankfurters (beef or chicken), to fruit juices, coffee espresso, tea, curry paste, canned mechado, afritada, soy sauce and vinegar and cookies and shampoo and skin fresheners.


                    [DatePublished] => 2005-05-26 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 134209
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                    [AuthorID] => 1804859
                    [AuthorName] => Domini M. Torrevillas
                    [SectionName] => Opinion
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                    [ArticleID] => 273019
                    [Title] => Espino
                    [Summary] => Philippine Fashion Week is, without a doubt, the fashion industry’s biggest benefactor. Acting as a platform for designers and brands to show their latest collections all under the same roof, it adheres closely to the stringent standards set by Fashion Weeks in other fashion capitals all over the globe. Joey and Audie Espino of Runway Productions make this professional conformity and standardization possible through their own tireless efforts.
                    [DatePublished] => 2005-04-07 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 135221
                    [Focus] => 0
                    [AuthorID] => 1391760
                    [AuthorName] => Joanne Rae M. Ramirez
                    [SectionName] => Newsmakers
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                    [ArticleID] => 245321
                    [Title] => Raul Isidro’s quest for gilded glory
                    [Summary] => The continuing evolution of veteran abstract artist Raul Isidro has taken an unexpected if serendipitous turn in his on-going exhibition of recent works – his 45th solo show to date – at the Ricco-Renzo Galleries. In this suite of 25 paintings, the artist invites the viewer to see the aesthetic prominence of gold as an entity, transcending both the subject and image, a distillation of the refinement of spirit that has distinguished his abstractions.


                    [DatePublished] => 2004-04-05 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 133272
                    [Focus] => 0
                    [AuthorID] => 1435394
                    [AuthorName] => Justino M. Dormiendo
                    [SectionName] => Arts and Culture
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Keeping the lights on

By FROM THE STANDS | By Domini M. Torrevillas | May 30, 2009 - 12:00am

The picture of three big names in Philippine industry — Manny Pangilinan, Ramon Ang and Manolo Lopez — raising their joined hands in jubilation will be etched for a long time in the collective memory...

Opinion

Capturing Batanes

April 17, 2007 - 12:00am

Pastureland as far as your eyes can see, undulating emerald hills, boulder-strewn beaches and the changing colors of the seas from turquoise to lapis lazuli blue. The Ivatan historic stone houses in Sabtang...

Newsmakers

Posters from Cesare

By Juaniyo Arcellana | April 16, 2007 - 12:00am

The "axman" cometh sometimes in the mail, courtesy of a series of poster invites to this or that gathering, across town about town, in Mag:net Katips, along the old Reposo in Bel-Air near the Alliance Française,...

Arts and Culture

Kapatiran

By FROM THE STANDS | By Domini M. Torrevillas | January 25, 2007 - 12:00am

The Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines issued a pastoral exhortation on Philippine politics in 1997, the gist of which was: "Philippine politics — the way it is practiced —...

Opinion

Jung: For men only

By Barbara Gonzalez-Ventura | September 2, 2006 - 12:00am

I went to a lecture on Depression and the Elderly last Saturday. There I was impressed by the main lecturer, Dr. Emmanuel Gatchalian, 87 years old and still going strong. "I will never retire," he said....

Modern Living

Stream of consciousness

By Cid Reyes | June 26, 2006 - 12:00am

Mirrored images between painting and poetry condensed in "Pondering," a previous exhibition of works by Rico and Chachu Lascano. The paintings of Rico and the haiku-inspired poems of Chachu echoed a contemporary...

Arts and Culture

Frame your plants in pots

By Kevin G. Belmonte | October 8, 2005 - 12:00am

This week Succulentophile gives way to an article with text by John G. Besa and photos by Joey de Castro. * * * Very few people think about how to enhance the beauty of their succulents through a pot. Most...

Modern Living

Festival of ‘halal’ foods

By FROM THE STANDS | By Domini M. Torrevillas | May 26, 2005 - 12:00am

I had this idea, and you probably had it too, that "halal" food only refers to how chicken, beef and goat are slaughtered the "Muslim way." But if you go to the Malaysian Embassy in Salcedo Village,...

Opinion

Espino

By Joanne Rae M. Ramirez | April 7, 2005 - 12:00am

Philippine Fashion Week is, without a doubt, the fashion industry’s biggest benefactor. Acting as a platform for designers and brands to show their latest collections all under the same roof, it adheres closely...

Newsmakers

Raul Isidro’s quest for gilded glory

By Justino M. Dormiendo | April 5, 2004 - 12:00am

The continuing evolution of veteran abstract artist Raul Isidro has taken an unexpected if serendipitous turn in his on-going exhibition of recent works – his 45th solo show to date – at the Ricco-Renzo...

Arts and Culture