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Chona Kasten would have cringed at today’s youth flaunting tattoos and wearing rubber flip-flops to a business meeting

By Techie Ysmael-Bilbao | August 24, 2014 - 12:00am

I must first say that 90 percent of what I know comes from my role model in life, Chona Recto Ysmael Kasten; the rest from observations and actual experiences, from her childhood, throughout her growing years and...

Sunday Lifestyle

Seeds of Sun Trio in Israel national day

By SUNDRY STROKES | April 28, 2004 - 12:00am

It was indeed cause for admiration that so beleaguered a country like Israel should find the time and resources to send a music ensemble abroad – the Seeds of Sun Trio – to mark its 56th Independence Day...

Opinion

When Women Ambassadors Meet

By Rosalinda Orosa | June 16, 2002 - 12:00am

Perhaps because our President is a woman, certain countries have been sending us women as their diplomatic representatives. Thai Ambassador Busba Bunnag set something of a precedent when five women ambassadors (herself...

Starweek Magazine

Patterns

By Rosalinda Orosa | December 9, 2001 - 12:00am

The title above is derived from Amy Lowell’s famous poem wherein she asks, "What are patterns for?" The meaning of her question is a tragic one, but I must beg her indulgence: patterns are useful...

Starweek Magazine