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Postcards from the edge

by Jonathan Best - July 28, 2009 - 12:00am

Postcard collecting, as with other collecting hobbies, has gone in and out of fashion over the years.

Ortigas Center Gets A New Library

by Jonathan Best - March 4, 2007 - 12:00am

A year ago the Ortigas Foundation opened its new Library and Philippine Study Center on a handsomely renovated floor of the old Ortigas Building in Pasig. 2006 marked the seventy-fifth anniversary of...

The Four Kingdoms Tour of Southeast Asia

by Jonathan Best - March 7, 2004 - 12:00am

• P a r t T w o • In five days i had traveled from Manila to Bangkok, to Sukhothai and on to Luang Prabang in Laos with eight Philippine ladies eager to see unesco World Heritage Sites. The...

the way we were

by Jonathan Best - August 10, 2003 - 12:00am

Millions of vintage photos have survived from the 19th and early 20th centuries, but only a few of these have either aesthetic or important historical value.

The king’s park

by Jonathan Best - May 4, 2003 - 12:00am

Bangkok and Manila have much in common. They are both sprawling Southeast Asian cities that have grown rapidly over the last 50 years. High-rise office buildings and condominium towers have sprung up randomly in...

Timeless

by Jonathan Best - March 3, 2002 - 12:00am

Sotheby’s Ltd., the renowned auction house of London and New York fame, celebrated the opening of its first representative office in Manila last month with a gala cocktail party at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel...

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