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Does everybody love Meghan back?

by Joanne Rae M. Ramirez - March 21, 2025 - 12:00am

After I watched the first episode of With Love, Meghan, filmed in a cottage overlooking seemingly endless gardens of fruits, vegetables, herbs and flowers, I went to sleep dreaming...

The new ‘proposal’ place in town glows like a diamond

by Joanne Rae M. Ramirez - March 18, 2025 - 12:00am

There’s a new place in town that has a ring to it — the picturesque esplanade of the Pasig River.

‘Beware the Ides of March’

by Joanne Rae M. Ramirez - March 14, 2025 - 12:00am

Although every month has an “Ides,” the “Ides of March” reverberates in history and literature. It has been associated with misfortune, not unlike Friday the 13th, I suppose. M...

Tootsy Angara, Small Laude & Karen Davila: The ‘Botswana Gang’

by Joanne Rae M. Ramirez - March 11, 2025 - 12:00am

Like a three-legged stool, the triumvirate of broadcast journalist Karen Davila, influencer Small Laude and media executive and education advocate Tootsy Angara cradles a friendship. Take away one leg,...

April showers

by Joanne Rae M. Ramirez - March 4, 2025 - 12:00am

There are already April showers in March, bringing a soothing coolness to the metro before the onset of the summer season. The heat these days isn’t scorching, thanks to April showers nurturing the ground and...

Kris marks EDSA day by honoring ties that bind

by Joanne Rae M. Ramirez - February 28, 2025 - 12:00am

The 39th anniversary of the EDSA Revolution didn’t go by unnoticed.

Jubilee Door Pilgrimage: Pilgrims of Hope & Hopia

by Joanne Rae M. Ramirez - February 25, 2025 - 12:00am

Among my closest friends, a “tribe” I see and listen to every day (virtually, that is) are the members of my Assumption Convent rosary group, composed of former classmates and members of our batch.

‘Our Silent Guardian’

by Joanne Rae M. Ramirez - February 21, 2025 - 12:00am

When dentist Andres Eduardo passed away recently at the age of 90, his death upended the world of his family.

Heritage & Algorithm at Vetted: Like it!

by Joanne Rae M. Ramirez - February 18, 2025 - 12:00am

No, it’s not that I forgot to crop the “likes” (shown on Instagram by clicking on the heart below the photo) from Bay Area Filipino-American artist Chris Patio’s paintings for the...

Gaita taught us good taste, and taught JFK Jr. how to play backgammon

by Joanne Rae M. Ramirez - February 14, 2025 - 12:00am

The “unexpected” death of celebrated chef and restaurateur Margarita “Gaita” Fores early this week at the relatively young age of 65 was a jolt to us all about the uncertainty of life, of...

Loren’s farm: Where nature & culture kiss

by Joanne Rae M. Ramirez - February 7, 2025 - 12:00am

Sen. Loren Legarda says her lush farm south of Metro Manila, where the air is crisp and cool, is a “portrait of me.”

HSBC’s sweet success in the Philippines

by Joanne Rae M. Ramirez - February 4, 2025 - 12:00am

HSBC Philippines opened its doors in Binondo, Manila in 1875 on a sweet note.

All’s well with Carlos, Chloe & Karl

by Joanne Rae M. Ramirez - January 31, 2025 - 12:00am

It’s good to know that Olympic double gold medalist Carlos Yulo and his 17-year-old brother Karl Eldrew, a rising star in the gymnastics firmament, are not just civil — they’re brotherly sweet...

The road to 100

by Joanne Rae M. Ramirez - January 28, 2025 - 12:00am

From a humble 60-sq.-m. hardware store along Quezon Avenue 48 years ago, to today, where each branch has an average area of 10,000 square meters, Wilcon Depot has indeed built itself a solid name in the construction...

Judy Ann on meeting Gordon Ramsay: ‘I will hold on to that feeling of joy & excitement for a very long time”

by Joanne Rae M. Ramirez - January 24, 2025 - 12:00am

On a stage where she was among four contestants competing for Gordon Ramsay’s sweet verdict on their halo-halo, Filipino superstar and chef Judy Ann “Juday” Santos was star-struck.

Surrender, accept, de-clutter, live!

by Joanne Rae M. Ramirez - January 3, 2025 - 12:00am

This year, I resolve not to be a control freak, to surrender when I know I have no control over things, and to de-clutter. Major de-cluttering is an annual mission. In short, I am giving myself space within and around...

When Martin Nievera joined 143 children at a Christmas show at Solaire

by Joanne Rae M. Ramirez - December 27, 2024 - 12:00am

Concert King” Martin Nievera brought the house down recently at a mini-concert by The Bridge School at the Theatre at Solaire. But he wasn’t the star of the show.

Christmas brings back memories

by Joanne Rae M. Ramirez - December 24, 2024 - 12:00am

I write this after the University of the Philippines’ Fighting Maroons clinched the UAAP men’s basketball championship, and after a UP Law graduate (Kyle Christian Tutor) topped the Bar exams.

Kevin Andrew L. Tan: Family, friends, faith & the Filipino

by Joanne Rae M. Ramirez - December 20, 2024 - 12:00am

Because tycoon Kevin Tan, CEO of the Alliance Global Group Inc., anchors his life and work on very distinct and solid values, his world has become a mega world.

Marissa Orosa-Concepcion: Woman of Grace & Gratitude

by Joanne Rae M. Ramirez - December 13, 2024 - 12:00am

I first got to know about the work of the Laura Vicuña Foundation, which cares for children in need of special protection, through one of its benefactors, Marissa Orosa-Concepcion.

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