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Jam Ledesma

Jam Ledesma is the current corporate communications head at a luxury resort hotel in Manila. He brings to the table three decades of experience in advertising, marketing, and corporate communications.
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Comeback to the future!

Last week, the government and local health authorities green lit the immediate downgrade of quarantine restrictions in Metro Manila to the lowest alert level....
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WMRC: A heartbeat away from Manila’s landmark attractions

From 1912 to 2003, the country’s premier horse racing events were held at what used to be the San Lazaro Hippodrome in the heart...
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Stepping out while staying in

“The times they are a-changin,’ come gather round people, wherever you roam...” Bob Dylan No doubt those lyrics of Bob Dylan were progressive and attuned...

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Maynilad joins UN Global Compact, strengthens ESG governance

VIA GRAPHIC PLUS — West Zone concessionaire Maynilad Water Services, Inc. (Maynilad) has joined the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC), committing to further align its business practices with globally recognized principles on human rights, labor, environmental responsibility, and anti-corruption. The UNGC is the world's largest corporate sustainability initiative,...

The World in the time of Nick Joaquin

Europe, the seat of everything that was grand, powerful, and prosperous, was caught in the teeth of the First World War, the year Nicomedes Márquez Joaquín was born on May 4, 1917. It was half a world away from a boy who would emerge half a century...

Giant clam shells and shipwrecked ivories: The enduring allure of Philippine craft

When I visited the Sagrada Família, I noticed six giant clam-shell holy-water stoups from the Philippines installed near the rear of Architect Antoni Gaudi’s basilica. Each shell is accompanied by a plaque inscribed in Filipino and Spanish reading: “Alay ng Sambayanang Filipino/Ofrenda del pueblo Filipino.” According to numerous reports...