‘Houses’ light up for Yolanda survivors
When Yolanda plunged many parts of Eastern Visayas into pitch darkness, even the tiniest of flames can usher in a glimmer of hope.
December 1, 2013
When Yolanda plunged many parts of Eastern Visayas into pitch darkness, even the tiniest of flames can usher in a glimmer of hope.
Americans don’t trust each other anymore. We’re not talking about the loss of faith in big institutions such as the government, the church or Wall Street, which fluctuates with events. For four decades, a gut-level ingredient of democracy — trust in the other fellow — has been quietly draining away.
A New Jersey canine that was crowned the world’s ugliest dog in 2007 and later became the topic of a children’s book preaching acceptance has died. Elwood was 8.
The annual conference of Wendy Kopp’s Teach for All global network of chapters from 32 countries, held this year in Tengchong, Yunnan province in China, began with a more exclusive retreat in Shanghai.
There are countless clubs in Metro Manila that feature live music, but only a few of them have character. By that we mean a trait or quality in the place that makes it stand out from the rest.
Resting on stands beside my writing table are two guitars, a regular-sized, steel-stringed acoustic and a smaller, nylon-stringed, acoustic-electric. A third one—“Little Martin,” as its own makers have baptized it—has been taken away by my son, Paolo, for reconditioning; being the handiest, it has been my most active collaborator.
In the ’60s, Procter and Gamble, USA, regularly assigned young marketing managers to work as BPMs (brand promotions managers) in the Philippine offices. They became our immediate clients, and at the ad agency I worked for, we called them “hotshots.” They acted with appropriate swagger as coach, mentor and quality control bosses for lower-ranked Filipino brand men.
The passion shines through when you love what you do. Much like the individuals who grace her cover, accomplished personalities who have each excelled at their calling, Ria Prieto’s keenness for the visual medium is evident on every page of her year-old baby, Inquirer RED Magazine.
As a friend remarked, disasters bring out the best and the worst in everyone. When it comes to the latter, camaraderie in a profession gets thrown out the window—apparently, even among journalists covering the same event, witnesses to the same human tragedy.
It’s been three weeks since “Yolanda” swept away his parents, and Aaron is now talking like a reporter—narrating facts in an almost clinical manner, his description so detailed that it brings you to the scenes of devastation in Palo where his family is from, and in Tacloban where his parents died.
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