THE ONLINE auction of six Yoda chairs by industrial designer Kenneth Cobonpue to benefit Unicef’s children’s programs brought in a total of P8.76 million in just two hours last Dec. 16.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau seemed so bashful, not conceited at all, being the recipient of all that adulation.
Team Trudeau or Team Nieto? Time to move on, folks.
Inquirer.net and Inquirer Lifestyle’s online poll is still open, but based on initial tallies as of Friday, 6 p.m., readers’ top five choices were Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto, South Korean President Park Geun-hye, US President Barack Obama and President Aquino.
Your mantra for the week: “For everything in my life, I give thanks.”
Paris, the City of Light, deep in mourning. The Eiffel Tower, dark. No lovers roaming the deserted streets. A friend, who has lived there many years, laments: “This is so not Paris. This is a city in pain. It feels like a war zone, surreal, incredible.”
EARLY this year, Doris Magsaysay Ho, chair of the Apec Business Advisory Council (Abac) 2015, made me listen to a song she had grown to love. A few weeks later she had me listening to another song.
The cultural events surrounding the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) 2015 may not exactly be of Imeldific proportions, but the showcase and celebration of Philippine fashion’s best, including in the months leading up to the summit, are certainly reminiscent of the grandeur of that bygone era.
The Philippines took its place on the world’s center stage Wednesday night and did so with such warmth and bravura that it made up, arguably, for the country’s meager resources and infrastructure.
The spouses of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) leaders on Thursday joined the sisters of President Benigno Aquino III in what was dubbed as “A Walk Through Time” tour in Intramuros.
