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This Malaysian heiress raised by Filipino nannies now pays it forward

“I’m in the best place now, and where I should be,” says Shirley Maya Tan.

Sanso, Pilapil lead Bel-Air benefit exhibit/auction

Painter Juvenal Sanso and sculptor Impy Pilapil, with other artists from Bel-Air Village, Makati City, will exhibit their works in its community center Nov. 17-20, 5-9 p.m.

Supporting worthy causes, the Peninsula way

The four years that Sonja Vodusek has spent in the Philippines as the general manager of The Peninsula Manila have taught her to take things in stride. She is no longer rattled by heavy traffic or typhoons.

Archie King was a humanitarian, innovator and adventurer

He was one of the greatest Filipinos I have known. His concern for the poor was always matched with action,” said Antonio Meloto, founder of the anti-poverty movement Gawad Kalinga (GK), of hotel mogul Archie King, who died in a helicopter crash in Batangas Sunday.

How I realized the value of giving back

Upon entering the ManuLife Gawad Kalinga Village in Soldiers Hills, Muntinlupa, I was met by a group of excited elementary school kids. They looked at me expectantly, ready to start the day with a new lesson in the English language.

Milo Naval’s Binalot Chair

Furniture designer Milo Naval is in a phase in his career when design bears a social conscience—and wit.

Earth Day musings

After 25 years, Rio Tuba will have been all mined out. All efforts for its rehabilitation would have been exhausted. What’s an environmentalist doing in a mine, and coming away, if not necessarily converted, reasonably impressed?

Mu Sigma Phi Fraternity holds campaign on nutrition

MANILA, Philippines – The Mu Sigma Phi Fraternity of the UP College of Medicine successfully held MUtrition on Mu-Gawad Kalinga Sta. Rita, Barangay (village) Talon

Loud and proud

Roughly two months after Supertyphoon “Yolanda” caused death and destruction of horrifying proportions to Leyte, Samar and other parts of Central Philippines, the task of rebuilding lives and their land looks daunting.