Rustan’s goes pink
Did you hear about the launch of Thomas Pink, dahlings, which had Rustan’s Makati packed with buyers and guests? The British brand brought bold colors to life with a showcase of
Did you hear about the launch of Thomas Pink, dahlings, which had Rustan’s Makati packed with buyers and guests? The British brand brought bold colors to life with a showcase of
After 18 years, the milestone that was Philippine Airlines’ (PAL) inaugural flight back to New York was quite an exhilarating experience.
When Philippine Airlines asked him last December if he could supply Carmen’s Best Ice Cream, Paco Magsaysay thought, why not? After all, he had previously provided the airline with ice cream for chartered flights when President Benigno Aquino III would be onboard. Carmen’s Best was by then a brand that PAL was familiar with.
Philippine Airlines (PAL) held a grand party at the Santa Maria ballroom of the Radisson Blu Hotel to launch direct flights from Cebu to Osaka, and to Nagoya.
The 81st birthday of Emperor Akihito of Japan was celebrated in Cebu with a glittering diplomatic reception held at the Marco Polo Plaza Hotel. Here for the occasion was the Japanese Embassy’s Charge d’Affaires Tetsuro Amano.
I lived there in the mid-’60s, when the flower children were in full bloom.
The plane hasn’t even “come to a complete stop,” but already one can see people fishing out their phones and surreptitiously turning them on. Although the rules have been relaxed somewhat and one doesn’t have to wait until deplaning to get connected, it just shows how dependent we’ve become on our gadgets.
The Philippines may become the new destination of choice for more European tourists, with the return of direct air links between Manila and Europe and the Department of Tourism’s (DOT) “fantastic and amazing” global campaign that has reached the region, the European Union’s (EU) envoy to the Philippines has said.
It is Autumn Down Under. I arrived in Sydney on the last few days of summer and we had blue skies and cool breezes. But the weekend turned from nice to nasty. From comfortable mid-70s we dropped to unseasonal 50s and 60s, making us reach for sweaters and shawls. Monday the sun was out. But the rains have returned and now we’re back to dreary.
It’s common knowledge by now that Ramon Ang, top honcho of both San Miguel Corporation and Philippine Airlines, got his start by working as an auto mechanic, fixing cars that he then sold for a profit.
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