Monthly Archives: January 2015

Jolly Benitez and the Return to the Kubeta Village

Posted on January 26, 2015 by JPFenix

IN RECENT weeks there has been a flood of material about the Philippine Women’s University (PWU) and its early education unit Jose Abad Santos Memorial School (JASMS). It stemmed from recent events where the STI group was calling in a P450 … Continue reading →

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Much ado about SM Baguio: Appeals Court affirms removal of pine trees legal and environmentally sound

Posted on January 18, 2015 by JPFenix

AN ATTEMPT for major buzz over the weekend on social media, outside of the highly popular and contagious #popefrancisph, is the removal of remaining trees in the continuing development of the SM City Baguio, also known as the former Pines … Continue reading →

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The birth of the Philippine Daily Inquirer… or what I recall before years of drinking diet cola fry my brain.

Posted on January 17, 2015 by JPFenix

Note: This is the original version of an article I contributed to the most recent anniversary edition of the Philippine Daily Inquirer (December 9, 2014). Since they did not come out with a digital version in Inquirer.net I could neither cut … Continue reading →

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The curious case of PWU/ JASMS: Nothing personal, it’s business.

Posted on January 5, 2015 by JPFenix

THIS whole brouhaha over the Philippine Women’s University (PWU) and its basic education unit Jose Abad Santos Memorial School (JASMS) being taken over by businessman Eusebio Tanco and his STI started out as an emotional appeal in social media by … Continue reading →

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A professional’s view on AirAsia, MH and other air tragedies: oh the humanity.

Posted on January 3, 2015 by JPFenix

IT TOOK me some time to process the Facebook post by a friend and former industry associate Susan Claire Agbayani expressing her sympathies for the surviving families of the victims of the recent air tragedies of Air Asia QZ8501 and Malaysia … Continue reading →

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