The announcement of Brenda V. Fajardo’s death Saturday night (Sept. 14, 2024) sent the visual arts world into a tizzy. In life she had…
Brazilian cellist Antonio Meneses, gold medalist of the 1982 Tchaikovsky Competition, died in Basel, Switzerland, on August 3, 2024. He was…
Don’t rely on the promise of tomorrow, renowned journalist Jullie Yap Daza told our Bulong Pulungan reunion over lunch just about two…
Award-winning playwright and director Floy Quintos passed away April 27, Saturday, of a heart attack at age 63. Below, the author, a friend…
Last Sunday evening, entertainment columnist Mell Navarro posted some sad news on his Facebook: An award-winning actress has just passed…
At the end of the day, we came to her funeral not really as media who have covered her feat that shaped the Philippine retail…
The author is the youngest of five siblings of Zenaida “Nedy” Tantoco, the chairman/CEO and matriarch of the Rustan’s…
Nedy Tantoco (left) with Cecile Licad who felt devastated upon hearing the news of her passing: ‘Absolutely no words to describe…
The Tantoco family has announced the passing of Zenaida “Nedy” Tantoco, chairman and CEO of Rustan’s Commercial Corp.:
It…
(This article is a longer version of the author’s eulogy during the first night of the funeral vigil for Dr. Ricardo “Ricky” Abad, and…











