At first glance, Carol Ocampo Mercado is the epitome of glamour, being one of the Philipine Cancer Society's Best Dressed women, well-coiffed, slim and…

Jojo G. Silvestre · 23 September 2023 · 6 min read

Criselda, one of Manila’s most beautiful women and smartest dressers, a beauty queen and a fashion model, was given an exclusive line intended for her kind

Jojo G. Silvestre · 20 September 2023 · 5 min read

‘I have reached that point when it is not about success or what one accumulates in life, whether awards or accomplishments or material things. It is more about…

Jojo G. Silvestre · 18 September 2023 · 9 min read

We got two leaders for one vote, and we are better off as a nation.

Jojo G. Silvestre · 13 September 2023 · 6 min read

If Menchu Katigbak learned her manners and the formal ways of the de Buena families in the home of Claro M. Recto, finishing school in Switzerland gave her…

Jojo G. Silvestre · 9 September 2023 · 8 min read

Menchu is of a different mold. She is a society swan in the manner of Truman Capote’s chums — Babe Paley, Gloria Guinness, Lee Radziwill

Jojo G. Silvestre · 6 September 2023 · 7 min read

‘I think with Filipinos, you feel very comfortable. When you speak with them, they respond enthusiastically. They are a very happy people, very accommodating…

Jojo G. Silvestre · 4 September 2023 · 7 min read

‘Just as fitting therefore is the fact that Lola Pura’s statue is oriented to symbolically face you, the fellow citizens of her hometown, as gathered in this…

Jojo G. Silvestre · 2 September 2023 · 8 min read

It is a meaningful day and it becomes even more significant if we look at it symbolically — one that promises hope for a country one in vision and purpose, one…

Jojo G. Silvestre · 21 August 2023 · 8 min read