My Journey. Narrated in the Language of Food.
As I have mentioned in a previous post, culturally and historically speaking, we Filipinos are generally not an assertive people. We have a culture that places much premium on respect towards others, especially elders. This is true up to this Continue reading Do you say these non-assertive lines?
If there is one blessing in disguise that the current political turmoil has brought to the country, it would be a Supreme Court that has been able to assert itself and make its presence more known (despite some imperfections and Continue reading An Expanded Writ of Amparo
My Mt. Makiling Story was for me, the most dangerous assignment I received while in tv news. This was produced in 2005, and was about a group of mountaineers who got stranded in Mt. Makiling in Laguna. We joined rescuers, Continue reading Blast from the Past: My Single Most Dangerous TV News Story
note: Since today is National Heroes Day, allow me for the sake of posterity, to post a speech I had written and delivered in 1998 at the American Chamber of Commerce Philippine Centennial Oratorical Contest. I was a high school Continue reading Blast from the Past: Speech for the Philippine centennial of independence
Ralph’s note: I have lifted the following article from PR Week. I found it very interesting because the same trend has been happening here in the Philippines, that of journalists shifting to public relations work. I am posting it to Continue reading Sounds Familiar: An unstable media landscape has journalists seeking PR positions