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Skincare brand celebrates love for the planet and the Philippines
It’s one thing when a skincare brand does a great job at using its expertise to create high-quality skincare products...
Conrad’s Got Talent
I couldn’t help borrowing the title of that famous talent search on TV when I came to know of the...
Timely tome on ‘patronage democracy’ is an eye-opener
Political issues such as patronage, dynasties, and brokerage have been on the minds of many over the past months leading...
That superhero kind of love
Not all superheroes wear capes. Some are in cotton house dresses (a.k.a. the Pinoy duster) doing the most mundane things....
Not your usual Elyu essentials
It’s officially summer in the Philippines and many of those who haven’t traveled yet are thinking of hitting the beach....
Travel musings with the press secretary
The current Secretary of the Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO), Jose Ruperto Martin Marfori Andanar, is only 47 years old...
Three books on business, leadership, career
As graduation season draws near, many college seniors are anxious about what awaits them in the “real world” of work....
Got to believe in Sandro’s magic
After more than a year of battling my pandemic woes with habitual snacking, I ended up with weight gain. Tired...
Trying the Lagom way of not (having) too little, not too much
I started my journey of de-owning and letting go of stuff some years ago when I found myself a bit...
Turning negative into positive
No matter how much time has passed, the pain of losing someone doesn’t really go away. Whenever something reminds us...
Manila Standard website (manilastandard.net), launched in August 2002, extends the newspaper’s reach beyond its traditional readers and makes its brand of Philippine news and opinion available to a much wider and geographically diverse readership here and overseas.