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There are three events which led to my writing of this piece.  Two are in the future, and one just happened over the weekend.Just a few days ago, we celebrated National Heroes' Day.  Often, we think of heroes as someone who valiantly fought a war or stood up against tyranny.  For us Titas, Joan of Arc is the default icon that comes to mind as we grew up in schools who took pride in their order stemming from Europe.  Inasmuch as there are the Filipina heroines such...

A post last week entitled "How An Endorsement By Vicki Belo Is Spoiled" made the rounds of social media.  In a nutshell, it had to do with Security Bank not matching up to what it promises in its advertising.  The post talks about Tata, who entered Security Bank's main office to open an account but left in dismay because no able person was positioned strategically in the bank's  Head Office Branch to entertain the query.You can read the story by clicking, "How An Endorsement...

Word has been out in the circle the EastWest bank is now taking over the retail banking business of Standard Chartered.  This means saying goodbye to Priority Banking of Standard Chartered.  Over at HSBC, they said that they would be closing down trust services and that clients would have to look for other banks to receive their instruments and investments.  At Citi, they've also closed down their Alabang branch.Tata said she was shopping around to look for a bank to take...

I couldn't believe my eyes the other day as I walked into Rustan's Makati through the back entrance where the steel carpark is.  There, on the mini-food court tables between the Vargas Kitchen and Via Mare Express sat the Imeldific one.  She was on her wheelchair having merienda with her attendants, two nurses in white, while her bodyguards were seated in the next table watching the Madam. Imelda in the mini food court?!  Now that was a sight to behold!  When I told...