Monday, 24 August 2026
6 days ago
LIVES WELL LIVED | Alavar Sauce creator Maria Teresa Alavar dies at 89
Her rich, savory Alavar Sauce became the defining ingredient of the restaurant's famous curacha, or spanner crab, and other seafood dishes. Over the decades, the recipe evolved into one of the city's best-known food brands, making Alavar Seafood Restaurant a must-visit destination for tourists and food enthusiasts.
14 Aug 2026
10:48AM
LIVES WELL LIVED | The remarkable ‘ad-ventures’ of Reli German
By: Ramon C. Nocon
Reli German, who died on July 8, 2026, at age 86, was perhaps best known for his pivotal role in getting his classmate Joseph “Erap” Estrada elected president in 1998 through the proliferation of Erap jokes and the publication of ERAPtion: How to Speak English Without Really Trial; his involvement as a street parliamentarian in the August Twenty-One Movement, formed following the assassination of Ninoy Aquino; and his significant role in the 1986 EDSA Revolution.
10 Jun 2026
9:32AM
LIVES WELL LIVED | Mandy Navasero: Photographer, mentor, trailblazer
By: Ramon C. Nocon
In our journey through life, we are bound to encounter someone—a teacher, mentor, or perhaps a superior—whose influence profoundly shapes our outlook and the course of our lives.
10 Apr 2026
8:19AM
LIVES WELL LIVED | 'Polly' Nazareno and PLDT’s transformation
By: Ramon C. Nocon
Having overcome seemingly insurmountable odds that initially caught First Pacific by surprise—most notably mobile phone unit PILTEL’s more than P30 billion in debt and massive operating losses—Pangilinan passed the baton as PLDT CEO in 2004 to Napoleon “Polly” Nazareno.
19 Mar 2026
3:04PM
LIVES WELL LIVED | D. Edgard Cabangon’s legacy of work, leadership
By: Ramon C. Nocon
As heir to the diversified ALC Group of Companies—composed of over 20 businesses spanning media, insurance, banking, memorial parks, property, and car dealerships—Dominic Edgard Angeles Cabangon, known as DEAC to his employees and associates, could have lived a life of privilege, power, and wealth.
13 Mar 2026
12:02PM
LIVES WELL LIVED: Alran Bengzon: A life of service and leadership
By: Ramon C. Nocon
Noting that he was “a leader in three aspects of the Atenean: the social, the spiritual and the intellectual,” Rodolfo Severino said “Alran takes life seriously, but not grimly,” and that despite his “flaws and weaknesses,” his “set of values is constantly before him like a guiding star.”
20 Feb 2026
4:20PM
LIVES WELL LIVED | JDV: From oil fields to the House
By: Ramon C. Nocon
If not for the coverage of his well-attended 89th birthday bash last December—where he appeared frail and wheelchair-bound, surrounded by guests dressed in red—and the announcement of his death on Feb. 10, Jose de Venecia Jr., known as JDV or Manong Joe, might have slipped from public view.
29 Jan 2026
7:27AM
LIVES WELL LIVED | Chito Sobrepeña: A man for others remembered
By: Ramon C. Nocon
Noblesse oblige—the idea that those with influence should use their position to help others—perhaps best sums up the life of Aniceto M. “Chito” Sobrepeña, former president of the Metrobank Foundation and the youngest Cabinet member under President Corazon Aquino.
16 Jan 2026
5:09PM
Fr. Tito Caluag’s homily at the requiem mass for Cesar Buenaventura
“His story was one larger than life and, as in all great stories, greatness lies not in the achievements but in the underlying inspirations, lessons learned and shared, and the influence of the people who shaped one’s values and one’s heart.”
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