Analytical, creative, and principled — as many described him— Edgardo Bautista Espiritu carved a career that spanned law, banking and finance, and diplomacy. A University of the Philippines law graduate (LL.B. 1958), Espiritu channeled his education into transformative leadership roles that left lasting marks on institutions both public and private.
Chef Oka, as he is fondly called, was born in Tokyo, Japan. He displayed an early interest in — and later, a passion for — all things seafood, which eventually led him to work at the Tsukiji Fish Market at the age of 19.
Vivian Que-Azcona assumed the presidency of Mercury Drug in 1998. But her rise to the top did not happen overnight — she had to work her way up and earn the trust of the Que patriarch.
Estelito Patdu Mendoza — Titong to family and friends and EPM to staff and associates — was born in Bacolor, Pampanga, on Jan. 5, 1930, to Guillermo Dizon Mendoza and Barbra Luege Patdu, both public school teachers.
This was the part of the Margarita I got to know: adventurous, curious, with a childlike joy and sense of wonder, who lit up a room, or a farm with her charisma, with an eye for beauty even in what seemed ordinary, unwavering in her love for all things Filipino. She elevated local cuisine and ingredients with her culinary artistry and the joyful force of her personality. Even the lowly alugbati.
This project called Arcadia, initiated in the late 1980s, fell on the lap of an industrious and forward-looking native of Balaoan, La Union, whose legacy we commemorate upon his passing at 81: Antonio “Tony” A. Turalba Sr.
Maria Louisa “Issa” Guevarra-Cabrera, Globe Telecom’s first female chief commercial officer (CCO) and a widely regarded contender to succeed CEO Ernest Cu, has passed away at the age of 51.