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Missing Bobby Ongpin

I could not believe it when I read the dominant broadcast network GMA-7 now has partnered with its foremost competitor ABS-CBN When business tycoon Roberto...

Ongpin: Tycoon, technocrat, int’l businessman and visionary

"Perhaps God thought Ongpin had done enough in a lifetime and decided it’s time for him to rest" When I woke up last Sunday morning,...

Roberto V. Ongpin, 86, patriot and hero

"Not many people know it but EDSA I was triggered by greed and was won by a lie" Ten minutes after Roberto Velayo Ongpin passed...

Julian Ongpin and dad

"The matter is now up to the court to decide." Julian Roberto S. Ongpin, 29, the son of a good friend of mine, Bobby Ongpin,...

Twice weekly

"There was a time I felt I was Superman." This is an advance notice. Starting next week, this column will appear twice weekly from the usual...

Balesin revisited

"Reports of the Ulysses battering the island felt like a chainsaw cutting off my left leg,’ cried Ongpin." I read last week that to escape...

Nation-builders, heroes and patriots (Part 2)

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Bobby Ongpin’s projects

"He just does not stop." Harvard-educated tycoon Roberto V. Ongpin does not stop thinking of new projects despite his being past 80. The projects serve...

160 signatures

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Needed like yesterday

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The sophisticated Top of the Alpha

"Jazz in the sky, anyone?" There was a time when fabled international men and women of mystery shared noble attributes. They embodied elan, impeccable taste,...

‘Forbes Park’ in Baguio City

I am now in Baguio City, a week after Holy Week, thinking that my wife, my daughter and I could have a pleasant break...

A Valentine’s Day massacre

SANTA Banana, it was a Valentine’s Day massacre! I refer to the order of Secretary Gina Lopez of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources....

Balesin Club update

Now that it is vacation time, may I reprint a letter sent by Bobby Ongpin to Balesin Club members: I am in Balesin as I...

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Missing Bobby Ongpin

Ongpin: Tycoon, technocrat, int’l businessman and visionary

Roberto V. Ongpin, 86, patriot and hero

Julian Ongpin and dad

Twice weekly

Balesin revisited

Nation-builders, heroes and patriots (Part 2)

Bobby Ongpin’s projects

160 signatures

Needed like yesterday

The sophisticated Top of the Alpha

‘Forbes Park’ in Baguio City

A Valentine’s Day massacre

Balesin Club update

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