By JOSE PAOLO S. DELA CRUZ / Photos by Renjie Tolentino PeopleAsia celebrated achievers who seized their dreams at the “People of the Year” Awards Night at the Grand Ballroom of the City of Dreams Manila. Attended by top diplomats, business leaders and society figures, the star-studded event also marked…
BY JOANNE RAE M. RAMIREZ Without trumpeting her accomplishments, the soft-spoken Alice G. Eduardo, construction magnate and philanthropist, has built a reputation as solid as steel. Her work is the Alice Eduardo narrative, as told by highways and skyways, ports and power plants, bridges and buildings, churches and charity wards.…
French Ambassador Marie Fontanel hosted last week a reception for PeopleAsia’s “People of the Year” awardees for 2024 in her official residence in Makati, with members of the diplomatic corps and top businessmen in attendance. Present were British Ambassador Laure Beaufils and Italian Ambassador Marco Clemente. By JOANNE RAE RAMIREZ…
BY JOANNE RAE RAMIREZ “Love Rite,” a mural Filipino by National Artist Jose Joya, fetched ₱59.56 million in the annual fund-raising auction of the Asian Cultural Council (ACC) and Leon Gallery, gallery founder Jaime Ponce de Leon revealed to PeopleAsia tonight. The winning bid was ₱35 million more than the…
Sta. Elena Construction and Development Corp. president and CEO Alice Eduardo led the ribbon-cutting ceremony of an eponymous, brand new and world-class tennis and aquatic sports facility at National University Laguna. Sta. Elena Construction and Development Corp. president and CEO Alice G. Eduardo is joined by her parents Dr. Andres…
By Joanne Rae M. Ramirez Aside from numerous edifices and virtually all the foundation work of buildings from Cavite City to Smokey Mountain, from Batangas to Pampanga, Taguig to Pasig, Alice G. Eduardo has also built ports and airports; power plants, bridges and buildings; highways and Skyways. And now, she’s building…
The evening’s highlight was easily Gary V’s two-song number. By the time the two-time “People of the Year” awardee segued into his second number, members of the well-heeled crowd were already up on their feet either dancing or capturing “Mr. Pure Energy’s” every move on stage with their smartphones. With…
Aside from numerous edifices and virtually all the foundation work of buildings from Cavite City to Smokey Mountain, from Batangas to Pampanga, Taguig to Pasig, she has also built ports and airports; power plants, bridges and buildings; highways and Skyways. And now, she’s building a city. By JOANNE RAE M.…
What do these high-profile women have in common? Apart from being passionate and accomplished in their chosen fields, they’re also known for their innate sense of style to thousands if not millions of their followers who are glued to their every move. And just as their unique fashion sense reveals…
PeopleAsia magazine ushered in 2017 with the “People of the Year” Awards Night. Held at the Sofitel Philippine Plaza Manila, the annual red-letter affair trained the spotlight on notable individuals from the fields of business, arts, sports, public service and entertainment who were featured in the magazine’s December 2016 -…