Girl Power

Gina Ortiz Jones: ‘Everything I am, I owe to my angel mother’

BY JOSE PAOLO S. DELA CRUZ Guided by her strong sense of duty and desire to serve others, Filipino-American Gina Ortiz Jones rose to become the first woman of color to assume the role of undersecretary of the United States Air Force — making her the organization’s second-highest-ranking civilian officer…

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Girl power: Inside PeopleAsia X Charriol’s “Women of Style & Substance” Power Lunch

By JOSE PAOLO S. DELA CRUZ From public servants to business leaders, to doctors, philanthropists and entertainers – PeopleAsia’s “Women of Style & Substance” awardees for 2019 most certainly arrived in style during a power lunch held recently in their honor by Swiss luxury brand Charriol and its Philippine partner, Store…

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In her own words: The power of women

They walk the talk and put their hearts where their mouth is. As we celebrate International women's Day, we bring you  some of the women we admire -- and the words of wisdom they have shared on the pages of PeopleAsia and on the world stage. Maine Mendoza on being beautiful:“I am grateful…

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Rachel Louise Peters : One with the universe

Rachel Louise Peters does not simply walk into a room…she glides into one. By VIC S. SEVILLA   | Photography by DIX PEREZ When the elevator doors open and she steps out in a pair of jeans and shirt into the corridor of the fourth floor of Shangri-La at the…

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