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Ricardo ‘Dong’ Puno Jr. (1946-2022): Dong Puno goes really live!

Ricardo ‘Dong’ Puno Jr. (1946-2022): Dong Puno goes really live!

PeopleAsia editor-in-chief JOANNE RAE RAMIREZ writes about then Press Secretary Ricardo “Dong” Puno Jr. in the magazine's September 2000 issue. Broadcast journalist, lawyer and former Press Secretary Dong Puno When Ricardo “Dong” Puno Jr. was first invited to the White House in 1989, he was part of the press pool…
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Santiago de Compostela: Pilgrims on the Roof

Santiago de Compostela: Pilgrims on the Roof

Text by JOANNE RAE RAMIREZ Photos courtesy of TURISMO DE SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA Santiago de Compostela in northwest Spain is both a destination and a journey, a tourist spot and a spiritual beacon, a city of architectural marvels and edifices of faith. (Two pilgrims admire the breathtaking view from the…
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Palawan: Beauty and History

Palawan: Beauty and History

Palawan: one of the Seven Wonders of the World, second time title-holder of Best Island in the World as voted by travel magazine  Conde Nast Traveler readers, and home to freedom fighters of the second World War.  Palawan’s treasures go beyond its scenic islands being an unbeatable embodiment of paradise. It was also…
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