November 2022 - PeopleAsia

Mall chain and jewelry brand draw inspiration from classic Christmas staple

From the live staging of The Nutcracker to holiday fairs and shopping promos, everyone is in for a slew of surprises as Ayala Malls teams up with Pandora. You can now experience the most wonderful time of the year live and in person, together with family and friends, just like…

Hello, Baby ‘BinJin’: Hyun Bin & Son Ye-jin welcome first son

Crash Landing on You stars-turned-real-life-couple Hyun Bin and Son Ye-jin welcomed their first child — a son — on Nov. 27, according to MS Team Entertainment. Hyun Bin and Son Ye-jin at their wedding/ Photo by Vast Entertainment MS Team Entertainment, which manages Son Ye-jin, said in a statement on…

Reverie in color: Remembering artist Betsy Westendorp

Celebrated portrait and still life artist Betsy Westendorp has touched the hearts of many art enthusiasts with her sublime artworks that celebrate the beauty of people and nature that most of us often take for granted. In her passing, Filipinos remember her through the gentle, yet commanding splashes of color…

Dennis Anthony and Maria Grace Uy reap honors for Converge

Converge co-founders Dennis Anthony and Maria Grace, CEO and president, respectively, won several awards recently, including Entrepreneur of the Year Philippines and Woman in Telecoms, bringing honor not only to themselves, but also to the telecom industry and the country. For his efforts in bringing digital connectivity to more Filipinos…

Angkas CEO hailed as ‘Emerging Entrepreneur’ of 2022

Angkas was born out of George Royeca and wife Angeline Tham’s desire to professionalize the existing habal-habal or motorcycle taxi, which was mainly utilized in the provinces before it became a staple in the metro. Angkas CEO George Royeca has added another feather to his cap when he was recently…

PeopleAsia “Remembering PNoy” & “People of the Year 2021” Virtual Awards Night win Quills

BY REGGIE ABANG The magazine continues to blaze a trail as it receives an "Award of Excellence" for its special commemorative issue on the late President Benigno Aquino Jr. and an "Award of Merit" for its “People of the Year 2021” Virtual Awards Night from the 19th Philippine Quill Awards.…

Kiefer Ravena: No better time than now

By JOSE PAOLO S. DELA CRUZ Whether in basketball or in everyday life, Kiefer Ravena always keeps his eyes on the ball. Shaped by constant training, unwavering discipline and calculated foresight, he fires his winning shot and secures the prize — not tomorrow, not a second later, but now. Kiefer…

PAL president flies Philippine president to regional summit

Philippine Airlines president and COO Capt. Stanley K. Ng, a seasoned pilot and one of PeopleAsia’s Men Who Matter 2022 awardees, makes history as the first PAL president to serve as pilot-in-command of a presidential flight, flying President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., First Lady Liza Araneta-Marcos and the official Philippine delegation…

Manila-born baby girl is world’s “8 billionth baby”

The global population just hit the eight-billion mark with the birth of the "symbolic 8 billionth baby" in the early hours of November 15 at a hospital in Tondo. A baby girl born in Tondo, Manila on Tuesday, November 15, has been named the world’s "symbolic 8 billionth person." Baby…

Quiapo’s past, present and future

The Mama Sita Foundation recently sponsored a Quiapo-themed heritage dinner at Chef Tatung Sarthou’s Lore Manila, where resource persons led by Dr. Fernando Nakpil Zialcita and Ige Ramos discussed the importance of Quiapo in the country’s cultural life and what the future holds for the historic district. Before Ayala Alabang,…