Ramon Manzana is an unassuming humble man who has interests in the Banking and Motorcycle industries. He happens to be President of Honda Prestige Traders Inc., Managing Director of Bank of Makati, among other business concerns. He is also Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Tanglaw ng Buhay Foundation and an Elder at Christ’s…
Category: Testimonies (God’s Story in People’s Lives)
Beth Sanders: Portrait of a Mentor
Beth Sanders, the former Miss Austria (the latter being her maiden name), had a flourishing career in banking. She and her husband, Martin (an engineer) had started to get settled into their beautiful home on the hills in the pretty suburbs of sunny San Diego, California raising their children Leah, Bekah, and Andrew (as well…
Chef Sandy Daza: Food Imprints
Do you know how Chef Sandy Daza‘s restaurant, Wooden Spoon, got its name? Straight from this Cornell graduate (in Hotel and Restaurant Administration)/ tv host / over-two-decade-long PDI food columnist/ restaurateur/ cookbook author/ food consultant whom you might consider as having Philippine royal culinary pedigree, he explained, “When I had my cooking show, everytime I talked…
Beth Young: Releasing Grasp so God Can Lay Down His Blessing on Your Hand
Beth Young’s main business was as canteen concessionaire at a local school. One day two months ago, she found out that her contract would not be renewed. She was devastated because that was her bread and butter and as a single mom raising a university daughter and a son in the process of being a…
Atoy Llave: Cool Car Customizer
Have you ever been stuck in Metro Manila roads at the onset of a holiday weekend traffic jam when a sudden heavy downpour came? Or have you ever just sat in traffic wishing you could use transit time to accomplish your task list right then and there? Victor “Atoy” Llave of Atoy Customs thought you…
What Makes Hotel Kimberly Tagaytay Number One?
Searching for lodging in the popular tourist destination of Tagaytay on Tripadvisor.com.ph will yield over 370,000 results. The Number One spot goes to Hotel Kimberly (the 2015 and 2016 Tripadvisor Travelers’ Choice winner), a well-appointed yet affordably-priced hotel in the quiet, rural area of Barangay Kaybagal North. Even though its barangay name means “so slow,” Hotel Kimberly offers such…
Ruth Uy: Sharing the Lens to See More Clearly
Ruth Uy helped her husband, Max, an eye doctor, in their optical business which started in the early 70’s. For many years, they had about five branches. It was quite difficult in the beginning managing the many tasks a wife, mother, and businesswoman had to juggle… it was a period of her life that she…
Nika Diwa: No-Nonsense Fashion Doll
One day when I walked out to the store front, a young and beautiful, wide-eyed, long-haired, petite lady with perfectly tanned skin, dressed in a feminine off-white lace cutout crop top over chic wide-leg slacks was posing for pictures at different corners of the shop. My thoughts went, “She looks like a doll… in the…
Matthew Tan: Marketplace Salt and Light
Matthew Tan, has over thirty years of experience in the business world, sits as a Director of several companies. He is currently the Chief Technology Officer of a listed company in the Singapore Stock Exchange. He is distinctly humble and simple in his demeanor despite his stature. I was blessed to have been invited early…
Karen Davila: “It’s not what you say but the way you behave”
Karen Davila is a highly respected, locally and internationally multi-awarded broadcast journalist, news anchor of ABS-CBN’s news program, Bandila and My Puhunan (My Investment) among several shows on TV as well as radio (DZMM). She was the moderator for the latest 2016 Presidential Election Debate: She is a wife and mother of two. Esquire Magazine also named…
BUTTERFLY IN THE SPRING 