Hints and tips:
...Fortunato Villanueva Jr is preparing to harvest unhusked rice this month from land he has worked for more than 30 years....
...Moral Money’s Gillian Tett spoke with Costa Rican president Carlos Alvarado Quesada on how the country has thus far mitigated Covid-19 and the impending climate crisis....
...And it’s a surprise to see Ramon Tikaram as fearsome gangster Terence McCann, still livid about that Shetland pony business....
...Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr, the son of the late dictator, told the Financial Times last year that he wanted the job....
...Enrique L Rios Jr, 25 Rios was from Brooklyn, according to his Facebook page....
...Pacquiao is a national hero in the Philippines, having won 10 world titles over eight weight classes, and has been in the international spotlight since last year’s titanic fight against Floyd Mayweather Jr...
...Leni Robredo, a lawyer who joined the house of representatives in 2013, appears likely to be vice president after beating Senator Ferdinand Marcos Jr....
...But under Ramon Reyes Jimenez Jr, the secretary for tourism and a former advertising executive, the Philippines has invested heavily in marketing....
...Sitting at a keyboard, Fernando Alvarado bangs out a salsa riff. All of a sudden the room is filled with music and shouts....
...“Thanks to Martinelli, we are in the process of returning to our lost status as a banana republic,” says Ramón Ricardo Arias, a lawyer who heads Transparency International’s chapter in Panama....
...Ramon del Rosario Jr, chairman of the Makati Business Club, a grouping of the Philippine’s biggest companies, said the verdict would “reinforce the confidence and trust that our country has regained under...
...Among the attendees were James “Jes” Staley, now the former head of investment banking at JPMorganChase, and Ramon de Oliveira, then head of investment management and private banking....
...Ramon del Rosario Jr, chairman of the Makati Business Club, a grouping of the country’s biggest companies, believes foreign investors are also expressing confidence in the Aquino administration’s efforts...
...Mr Aquino will also have to contend with the family of the late dictator Marcos – whose widow Imelda won a seat in congress, daughter Imee won a local governor’s position and son Ferdinand Jr was on track...
..., chairman, and Ramon Ang, president....
...“It’s a political tour de force that will potentially change the nature of next year’s elections,” said Ramon Casiple, executive director of the Institute of Political and Electoral Reform....
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