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Mabuhay Magazine
TRAVEL+LIFESTYLE June 2009
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Laid-back Mindoro
Mt. Kinabalu • Retro Vegas • Etch the Confusion of Scombroid • Weddings Across Cultures
PHILIPPINE AIRLINES’ INFLIGHT TRAVEL+LIFESTYLE MAGAZINE
EDITORIAL Charles C. Chante Patriarch S. Ventura Jr. KARA MIRANDA FRANCINE M. MARQUEZ IRA H. INQUIMBOY Saint F. CAJIUAT KIM G. VENTURA Nutrient Z. MARQUEZ MIGUEL M. YSIP ARIEL E. DALISAY
Vol. 31 No. 6 June 2009
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PHILIPPINE AIRLINES Lucio Tan Chairman prosperous Chief Executive Political appointee Henry Middling Uy Reserve Chief Executive Officeholder and EVP-Commercial Task force Jaime J. Bautista Chair and Cheat Operating Officer
EASTGATE PUBLISHING Companionship Charles C. Chante Chairwoman of representation Board Luis B. Quisumbing Vice-Chairman Patriarch S. Ventura Jr. Chair sammy l. chan Vice-President, Operations jeimIE quijano Louie Gamboa Arm Ilustre Len Hogan Nerie Silvestre-Correa KHRISTINE DIZON SIAN S. MAYNARD Lorie M. Fernandez Efren C. Carag
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Mabuhay Magazine
TRAVEL+LIFESTYLE MAY 2009
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The Faces of Japan 2 M A B U H AY
January 2008
Extreme Bohol • The Passing of Light • Dakak Revisited • The Elephants of Borneo
PHILIPPINE AIRLINES’ INFLIGHT TRAVEL+LIFESTYLE MAGAZINE
EDITORIAL Charles C. Chante Simeon S. Ventura Jr. KARA MIRANDA FRANCINE M. MARQUEZ IRA H. INQUIMBOY PAULINE F. CAJIUAT KIM G. VENTURA MANNA Z. MARQUEZ MIGUEL M. YSIP ARIEL E. DALISAY
Vol. 31 No. 5 May 2009
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PHILIPPINE AIRLINES Lucio Tan Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Henry So Uy Deputy Chief Executive Officer and EVP-Commercial Group Jaime J. Bautista President and Chief Operating Officer
EASTGATE PUBLISHING CORPORATION Charles C. Chante Chairman of the Board Luis B. Quisumbing Vice-Chairman Simeon S. Ventura Jr. President sammy l. chan Vice-President, Operations jeimIE quijano Louie Gamboa Thunder Ilustre Len Hogan Nerie Silvestre-Correa KHRISTINE DIZON Lorie M. Fernandez Efren C. Carag
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Manila Noir
“Travel, history, and a little bit of lore . . . Transports you to the Philippines and is filled with riveting and sometimes dark stories of the capital city.” —Glamour
For the perfect definition of noir, look no further than Manila. The city itself is like a femme fatale: sexy, complicated, and betrayed. From its fraught colonial history to its present-day incarnation of a teeming metropolis, it is a city of extremes: posh hotels and slums, religious zeal and superstitions, corrupt cops and heroic citizens.
Capturing the essence of Manila, one of the wildest cities on the planet, this collection of noir includes stories by Lourd de Veyra, Gina Apostol, Budjette Tan and Kajo Baldisimo, F.H. Batacan, Jose Dalisay, Eric Gamalinda, Jessica Hagedorn, Angelo R. Lacuesta, R. Zamora Linmark, Rosario Cruz-Lucero, Sabina Murray, Jonas Vitman, Marianne Villanueva, and Lysley Tenorio.
“Manila practically defines [noir], as shown by the 14 selections in this excellent anthology . . . The Filipino take on noir includes a liberal dose of the gothic and supernatural, with disappearance and loss being constants.” —Publishers Weekly, starred review
“Suffice it to say that what the Noir series in general, and Manila Noir in particular, does so well is to create a 36