WHEN news broke that candy Quimpo-Gourlay, former deskperson of this paper in the 1980s, was going to be published by David Ficking Books (an imprint of renowned publisher Random House), the country was thrilled.
TROPICAL storm “Ondoy” devastated much of the famous shoemaking industry in Marikina City, leaving many hand-to-mouth shoemakers mired in muddy rainwater and unemployment.