His is not the rags-to-riches story often associated with taipans of his sort, but something quite different—the classic tale with a twist: a riches-to-rags-to-more-riches story. John Gokongwei Jr., who passed away peacefully on Nov. 9 at 93, began life as a child of privilege, lost it all at 13 years old, and had to start at that tender age to rebuild and grow the family fortune that would, in time, make him the third richest Filipino,
“Much Ado About Nothing” is the title of a play by Shakespeare — and also a line that sums up last week’s trending firestorm over the Spanish animated film “Elcano y Magallanes: La primera vuelta al mundo.” Now that the noise has somewhat died down, we should look in the
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