Opinion: Why Lorenzo Leviste’s Open Letter to His Mother Loren Legarda Is a Big Deal

I am posting this as I believe it is an important article. I can sympathize with Lorenzo Leviste as I can imagine, after a great deal of thought about the repercussions it would cause, I would probably do the same thing. Maybe not so publicly. But I would find it very hard to accept any … Continue reading Opinion: Why Lorenzo Leviste’s Open Letter to His Mother Loren Legarda Is a Big Deal

How It All Began

It was in the attic of an old English farmhouse, on a lovely autumn evening in September 1984, that this book had its beginnings. Two years earlier Caroline Kennedy, doing some research for a television film, had arrived at this same house to interview the owner, Pelham Pound. As they talked she found out he … Continue reading How It All Began

“THE MARCOSES AND THE MISSING FILIPINO MILLIONS”

Speech Delivered Aboard The QE2 June 1987 By Caroline Kennedy Leaving the Philippines, in 1984, for what seemed like the final time saddened me. I had spent almost two decades there, on and off, and had assimilated myself so much into its history, its culture and its people that many locals referred to me as … Continue reading “THE MARCOSES AND THE MISSING FILIPINO MILLIONS”