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Joaquin "Chino" Pardo Roces (June 29, 1913 – September 30, 1988) was a Filipino businessman and newspaper publisher. He was best known for being the founder of the Associated Broadcasting Corporation (now known as TV5 ) and a former owner of The Manila Times , as well as his staunch opposition of the administration of Ferdinand Marcos .
Chino Roces Avenue, formerly known as (and still commonly referred to as) Pasong Tamo, is a prominent north–south road in Makati and Taguig, Metro Manila, Philippines. It runs 5.80 kilometers (3.60 miles) from Olympia and Tejeros to Fort Bonifacio . [ 1 ]
Geraldine Catalan-Santos (born January 12, 1990), known professionally as China Roces, is a Filipina actress, model, and radio personality. She is known as the co-host for Jojo Alejar 's late night show The Medyo Late Night Show with Jojo A. and with Mr. Fu on Wow Mali .
On the north end of the street is the Don Chino Roces Bridge, [2] named in honor of Chino Roces, a well-known figure during the Philippines' Martial Law years. (An illuminated street sign above the intersection of Recto and Mendiola erroneously refers to the latter street as Chino Roces Avenue).
The Magallanes Interchange is a four-level partial turbine interchange in Makati, Metro Manila, Philippines.It serves as the junction between the Osmeña Highway, Epifanio de los Santos Avenue (EDSA), and South Luzon Expressway (SLEX) while also intersecting with inner streets and Chino Roces Avenue.
The 37-storey building consists of an 8-floor Podium with basement, and a 29-storey Office Tower. It has a 3-street frontage (Gil Puyat Avenue, Chino Roces Avenue, and Urban Avenue) and was designed to ensure unobstructed panoramic view of the metropolis from all sides, with Makati's skyline towards the east, and Manila Bay towards the west. [5]
She was part of Chino Roces group of oppositionists that informally met at the Taza de Oro restaurant in Ermita, and she worked with journalist Joe Burgos to raise up the Metropolitan Association of College Editors after its predecessor, the College Editors Guild, was shut down when Marcos declared Martial Law. [1]
Joaquin "Chino" Pardo Roces (June 29, 1913 – September 30, 1988) was a Filipino businessman and newspaper publisher. Roces was arrested and jailed when martial law was imposed in 1972, together with Benigno "Ninoy" Aquino Jr., José W. "Ka Pepe" Diokno, who is the father of human rights, and Lorenzo M. "Ka Tanny" Tañada Sr. and other ...