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Living and Loving Chit Estella

Living and Loving Chit Estella

By ROLAND SIMBULAN YOU were snatched from us "as swift as the wind" as you were on your way to meet your high school batchmates that..

June 21, 2011
Other bus in Chit Estella’s death known

Other bus in Chit Estella’s death known

By MARC CAYABYAB and GIAN GERONIMO(UPDATED) The lawyer of the Universal Guiding Star (UGS) Bus Line has identified the bus that first hit..

May 21, 2011
Celebrating Chit’s life

Celebrating Chit’s life

A DAYafter she was cremated, the ashes of veteran journalist and VERA Files trustee Chit Estella were brought to the College of Mass..

May 20, 2011
Former students honor Chit Estella

Former students honor Chit Estella

ON THE last night of her wake, Chit Estella’s former students and colleagues in the academe paid tribute to a motherly professor, a..

May 17, 2011
Media pay tribute to Chit Estella

Media pay tribute to Chit Estella

THE sudden death of Chit Estella on Friday, May 13th, has outraged many given the tragic manner of her passing. But just as her colleagues..

May 16, 2011
Chit Estella: ‘She lived the life she wanted’

Chit Estella: ‘She lived the life she wanted’

By YVONNE T. CHUACHIT ESTELLA and I were well on our way to obtaining tenure as professors of journalism at the University of the..

May 16, 2011
MMDA releases photo of bus driver in Chit Estella’s death

MMDA releases photo of bus driver in Chit Estella’s death

THE Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) released on Monday a photo of Daniel Espinosa, the Universal Guiding Star bus driver in the..

May 16, 2011
VERA Files trustee Chit Estella writes 30

VERA Files trustee Chit Estella writes 30

VERA Files announces with deep sorrow the demise of VERA Files co-founder and trustee Lourdes Simbulan. She was 54.

May 13, 2011
3,000 soldiers, cops face human rights raps; conviction rate ‘dismal’

3,000 soldiers, cops face human rights raps; conviction rate ‘dismal’

By CHIT ESTELLA MORE than 3,000 military and police personnel have been accused of human rights violations since 2005, with a “very..

December 10, 2010
Seeking justice for the 58

Seeking justice for the 58

Photos by MARIO IGNACIO, CHIT ESTELLA and AVIGAIL OLARTEMARKING the first year of the Ampatuan massacre, over a hundred journalists and..

November 24, 2010
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