SUNSHINE LICHAUCO DE LEON

Freelance Journalist & Producer

Friday, April 20th, 2018

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Jollibee – Big Sip Forbes Asia

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Found my GI Father on FB- BBC Outlook

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WWII Veterans TIME.com

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Up close to the Pope: Manila’s polite masses do the country proud

By Sunshine de Leon on January 19, 2015

Pope Francis thrills Manila as estimated 6 million turn up for mass

By Sunshine de Leon on January 18, 2015

Typhoon Haiyan: The man and the boy who saved each other

By Sunshine de Leon on November 7, 2014

The fight to make divorce legal in the Philippines

By Sunshine de Leon on October 6, 2014

Adopt-A-Fisherman helps survivors

By Sunshine de Leon on January 5, 2014

‘Amerasians’ in the Philippines fight for recognition

By Sunshine de Leon on March 3, 2012

A New Owner Of ‘Philippine Daily Inquirer’ Could Be Good News For Duterte

By sunshinedeleonassistant on September 27, 2017

Ramon Ang is known for diversifying San Miguel Corp., which he runs, as well as for his sometimes pointed personal opinions. But Ang’s most recent move, entering talks to personally buy a […]

Sounds of the Sea

By Sunshine de Leon on August 21, 2017

A few weeks before my 45th birthday, I woke up with one thought: I wanted to wake up by the sea! Making this happen, however, was a challenge. It was late August, […]

Video: Religion, the Law & Teen Pregnancy in the Philippines

By Sunshine de Leon on December 14, 2016

We go to the Philippines and meet 15-year-old May Sanchez, who is expecting her second child. Despite laws aimed at increasing access to birth control, girls like Sanchez often learn about contraception […]

My Grandmother, My Muse

By Sunshine de Leon on October 7, 2016

On the making of CURIOSITY, ADVENTURE & LOVE: We all grew up with stories- of what happening in a moment on a day, in a year. I grew up watching other people […]

The Philippines has 1.8 million abandoned children. Here’s what keeps many from adoption

By Sunshine de Leon on May 28, 2016

The Manila North Cemetery, where Michelle Sambalilo was abandoned as a young child, is a sprawling, trash-strewn squatter camp where thousands of people eat, sleep and play among acres of colorful crypts. Rescued […]

Philippines’ ‘Trump’ appears to win presidential race as rival concedes

By Sunshine de Leon on May 9, 2016

Rodrigo Duterte, a tough-talking mayor who has drawn comparisons to Donald Trump, appeared to have won the Philippines’ presidential election Monday as he piled up a large lead in unofficial returns and a […]

As Philippines election nears, front-runner Duterte makes many shudder

By Sunshine de Leon on May 8, 2016

The applause was so loud you could feel its rhythm in your heart. “Duterte! Duterte!” chanted a crowd of hundreds of thousands packed into Manila’s Luneta Park on a warm, breezy Saturday […]

In the Philippines, the Marcos name is back, even as memories of the dictator have faded

By Sunshine de Leon on May 6, 2016

In the Philippines, the Marcos name is back in vogue. For two decades, the dictator Ferdinand Marcos pilfered billions from the country’s public coffers; his government reportedly tortured opponents by shocking them […]

The Donald Trump of Asia? Brash, unrepentant mayor leads Philippine presidential race

By Sunshine de Leon on May 6, 2016

Gina Lopez is hardly the kind of person you’d expect to support a presidential candidate who has endorsed vigilante death squads, made disturbing comments about rape, and vowed to kill his own […]

In the Philippines, ‘a government with heart’ versus the rule of the fist

By Sunshine de Leon on May 4, 2016

The Philippines’ presidential elections are on Monday, and the country is in the grip of election fever. In Manila, campaign posters flutter from overpasses, newspapers carry breathless headlines about polls, and coffee […]

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Video: Religion, the Law & Teen Pregnancy in the Philippines

Typhoon Haiyan: The man and the boy who saved each other

Workers across Asia mark May Day with street protests (story contribution)

SOCIAL ISSUES & DEVELOPMENT »

Cyber-sex trafficking: A 21st century Scourge

International women’s day: a voice from the Philippines

Filipinos fathered by US soldiers fight for justice

BUSINESS »

48 Heroes Of Philanthropy

Asia’s Power Businesswomen, 2014

48 Heroes Of Philanthropy

LA Times »

Evacuation effort credited with minimizing typhoon casualties in Philippines

Philippines typhoon downgraded, but death toll rises to at least 22

Weakened Typhoon Hagupit still dangerous as it plods across Philippines

Breaking News »

Searching for loved ones in typhoon’s devastation

Four Haiyan stories of fear, the fight for survival

Doctors overwhelmed by sick, needy in Philippines

Climate & Environment »

Recovery from Typhoon Haiyan

Filipinos struggle three months after typhoon

Resilient Filipinos still struggle a month after typhoon

CURIOSITY, ADVENTURE & LOVE

Co-produced & co-directed this award-winning documentary about one woman’s journey through a century of love, war and discovery.

Curiosity, Adventure & Love is a the story of a woman raised by fate to go boldly where few young women of her time and upbringing would go... into the arms of chance and life.

A young American woman leaves her country and all security behind, to begin an adventure in
the Philippines that would witness the birth of a nation, a cruel war and Occupation and
reconstruction.

Jessie, is a striking personality, somewhere between Scarlett O’Hara and Amelia Earhart, who knew no boundaries and flew far ahead of her times, without regard to sex or society.


Her story of a century well-lived is both rich and one that should restore our faith
in our own humanity.

www.curiosityadventureandlove.com

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"Discover the colors of the Philippines", Travel Blog

  • 18 Philippine Artists have their work at ART HK 11
  • Cirque du Soleil’s VAREKAI comes to Manila
  • Fashion Week in the Philippines Condemns Human Trafficking
  • HUMAN SOUL- Multimedia Exhibit on Transgenders and Transexuals in Philippines
  • Manila and its NAIA airport- like a beautiful kingdom that needs a new entrance
  • Some “Oh I Wish I had Known..” Travel Tips May For Visiting The Philippines
  • The USS Carl Vinson aircraft carrier visits Manila and I have a Top Gun Moment
  • Tired of relaxing on beautiful Philippine Beaches? Go Surfing Instead
  • Weekend Escape To The Islands of Batanes

LIFE ON PLANET SUNSHINE

"VIRGIN OF THE ROCK"

I went stand up paddling as is my habit, but this time I found 40 pesos ($1) floating in the sea. I watched it float a little but then decided to pick it up. After a few moments, I decided it was a gift from the sea to the Virgin of the rock- this is what I have nicknamed the statue of the Virgin Mary that sits in the middle of a makeshift shrine on Willys rock near the shore of Boracay's White Beach. She sits in this giant rock formation, (which looks like a giant turtle) guarded by one young coconut tree, and only accessible at low tide.

I paddled over and tied my board to the makeshift banister, walked up the rock-stairs and after a few seconds of reflection, placed the 40 pesos between her praying hands…

I only visit her when the sea or beach provides a gift and today it did! Sometimes its’ a shell or a piece of coral or a small rock or in one case a hermit crab ( I thought perhaps she needed a friend so I introduced them) but today it was cash..

The Virgin gets lots of visitors so I figured maybe someone would come along who needed hope or the sign of seeing money or perhaps the money itself -- so I decided I would leave it just in case..

A “New York City made me smile moment”…

  • "Remember… you are one in a million!"
  • A moment I will remember forever…
  • Another "NYC made me smile moment"…
  • Everything does always happen for a reason…
  • My last two days in Manhattan..sniff…
  • One last New York City taxi driver adventure to share…
  • Spring on the streets of NYC…
  • This made my insides smile…
  • You never know who is going to "make your day"…

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