Reading About the Philippines: Suggestions?: The Sequel

Two posts ago I asked for suggestions for good reads about the Philippines, non-fiction and non-military.  Since I still haven't received any such suggestions, I decided I had better prime the pump to get us started.  Here goes.  The Philippines has great newspapers with wonderful journalists.  I devour these when I am in country, and I check on them with some regularity when writing my monthly column for the VIA Times Newsmagazine.  Quite recently I have used the "Lifestyle" section of the Philippine Daily Inquire on line to read up on the current Cardinal Archbishop of Manila.  Pope Benedict had announced his resignation, so I wanted to know if there would be a Filipino contender.  There was, though a long shot, as described in "Manila Archbishop Luis Tagle: Filipino Most Likely to Become Pope" (Philippine Dialy Inquirer, Jessalynn G. de la Cruz, Jan. 7, 2012).  Note the date!  Pretty farsighted.  Another excellent source of good Filipino gossip ("tsismis") is <philSTAR.com>.  I'm still working on a list of books.  Suggestions?