Fil C. Sionil

Of drones and upgrades

January 16, 2025 11:54 pm

In any open and large gathering like the annual Banking Community Cocktails held in the historic Fort San Antonio Abad at the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) complex and golf tournaments, drones are being used to capture the momentous event.

The other Francis Chua

January 09, 2025 11:14 pm

Gerry Z, my golfing buddy, messaged me about my availability to join a select group of journalists to break bread with Francis Chua, to which I readily agreed, curious about the developments at the Bank of Commerce, which he chairs. It would also be my first face-to-face interview with a news source this year.

Manifest and aspire

January 02, 2025 10:44 pm

Sometime in November, the Cambridge Dictionary announced that "manifest"—meaning to dream or will something into existence, a definition popularized on social media—was its 2024 word of the year.

The year that was 2024

December 26, 2024 10:17 pm

Let's walk down memory lane and look back at some of the defining moments of the year that will soon pass. Yes, Virginia, a cartload of events came our way—improvements in basic services, particularly in disaster preparedness following a number of natural calamities that visited the country, and the brewing political discord.

The wish and the want

December 19, 2024 11:14 pm

I fully agree that both "wish" and "want" express a yearning for something. However, there's a subtle difference that separates these two words, which are often used during this holiday season of giving.