SPEAKING OUT Ignacio R. Bunye Dec. 19 was a red letter day in Muntinlupa City which marked its 105th anniversary as a municipality. On Dec. 19, 1917, Governor General Francis Burton Harrison signed the proclamation separating Muntinlupa from Taguig, and making the latter an independent...
REFLECTIONS TODAY After Mary said her Yes to God’s divine plan during the annunciation of Jesus’ birth, she sets out in haste to a town of Judah in order to visit her cousin Elizabeth and attend to her needs. The Greek expression meta spoudēs, which means “with haste,” may also mean...
TECH4GOOD Monchito B. Ibrahim, former DICT Undersecretary During the last three weeks, a breakthrough innovation suddenly popped out of nowhere to create excitement in the technology space which has been relatively dull since the start of 2022 where mass layoffs, downward spiraling stock prices,...
SPEAKING OUT Ignacio R. Bunye Dec. 6 was a very memorable day for Oscar Ileto Violago (Oca to classmates and friends, OIV to business associates.) After 29 trying years, Oca’s vision for a new and abundant water source for Metro Manila finally became a reality. The day marked the inauguration of...
The Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) on Friday, Dec. 16, released the results for the October 2022 Licensure Examination for Teachers (LET) both in elementary and secondary levels. (PRC / MANILA BULLETIN) PRC advised that 49,783 out of 91,468 (54.43%) successfully passed the LET for the...
Telecommunications firms will start SIM (Subscriber Identity Module) registration of SIM starting Dec. 27 this year following the publication of the law's implementing rules and regulations. The National Telecommunications (NTC) on Monday, Dec. 12, published the IRR of the SIM Registration Act on...
SPEAKING OUT Ignacio R. Bunye Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI) through its social development arm—BPI Foundation—continues to boost the Philippine social enterprise ecosystem by helping empower social enterprises (SEs) through its program, BPI Sinag. Social enterprises are viable businesses...
SPEAKING OUT Ignacio R. Bunye Recently, I had a “scary” experience of becoming temporarily but totally deaf and unable to make myself heard. I was about to chair a zoom meeting when I noticed that I could not hear the participants. Neither could they hear me. Fortunately, the problem was only...
SPEAKING OUT Ignacio R. Bunye Ayala Corporation President and CEO Cezar “Bong” Consing attributed to the reopening of the economy and the gradually improving consumer and business confidence the conglomerate’s resurgent growth both topline and core net income. “Our largest publicly-listed...
As Pasig City seeks to improve its employment and education services targeting the city’s vulnerable sectors, a total of 507 out-of-school youth (OSY) were granted the opportunity to enhance their skills and actively contribute to local governance. Photo from Pasig City Councilor Quin Cruz FB...
ILOILO CITY – The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has launched a new program for out-of-school youths here. PUBLIC and private partners pose after signing the declaration of commitment for USAID Opportunity 2.0, an out-of-school youth program in Iloilo City. (Tara Yap)...
SPEAKING OUT Ignacio R. Bunye Traditional milestones mark the observance of the longest Christmas holiday season in the Philippines. The first usually occurs on the first day of September when we start to hear the familiar songs of Jose Mari Chan. The second occurs during the first week of November...
