SPEAKING OUT Ignacio R. Bunye Tomorrow (March 1) Muntinlupa will observe its 27th anniversary as a city. It was on this day that former President Fidel V. Ramos, Muntinlupa’s most famous adopted son, signed Muntinlupa’s city charter which converted Muntinlupa into a highly urbanized city. The...
Some 47 ex-government officials who served under former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo endorsed Vice President Leni Robredo for president, adding their voice to the growing list of former Cabinet members from past administrations supporting Robredo’s bid. Vice President Leni Robredo (VPLR...
SPEAKING OUT Ignacio R. Bunye BPI Asset Management and Trust Corporation (BPI AMTC), the wealth management arm of the Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI), reports remarkable performance among its Unit Investment Trust Funds, collectively known as BPI Invest. Exhibiting resilience amid the...
SPEAKING OUT Ignacio R. Bunye On the eve of the New Year of the Water Tiger, Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI) let out a veritable roar as it listed its P27-billion two-year bond at the Philippine Dealing and Exchange Corporation (PDEX). A visibly elated PDEX President and CEO Antonino Nakpil...
SPEAKING OUT Ignacio R. Bunye History will judge our 14th president, Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, as one of the two most significant women in the history of the Philippines. The other is her one-time mentor, our 11th President Corazon Aquino. No other women in our history come close to the role they...
SPEAKING OUT Ignacio R. Bunye Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI) continues to get excellent reviews from financial analysts. This was reported by Ma. Theresa Marcial, BPI Chief Financial and Sustainability Officer to the BPI board recently. CLSA, UBS, Bank of America and First Metro recently...
SPEAKING OUT Ignacio R. Bunye Tracking the surge in new COVID cases in the National Capital Region, Muntinlupa City reported on Jan. 14, the highest single day spike since the start of the pandemic. Muntinlupa logged 1,251 new daily confirmed cases. Barangay Putatan, where the city hall is...
SPEAKING OUT Ignacio R. Bunye Last week’s article on former SC Chief Justice Art Panganiban elicited quite a few queries about how CJ Art and other SC justices saved me from going to prison in 1999. Allow me to reprise the story, which earlier appeared in my latest book “Mira and Other...
SPEAKING OUT Ignacio R. Bunye I missed its actual showing on GTV last Dec. 5 but fortunately I received a few days later, as a Christmas gift, both an audio and a video recording of “Ageless Passion 3.” “Ageless Passion 3” is a musicale featuring the life and works of Artemio V. Panganiban,...
SPEAKING OUT Ignacio R. Bunye My good friend and fellow BPI director, Romy Bernardo, recently shared with me a 10-point policy wish list for the incoming president. According to Director Bernardo, who served as finance undersecretary during the Cory and Ramos presidencies, the wish list was put...
SPEAKING OUT Muntinlupa, as an independent municipality, turned 104 years yesterday (Dec. 19) and Muntinlupa officials are expected to mark the event today with a very subdued celebration. On Dec. 19, 1917, Governor General Francis Burton Harrison signed the proclamation separating Muntinlupa from...
Speaking Out Ignacio R. Bunye Its official. By Jan 2, 2022, the strategic union of Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI) and BPI Family Savings Bank (BFSB) will be in effect. Officials of the two entities are unanimous in saying that “this merger has the best interest of our customers and...
