SPEAKING OUT Ignacio R. Bunye When the government first implemented the Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) from March 17 to the end of May 2020, a study released by AdSpark, Inc. — a portfolio company under Globe Telecom’s 917 Ventures — revealed that searches and media consumption on...
Speaking Out Ignacio R. Bunye Sgt. Jose Calugas, a native of Iloilo, was a member of the Philippine Scout. Although Calugas had training in artillery, on that fateful day of January 16, 1942, Calugas was assigned on KP or “kitchen patrol”. He was the cook for the day. When the...
SPEAKING OUT Ignacio R. Bunye On April 22, Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI) will have a changing of the guard. Cezar “Bong” P. Consing will step down as president in favor of Jose Teodoro “TG” Limcaoco, another stalwart of the BPI/Ayala group. Consing will remain as a director and...
SPEAKING OUT Ignacio R. Bunye In time for the National Women’s Month, the Ayala Enterprise Circle (AEC), in cooperation with BPI Business Banking, held an all-women entrepreneurs’ forum titled, “Leading Women Entrepreneurs in the Digital Economy.” A distinguished panel of women leaders came...
SPEAKING OUT Ignacio R. Bunye The recent alarming upsurge of COVID-19 in the country, the very slow arrival of approved vaccines and the consequent delay in the implementation of the vaccination program have left many Filipinos clutching at straws in search of speedy relief. News reports indicate...
SPEAKING OUT Ignacio R. Bunye I was a young boy studying at the Itaas Elementary School in Muntinlupa, when I first heard the concept of “ bayanihan ”. My social studies teacher used the classic image of neighbors coming together to carry somebody's nipa hut to another patch of farmland to...
SPEAKING OUT Ignacio R. Bunye Muntinlupa City which is turning 26 today will mark the milestone event with subdued ceremony where Mayor Jaime R. Fresnedi is expected to lay down plans for the recovery of the city. March 1, 1995, marked the day when President Fidel V. Ramos signed the city charter...
SPEAKING OUT Ignacio R. Bunye For two consecutive weeks, Muntinlupa City held virtual town hall meetings to drum up participation in its forthcoming COVID vaccination program. Invited to the meetings with the theme “Bakunado, Protektado” were representatives of homeowners groups, religious...
SPEAKING OUT Ignacio R. Bunye In a recent award ceremony, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Institute of Corporate Directors (ICD) lauded four Ayala companies for leading the way in terms of corporate governance in the country. Ayala Land, Inc. (ALI) and Globe Telecom made it to...
SPEAKING OUT Ignacio R. Bunye Moving forward, the main challenge, aside from averting new COVID infections and ensuring proper vaccine administration, is “to ensure the re-orientation of our institutions towards sustained and inclusive economic growth.” This was the message of Jaime Augusto...
SPEAKING OUT Ignacio R. Bunye During a special joint meeting last week, the boards of Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI) and BPI Family Savings Bank (BFSB) unanimously agreed to set into motion the strategic union of the two banks. The merger, with BPI as the surviving entity, will take effect...
SPEAKING OUT Ignacio R. Bunye Polio-stricken Jay Argana Espeleta has been awarded twice as an Outstanding Employee in 2019, ( runner-up), and 2020 as the outstanding employee of the year. At age 5, Jay, a native of Muntinlupa, was afflicted with polio, which severely deformed his left leg and...
