SPEAKING OUT Ignacio R. Bunye Muntinlupa, as an independent municipality, turned 103 years last Saturday and Muntinlupa officials marked the event with a very subdued celebration. During a flag ceremony last Saturday, Mayor Jaime R. Fresnedi, saying “we are living in unprecedented times,”...
SPEAKING OUT Ignacio R. Bunye Worldwide, we celebrate Fathers’ Day and Mothers’ Day on the third Sunday of June and the second Sunday of May, respectively. Although not as popular here in the Philippines these two, Grandparents’ Day is also celebrated in many parts of the world on the...
SPEAKING OUT Ignacio R. Bunye The Licensing Executives Society Philippines (LESP) and Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHIL) recently signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU), formalizing a relationship and cooperation that has existed for many years, and which LES hopes will...
SPEAKING OUT Ignacio R. Bunye I find it providential that the last day of National Book Week (November 24-30) falls on the birth anniversary of Andres Bonifacio, whose 153 rd birth anniversary we are observing today. Relatively recent evidence effectively debunks the myth of the...
SPEAKING OUT Ignacio R. Bunye Congratulations to the board and management of Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI), which was recently recognized as the Best Bank in the Philippines for 2020 by Euromoney, the prestigious global financial publication. Established in 1992, the Euromoney's...
SPEAKING OUT Ignacio R. Bunye Mila del Sol, the grand lady in the golden age of the Philippine cinema, has died at the age of 97. This was announced by her grandson, former Parañaque Vice Mayor and later Representative Gus Tambunting. Mila del Sol (Clarita Villarba Rivera in real life) starred in...
SPEAKING OUT Ignacio R. Bunye Over the weekend, I have been receiving very positive feedback from readers who have perused the online version of my book “From Leyte to Bessang Pass.” The book was supposed to have come out on or before August 15, 2020, the 75 th anniversary of the end of...
SPEAKING OUT Ignacio R. Bunye We were saddened during our last board meeting at Bank of Philippine Islands (BPI) when Chairman Jaime Augusto Zobel de Ayala (JAZA) announced the sudden resignation of Xavier P. Loinaz both from the BPI and Ayala boards. Citing health reasons, Loinaz had earlier...
SPEAKING OUT Ignacio R. Bunye The Ayala Group is widely recognized in the Philippines and in Asia as a pioneer in ESG (Environment, Social, and Governance) with its formal adoption of the Ayala Sustainability Framework. In a recent webcast conversation with ATR Asset Management’s Julian...
Speaking Out Ignacio R. Bunye I recently attended a virtual lecture by my favorite historian, Prof. Ambeth Ocampo, where he expounded on various epidemics that visited the Philippines more than 100 years ago. The lecture was part of a long-running series “History Comes Alive,” now on its 10th...
SPEAKING OUT Ignacio R. Bunye I noticed lately a heightened usage of the above-mentioned terms in relation to the current term-sharing controversy between Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano and Rep. Lord Allan Velasco. The terms have been in vogue ever since I can remember. In our macho culture,...
SPEAKING OUT Ignacio R. Bunye Muntinlupa City has been chosen, along with two other Philippine cities, to participate in the World Wildlife Fund’s (WWF) “We Love Cities” campaign, a friendly competition among global cities to raise awareness on sustainability. After qualifying as...
