CHANGING WORLD Dr. Bernardo M. Villegas We are now in the Year of St. Joseph, as proclaimed by Pope Francis last December 8, 2020. This celebration of the 150th anniversary of the declaration of St. Joseph as Patron of the Universal Church will last till December 8, 2021. There is a beautiful...
Blended learning may be part of the new normal as educators and pupils will continue to use online learning even when face to face classroom instruction will already be permitted once the pandemic is put under reasonable control. For those belonging to the and D and E households (about 60...
CHANGING WORLD (Part III) Dr. Bernardo M. Villegas At this juncture, I would like to refer to a detailed report from the country’s top real estate adviser, David Leechiu (who I am proud to say was one of our first students when the University of Asia and the Pacific was just a fledgling...
CHANGING WORLD Dr. Bernardo M. Villegas (Part 2) A study done for the Habitat for Humanity by the Center for Research and Communication (CRC) showed that among the 5.6 million households belonging to the unserved market, about 55 percent or 3.1 million households meet the profile of...
CHANGING WORLD Dr. Bernardo M. Villegas (Part 2) For all of 2020 and most of 2021, the average middle-income Filipino family will have to tighten their belts as the Philippines is expected to experience a deep recession which could see the Gross Domestic Product of the country taking a dip of...
CHANGING WORLD Dr. Bernardo M. Villegas (Part 1) The family is the first line of defense of society against COVID-19. The universal admonition coming from the authorities from all over the world is for individuals to “stay home.” Home for the vast majority of human beings is where the family...
Dr. Bernardo M. Villegas CHANGING WORLD (Part 3) The immediate problem in the midst of the pandemic is short-term survival. In the next two to three years, jobs will continue to be scarce, especially in the travel and tourism industry; the luxury goods sector; restaurants and malls, and others...
Dr. Bernardo M. Villegas CHANGING WORLD (Part 2) The never-ending search for new learning should be especially motivated by the desire to be of greater service to Philippine society. Mayor Sotto couldn’t be clearer in emphasising what he learned from his alma mater, the Ateneo University, that...
Dr. Bernardo M. Villegas CHANGING WORLD (Part 1) I graduated from college (De La Salle University) 62 years ago. Over these more than half a century, I have attended numerous graduation ceremonies, both here and abroad, most of the time as a university professor forming part of the academic...
CHANGING WORLD Dr. Bernardo M. Villegas Demand for real estate will slow down in general as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Buying or constructing a new home will not be on top of the spending priority of most households as consumers will focus on such necessities as food, health and fitness,...
CHANGING WORLD (Part 3) “The Sky Gets Dark, Slowly” is the title of a best seller by Chinese author Zhou Daxin who won the Mao Dun literary prize in China. The novel is touted to be a “sensitive exploration of old age and the complex, hidden emotional worlds of the elderly...
CHANGING LIVES (Part 1) The three months or so of the Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) in the Metro Manila area and surrounding regions gave many of us the welcome opportunity to be in touch, even if only digitally, with numerous friends whom we could have neglected during the pre-COVID-19 days...
