ENDEAVOR ‘Greed control’ is focal point of good govern-ance advocacy Serving in the President’s Cabinet could be a herculean task that entails a plenitude of sacrifice, as those like me who have experienced it would attest. Thus did I view with understanding former Public Works Secretary...
ENDEAVOR It was while serving in the editorial staff of UP’s Philippine Collegian at the onset of the 1970s that I became acquainted with student leaders of the Philippine College of Commerce, now called the Polytechnic University of the Philippines. The president of the PCC at that time was Dr....
ENDEAVOR Inspired by Pope Francis’ encyclical, Laudato Si, Reverend Jostrom Isaac Kureethadam has written a guidebook, on heeding the call to save the planet from extinction. Since the convening in Paris of COP21, the United Nations Climate Change Conference that sounded the call to limit global...
ENDEAVOR The Supreme Court’s July 2025 ruling voiding the impeachment complaint against Vice President Sara Duterte brings into sharp focus the principle of separation of powers enshrined in the 1987 Constitution. The decision, focusing on the constitutional rule that only one impeachment...
ENDEAVOR The run-up towards the 2028 elections has sparked excitement on the emergence of new leaders from the ranks of the opposition. Speaking at a pre-SONA forum sponsored by Akbayan Partylist, ML Partylist Rep. Leila de Lima called for a Third Space pro-people alternative anchored on...
ENDEAVOR At his inauguration as the 15th President at the Luneta on June 30, 2010, Benigno ‘Noynoy’ Simeon Aquino III took his oath of office before Supreme Court Justice Conchita Carpio-Morales. It was my pleasant task to invite Justice Morales through her sister, a fellow Rotarian. Last...
ENDEAVOR Reels accessed from Facebook enable viewers, myself included, to listen to highly eloquent honor graduates deliver valedictory speeches that truly inspire and edify. They share inspiring stories on how they pulled up bootstraps as they struggled against awesome challenges — making ends...
ENDEAVOR Recent social media posts by two popular broadcasters influenced me to write today about how my college education at the University of the Philippines in Diliman has greatly influenced the course of my adulthood. First, there was Atom Araullo’s photo on Instagram with his parents, Mike...
ENDEAVOR My seven-year-old grandson recently sat down with crayons and bond paper to write a letter — not to Santa Claus or a favorite superhero, but to the leaders of Israel and Iran — through their resident ambassadors in the Philippines. “Please stop fighting,” he wrote in big, careful...
ENDEAVOR ’Our family holiday last week featured two highlights: a visit to Harry Potter theme park in Tokyo and the CupNoodles Museum in Yokohama. Batman and Superman were the superheroes of my childhood and teen years. Visiting my lola’s house, I first experienced watching these superheroes...
ENDEAVOR When I was a new father in the early eighties, I bought my pre-school daughter a Snakes and Ladders board game. I did not know this then, I just had an overall sense that, as explained now by Google Search: “The board game Snakes and Ladders, also known as Moksha Patam, was created by...
ENDEAVOR Beyond the auspicious outcome of the 2025 midterm elections, the opposition is gearing itself for the next three major electoral battles, namely, the 2028, 2034, and 2040 presidential elections. Adopting a long-term perspective will enable the formulation of a wholistic plan that will...
