ENDEAVOR On Aug. 23, 2010, barely 55 days after he began his six-year term, then President Benigno ‘Noynoy’ Aquino III administered the oath of office to several senior government officials, including yours truly, at mid-afternoon. It was not until 12 hours later, at around 2:30 a.m.,...
ENDEAVOR When I was in grade school, we had a quiz every Monday on current events. The questions revolved on the front-page headlines and the personalities involved. Hence, it was important to read the daily broadsheet newspaper that was delivered to our home by a bicycle-riding newspaper carrier....
ENDEAVOR At around 10 a.m. on Friday, Sept. 22, 1972, I joined a big crowd gathered at the steps of Palma Hall, more popularly known then as the building of the College of Arts and Sciences (AS) in the University of the Philippines (UP) Diliman campus. Wearing a barong with rolled up sleeves,...
ENDEAVOR In a dialogue with media the other night, National Security Adviser Eduardo Año pointed out that good governance is key in ending the decades-old insurgency in the country. The antidote to armed struggle is delivering essential public services to the most needy Filipinos in the...
ENDEAVOR In the afterglow of Carlos Yulo’s golden triumph, we join millions of proud Filipinos relishing this proud moment for our country. The morning after Yulo won his second gold medal in the Paris Olympics, my daughter told her son, “It took your lolo 68 years to witness a Filipino win an...
ENDEAVOR “Let me be absolutely clear. For more than 60 years, the United States and the Philippines have been bound by a mutual defense treaty. And this treaty means our two nations pledge – and I’m quoting – our “common determination to defend themselves against external armed...
ENDEAVOR Viewing the live television coverage of President Marcos’ third State of the Nation Address (SONA) last Monday, July 22, proved to be an engaging experience. His delivery was clear and confident. Evidently, he had rehearsed for it adequately – shown by his well-paced delivery and...
ENDEAVOR It was not until I heard former Senator Panfilo ‘Ping’ Lacson discuss with reporters who asked him to comment on an issue involving Vice President Sara Duterte, that I realized it was a matter that deserves serious consideration. According to media reports, Vice President Duterte said...
ENDEAVOR “Wander, explore and discover, in one continuous borderless world.” This is the invitation from teamLab Borderless, the entity behind the MORI Building Digital Arts Museum. In 70 minutes inside the museum in Azabudai Hills, near the Roppongi train station in Tokyo, I had a most...
ENDEAVOR “Parents in Europe reject smartphones for kids.” This was the headline of an Associated Press dispatch from Barcelona, Spain that was featured in Manila Bulletin’s World News page last weekend. Concerned about my own seven-year-old grandson’s penchant for using smartphones and...
ENDEAVOR Filipino-American Nobel laureate Maria Ressa shared the limelight with German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock before some 1,500 participants at the 17th Global Media Forum earlier this week in Bonn under the auspices of the state-owned broadcasting company Deutsche Welle. Minister...
ENDEAVOR Together with fisherfolk, children and individuals residing in rural areas, farmers belong to the poorest sectors of Philippine society according to the Philippine Statistics Authority’s (PSA) latest poverty incidence study (2021). Nearly one out of three fisherfolk and farmers, 30.6 and...
