OF TREES AND FOREST Former Senate President Manny Villar There was a time when radio was king. When I was growing up in Tondo, I remember there were times when we would gather around the radio listening to the news, to music, and of course, sa mga radio dramas na ating sinusubaybayan. Decades...
PEACE-MAKER Jose de Venecia Jr. Former Speaker of the House We remain hopeful that as long as Russia and the United States and its NATO allies are engaged in a dialogue, the dreaded war over Ukraine could be resolved without devastation and bloodshed. As a humble advocate of diplomacy and dialogue,...
OF TREES AND FOREST Former Senate President Manny Villar I was born in the year 1949 and spent my teen years during the 1960s. It was a glorious decade and for many from my generation, the Golden Age in Philippine history. The younger generation would forgive us geezers for reminiscing about the...
PEACE-MAKER Jose de Venecia Jr. Former Speaker of the House Since its founding in 1900, the Manila Bulletin has been a chronicler of the events and developments that shape our country’s history. Manila Bulletin’s commitment to responsible, fair, and balanced news reporting is one of its many...
OF TREES AND FOREST Former Senate President Manny Villar In response to calls from the private sector, government has announced that they are now crafting a pandemic exit plan. Presidential adviser for COVID-19 response Vince Dizon has been quoted by the press as saying that the National Task Force...
TECH4GOOD Monchito B. Ibrahim Former DICT Undersecretary The internet has allowed everyone, individuals and businesses alike, to cope with the current crisis. Before the pandemic, some may still have viewed the internet as a luxury, but today, it has become vital. The digital highway has allowed us...
PEACE MAKER Jose de Venecia Jr. Former Speaker of the House The 2022 Winter Olympics commenced in Beijing last Friday, amidst the RAGING COVID-19 pandemic and geopolitical challenges around the world, especially the mounting tensions between Russia and the United States and its NATO allies over...
Former Commission on Elections (Comelec) Commissioner Rowena Guanzon flaunted on Thursday, Feb. 3 her newfound status as a private citizen after her retirement. (From Rowena Guanzon's Twitter account / MANILA BULLETIN) "Private citizen Rowena Guanzon reporting. Good morning," she posted on Twitter....
OF TREES AND FOREST Former Senate President Manny Villar As the election campaign nears, a lot of people have been asking me who I am voting for in the May national elections. I do not have an answer for that question right now but there is a question that I think is equally important—what kind...
Ninety-five former Cabinet members, including former Interior and Local Government Secretary Manuel 'Mar' Roxas II, senior government officials, former chiefs of staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, retired ambassadors, and career civil servants, who served under various administrations,...
FINDING ANSWERS Former Senator Atty. Joey D. Lina Last Sunday was quite memorable for two first-ever wins that reverberated across the world of sports. One was the awesome feat of the Philippine women’s football team to finally secure a spot for our country in the highly prestigious FIFA World...
PEACE MAKER Former Speaker of the House Jose C. De Venecia Jr. As of this writing, tensions between Russia and the United States and its NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)allies are rapidly escalating, following reports of a massive Russian military build-up in the Russia-Ukraine border and...
