The body of a 22-year-old Filipino-American airman who went missing Sunday was found by his family on Tuesday, May 4. Elijah Posana, a member of the US Air Force, was last seen alive swimming in the waters off Surfside Beach near Freeport, Texas, on Sunday, before he was caught by a rip current...
New recruits almost always look up to their bosses to guide and mentor them through the whole gamut of business operations. Although this is not always the case, there are companies and people who excel in mentoring, described as a “relationship between two people with the goal of professional...
Slowly but surely the rehabilitation plan of flag-carrier Philippine Airlines (PAL) is taking its final shape. The whole framework of the rehab plan is now in its concluding phase as one major prerequisite, the projected liquidity position of PAL, is underway.. A central issue in the plan is...
In this virus time, it gives me goose bumps to hear the word contagious. However, this is not about COVID’s virulence that we hear and read day in and day out with our ears already oozing with information overload. I am talking about the contagion effect on the act of kindness of Ana Patricia...
It’s this time of the year when banks and corporates are reporting their net income. It ‘s also stockholders’ eeting time. The holding of the annual stockholders’ meeting, just like in any other meetings, will not differ but will be In conformity to the health protocol standards, virtual...
I do understand that given the situation we’re all in, we have to be creative. But, no matter how I think of it, I can’t get enough of the news update about the flag-carrier going into food delivery. Sometime last month, Philippine Airlines (PAL) introduced its online food shop delivery,...
Nope! It’s not the 72-minute long 2018 documentary composed from the 90 hours of “lost” footage which legendary William Wyler used for his 1943 documentary “The Memphis Belle: A Story of a Flying Fortress.” It is a state that can best describe the air transport industry at the moment. The...
In an exceptional move, Philippine National Bank (PNB) President and Chief Executive Officer Jose Arnulfo “Wick” Veloso will be taking on two important positions at the Bankers Association of the Philippines (BAP). Notwithstanding his role as the newly anointed shepherd of the influential...
Whenever I hear the word mining, what comes to mind is the documentary film “An Inconvenient Truth,” a campaign project of former US vice president Al Gore to educate and make people aware of global warming. For us here in the Philippines, we have our very own environmentalist. Unfortunately,...
Jun Samson, past president of Rotary Club Paseo de Roxas and a travelling footloose, sent me this text: “I dream of the day, when I will walk down the aisle and hear these words: This is your captain speaking...” We both share the same passion: we relish going on journeys. Compared to PP Jun, I...
The wait is over. After two weeks, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) officially announced the appointment of former USAID chief of Party-E-Peso activity Mamerto “Mert” Tangonan as its fourth deputy governor in charge of the payments and currency management sector. Under...
I am in agreement with the decision of Palace to defer for the time being the shift to a more flexible Modified General Community Quarantine (MGCQ) until the roll out of the COVID-19 vaccine. Somehow, it’s similar to one of the four guiding standards in easing the lockdown unveiled by British...
