HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRIPE-VINE:OUR NEW ABNORMAL As the notion of our post-Covid economic recovery comes fully into play, it’s inevitable that we’ll think of particular arenas such as tourism. Pre-pandemic, it was a dollar revenue-earner that was on the upswing, and one that we’d continuously...
HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRIPE-VINE: OUR NEW ABNORMAL It’s the tail-end of March, our yearly Women’s Month; so before the month comes to an end, it’s good to take a look back at how some of us took the month to heart. Of how we made it a resounding reminder of the truths that while so much has...
HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRIPEVINE: OUR NEW ABNORMAL May 9 is less than two months away, that day when we troop to the election booths and choose our next President. And from where I sit, it looks like it’ll be a scorching hot summer day when emotions will be running high, and our immediate future...
Heard It Through the GripeVine: Our New Abnormal Over the last two Sundays, I’ve written about seven of the 10 Manila Bulletin UPLIFT Awards awardees, with the seven I’ve cited covering the categories of Sports, e-Commerce, and MSME’s (awardees are women in these three categories); and then...
Heard It Through the GripeVine: Our New Abnormal Just by sheer coincidence, I was invited to a Monday lunch at the newly opened Nono’s at SMaison, and I was visibly surprised by the number of people at the mall that day. Now, I should remind you that Monday was Valentine’s Day; but this was...
Heard It Through the GripeVine: Our New Abnormal There’s an old proverb, if I may paraphrase, that says something about how it may be easy to lead a horse to water, but it’s an altogether different matter to make the horse drink. I was reminded of this as I read about how the pediatric COVID...
HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRIPEVINE In the world of newspapers and media, there are two sayings that are super-familiar in every news room or news-gathering agency; one is that ‘S_ _ _ sells’, and the second is ‘If it bleeds, it leads’. This stems from the sobering reality that when it comes to...
Heard It Through the GripeVine: Our New Abnormal Two storylines coming out of the ongoing Sundance Film Festival caught my attention, and as they’re bigger than Entertainment or World Cinema stories, I thought it would be good to draw attention to them in this column. The festival comes to a...
Heard It Through the GripeVine: Our New Abnormal It’s heartening to read about government work and public service being achieved, even in the face of dwindling revenues; as it exemplifies how in some institutions, there is no room for excuses or lame explanations. In such public corporations, it...
Heard It Through the GripeVine: Our New Abnormal It was only a matter of time; and dynamic, progressive, forward-thinking corporations such as Meralco would take these ‘giant steps’ - to not just talk the talk, but to walk the walk as well. Living up to its name, the Manila Electric Company, is...
HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRIPEVINE: OUR NEW ABNORMAL Just the other week, Issa and I were having lunch at Mamou Rockwell, and if there was something she noticed, as we had elected to take one of the socially-distanced indoor tables – it was that while there were less people because of the...
HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRIPEVINE: OUR NEW ABNORMAL Think about it, one of the enduring post-paid, ‘on-credit’ elements we still enjoy in our lives is our electricity bill. Here in Metro Manila at least, it remains an essential service we can avail of, and pay for, after it’s been utilized and...
