SPEAKING OUT Ignacio R. Bunye Among all our heroes, Dr. Jose Rizal, whose martyrdom we commemorated five days ago, is without any doubt the most written about. But one can never get tired leafing through Rizaliana materials. There is always something new, something interesting to learn about him....
From left: Bea Binene, Arnel Ignacio and Tuesday Niu Last Saturday, Dec. 26, Secretary Silvestre Bello guested in "Oh My Job!" with hosts Arnel Ignacio, Tuesday Niu and Bea Binene. Bello cited the department’s accomplishments during this global health crisis year. There were so many displaced...
SPEAKING OUT Ignacio R. Bunye About this time every year, many of us try to recollect personal and family experiences during the year which is about to end. It is also now that we renew resolutions and express hope and wishes for the coming year. As has been our family tradition, our family, on my...
State-run Social Security System (SSS) said its new contribution schedule as well as workers’ investment and saving program (WISP) will be implemented starting next year. Pursuant to Republic Act No. 11199 or the Social Security Act of 2018, Aurora C. Ignacio, SSS president and chief executive...
SPEAKING OUT Ignacio R. Bunye Muntinlupa, as an independent municipality, turned 103 years last Saturday and Muntinlupa officials marked the event with a very subdued celebration. During a flag ceremony last Saturday, Mayor Jaime R. Fresnedi, saying “we are living in unprecedented times,”...
SPEAKING OUT Ignacio R. Bunye Worldwide, we celebrate Fathers’ Day and Mothers’ Day on the third Sunday of June and the second Sunday of May, respectively. Although not as popular here in the Philippines these two, Grandparents’ Day is also celebrated in many parts of the world on the...
SPEAKING OUT Ignacio R. Bunye The Licensing Executives Society Philippines (LESP) and Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHIL) recently signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU), formalizing a relationship and cooperation that has existed for many years, and which LES hopes will...
Weekly Column By Jeff Fernando Bea Alonzo “Be careful what you wish for.” Another wish came true for a successful businesswoman who is also Beautederm Corporation President and CEO Rhea Anicoche-Tan as she formally welcomed actress Bea Alonzo as the official endorser of its newest product Etre...
SPEAKING OUT Ignacio R. Bunye I find it providential that the last day of National Book Week (November 24-30) falls on the birth anniversary of Andres Bonifacio, whose 153 rd birth anniversary we are observing today. Relatively recent evidence effectively debunks the myth of the...
From left: Kapuso star Bea Binene, former Overseas Workers Welfare Administration Deputy Arnell Ignacio, and Tuesday Niu Just launched recently, this new show on air “Oh My Job!” (OMJ) hosted by former Overseas Workers Welfare Administration Deputy Arnell Ignacio, Tuesday Niu and Bea Binene has...
SPEAKING OUT Ignacio R. Bunye Congratulations to the board and management of Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI), which was recently recognized as the Best Bank in the Philippines for 2020 by Euromoney, the prestigious global financial publication. Established in 1992, the Euromoney's...
SPEAKING OUT Ignacio R. Bunye Mila del Sol, the grand lady in the golden age of the Philippine cinema, has died at the age of 97. This was announced by her grandson, former Parañaque Vice Mayor and later Representative Gus Tambunting. Mila del Sol (Clarita Villarba Rivera in real life) starred in...
