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...
ENDEAVOR Where were you when the first Covid-19 lockdown was announced? For us baby boomers, this question brings to mind two milestone experiences that happened in succession 50 years earlier: The first man-on-the-moon landing by Neil Armstrong on July 20, 1969, the day after Gloria Diaz became...
ENDEAVOR Last April 20, on the top floor of a building at Bonifacio Global City, I joined my friends from the People Management Association of the Philippines (PMAP) – Rico de Guzman, Vir and Grace Zata, Cecille Huidem and Bobby Galvez – in a chat with Mary Grace Dimacali, founder-owner-CEO of...
ENDEAVOR This week, my column is devoted to sharing the message delivered by Gawad Kalinga founder Tony Meloto at the Rotary District 3800 Training Assembly held at the Manila Hotel last May 18, 2024. * * * “My encounter with the ultimate servant leader was when I met Jesus Christ. From him I...
ENDEAVOR Nine years and four months ago, on Jan. 17, 2015, I had a life-changing experience in the Tacloban City airport. I stood in the rain with thousands of faithful to participate in the Holy Mass being celebrated by Pope Francis. Setting aside his prepared homily, he spoke from the heart,...
ENDEAVOR On Oct. 18, 2023, the Philippines’ first-ever carbon dioxide cold storage facility was inaugurated in Pueblo de Panay, Lawaan, Roxas City, Capiz. Arturo Jose “Archie” Yan, Glacier Megafridge president and CEO, said that the event manifested the fulfillment of their vision –...
ENDEAVOR For the past few days, I’ve been in a lively viber chat with friends on the concept of a living wage. Caritas Manila recently held a forum pushing for its living wage advocacy. Living wage goes beyond the minimum wage required by law. It is defined as “the minimum income necessary for...
ENDEAVOR Earlier this week, I had a gratifying experience as a graduation speaker. I was invited to the CARD-MRI Development Institute in Bay, Laguna, to speak before newly minted Ph.Ds and master’s degree holders who were graduating from the Southeast Asian Inter-disciplinary Development...
