ENDEAVOR Sonny Coloma Celebrating one’s birthday could become a learning opportunity by imagining a History Channel episode that chronicles the milestones of one’s life journey. If one born at this time in 1953 were to research newspaper archives, he would find out that the following were...
ENDEAVOR Sonny Coloma In January 1991, President Corazon Aquino convened a multisectoral workshop that would craft a contingency plan for coping with the effects of the Iraq-Kuwait War. Recall that in August 1990, Iraqi President Saddam Hussein ordered the invasion of Kuwait and declared its...
ENDEAVOR Sonny Coloma Voting in an election is the most important civic duty of a citizen. When citizens cast their ballots on election day, they exercise their sovereign right. The Philippine Constitution declares: “The Philippines is a democratic and republican state. Sovereignty resides in...
Sonny Coloma I wouldn’t advise companies to establish burdensome rules, but they should take deliberate action to avoid systemic pitfalls, and there are simple ways to limit opportunities for immorality. For example, tasks with a moral component can be shifted to the morning and after breaks,...
ENDEAVOR Sonny Coloma Should there be runoff elections in the Philippines? This question has emerged in light of the fact that in all five post-EDSA elections, the winning candidate obtained less than a majority vote. In three of those, the winners won by a considerable margin, even while falling...
ENDEAVOR Sonny Coloma How important are the coming elections in shaping the future of the nation? An election could change the course that a country will take for an entire generation. Consider the snap elections held on Feb. 7, 1986. Recall that this event sparked a massive wave of protest...
ENDEAVOR Sonny Coloma One of the best ways to characterize our coming national and local elections is that it is a process of selecting the best-qualified applicants for elective positions — from President of the Philippines to city or municipal councilors. We, the sovereign people, are given...
ENDEAVOR Sonny Coloma To prioritize public schools for the safe reopening of face-to-face classes, the Department of Education (DepEd) is using a School Safety Assessment Tool (SSAT). According to the DepEd, 6,686 public schools nationwide — or 14 percent of the 47,612 total public schools —...
ENDEAVOR Sonny Coloma After winning the Australian Open last Sunday in a thrilling, come-from-behind five-set match triumph over Daniil Medvedev, Rafael ‘Rafa’ Nadal is now being hailed as the G.O.A.T. — acronym for the Greatest of All Time — in the history of men’s tennis singles...
ENDEAVOR Sonny Coloma Zoom is one of the wonders brought on by the coronavirus. It has become the dominant virtual platform for corporate videoconferences, seminars and workshops, family meetings, high school class reunion, novena prayers for the dead — and all other milestone social events like...
The Manila Bulletin (MB) bagged three awards in the 43rd Catholic Mass Media Awards (CMMA) print category for Best Digital Ad Public Service, Best Opinion Column, and Best Editorial Cartoon in an awarding ceremony held on Sunday, Dec. 26, 2021. Manila Bulletin Publisher Herminio “Sonny” Coloma...
ENDEAVOR Sonny Coloma Saint Mother Teresa of Calcutta said: “I must be willing to give whatever it takes to do good to others. This requires that I be willing to give until it hurts. Otherwise, there is no true love in me, and I bring injustice, not peace, to those around me.” When Mt. Pinatubo...
