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 As I mentioned last Sunday, the first ever awardees for the Manila Bulletin UPLIFT Awards have been informed of their distinctions; and in honor of Women’s Month, I first went through the woman awardees - who came from the categories of Sports...
Heard It Through the GripeVine: Our New Abnormal A few Sundays ago, I wrote about how the Manila Bulletin was embarking on a new initiative on its 122nd year; one that was centered on recognizing the people and institutions that had done great work in the past year, and encouraged us to rise above...
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 Like some bad actor waiting in the wings, the COVID-19 Omicron variant is biding its time, employing elements of foreshadowing and anticipation, before making its grand entrance in our country. Medical experts would say that the recent uptick in...
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 Could it really be? That as we edge past the one year and three-quarters mark of living under the shadow of COVID, and we finally seem to be basking in the light at the end of the tunnel; we could actually go nostalgic for all that has transpired...
