SPEAKING OUT Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI) recently launched a totally new and future-ready mobile app with innovative features and services that go beyond convenient transactions and help more Filipinos achieve financial well-being. The new BPI app is part of the bank’s aggressive digital...
SPEAKING OUT During the Holy Week, I thought of deviating from my usual column topics and I decided to write about money matters during the time of our Lord Jesus Christ. My personal objective was to gain a deeper understanding of the historical and cultural context in which Jesus lived and...
SPEAKING OUT With the oncoming El Niño season , which is expected to adversely affect water supply both for drinking and irrigation, President Bongbong Marcos’ recent announcement could not have come at a better time. PBBM approved the creation of a Water Resource Management Office which will...
SPEAKING OUT I was most pleasantly surprised last Friday when I walked into the Trade Expo initiated by the Trade and Vocational Education Department of the Muntinlupa Business High School (MBHS). Held in cooperation with Waltermart Mall, Sucat, Muntinlupa City, the one-day activity was held to...
Negros Oriental 3rd district Rep. Arnolfo "Arnie" Teves Jr. has admitted that he tried to reach out to Department of Justice (DOJ) Secretary Jesus Crispin "Boying" Remulla. Teves, who is being tagged in the March 4 killing of his provincemate Roel Degamo, dedicated a few minutes of his latest...
SPEAKING OUT Pag-IBIG Fund has tapped BPI’s wealth management arm, BPI Asset Management and Trust Corporation (now known as BPI Wealth), to manage an additional P1 billion investment mandate, bringing its total managed fund to ₱2 billion. This comes after a rigorous four-month bidding process....
MEXICO CITY, Mexico -- At least six police officers died early Sunday during a shootout with armed individuals traveling in a convoy of about 10 armored trucks in the northern Nuevo Leon state, the state's security ministry said. "Four more policemen were injured and are already receiving medical...
Calille, Celeste, and Paul Engler, the family of three who want to save the native trees. (Out of Danger Project) By Jazz Quiambao Here’s a quick question: what Philippine native tree is currently vulnerable, endangered, and with only a few thousand left existing in the whole world? Here’s a...
SPEAKING OUT Ignacio R. Bunye Banking and shopping just got easier, thanks to a pioneering tie-up between Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI) and Lazada, one of the largest e-commerce operators in Southeast Asia. Last month, BPI president and CEO Jose Teodoro “TG” Limcaoco and Lazada...
OF TREES AND FORESTS Former Senate President Manny Villar I am deeply saddened by the devastation caused by the strong earthquake that hit Türkiye and Syria. As I write this column, the death toll has already passed 28,000 per the report of the BBC. The death toll regrettably includes two...
SPEAKING OUT Ignacio R. Bunye Thousands of Philippine Coast Guard officers and staff now have access to Saludo sa Serbisyo, Ayala Corporation’s comprehensive and sustainable needs-based program for the community’s uniformed service personnel. Launched in 2018, Saludo sa Serbisyo also covers...
SPEAKING OUT Ignacio R. Bunye Eight Ayala companies were among the 85 publicly-listed companies feted by the Institute of Corporate Directors (ICD) at its Golden Arrows Awards held last week at the Sheraton Manila Hotel. The Golden Arrows recognize Philippine companies with exemplary governance...
