Corruption has not yet been completely eradicated despite President Duterte's relentless efforts to curb the problem in government, Malacañang admitted Thursday, July 15. President Rodrigo Duterte reads a document while presiding over a meeting with the Inter-Agency Task Force on the Emerging...
Speaking Out Ignacio R. Bunye We sadly learned that fatalities arising from COVID-19 has just breached the “tragic milestone” of four million mark. Wikipedia, quoting WHO, reports that the United States led with 606,000 closely followed by Brazil, 529,000 and India, 405,000. Other...
Malacañang assured the public that the government will go "all-out" in getting to the bottom of the illegal sale of coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccines, saying no one should profit from the suffering of the nation. (AFP / MANILA BULLETIN) Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque made the statement after...
SPEAKING OUT Ignacio R. Bunye BPI Family Savings Bank, the biggest thrift bank in the Philippines, celebrated its 36 th year last July 1 – two days ahead of Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas’s 28 th anniversary. BPI Family was established in 1985 following the historic merger between BPI and Family...
President Duterte alleged that world-renowned boxer Senator Manny Pacquiao backed out of a boxing match because he knew he would be a "goner" if he loses. President Rodrigo Duterte attends Senator Manny Pacquiao’s 38th birthday celebration at the KCC Mall Events & Convention Center in General...
The Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) has found a new home in Manila after apparently getting evicted from the Malacañang compound. The Presidential Communications Operations Office vacates the New Executive Building, its home for several years, and finds a new office space in...
SPEAKING OUT Ignacio R. Bunye I have been requested by the faculty of my Alma Mater, the Muntinlupa National High School, to be a resource speaker this week during a webinar for the school’s campus journalist. Due to a conflict of schedule, I had to politely beg off. Nonetheless, I have...
The European Union (EU) Delegation to the Philippines will host a webinar on Copernicus and Galileo Space Programs to showcase EU’s excellence in space science and its applications. Entitled “Beyond the Stars, Reach out to the Skies”, the webinar is an offshoot of the stargazing and moon...
"A simple misstep." Malacañang assured the public that there was nothing wrong with President Duterte after he almost fell during the Independence Day rites in Malolos, Bulacan on Saturday. President Duterte is assisted by AFP Chief of Staff Gen. Cirilito Sobejana and Vaccine Czar Carlito Galvez...
Speaking Out Ignacio R. Bunye Hitting the jackpot, winning the lotto or receiving a huge inheritance could be both a boon and a bane. We have heard of real life stories of instant millionaires eventually ending up poorer than when they started. Growing up in Muntinlupa in the 50s, I heard a famous...
MEDIUM RARE Jullie Y. Daza Then there’s a suggestion of sabotage, too, which senators are eager to confirm or deny. Meanwhile, Laban Konsyumer’s Vic Dimagiba has written lawmakers in both Houses of Congress to advise them on how to lower the prices of electricity, our rates being higher than...
SPEAKING OUT Ignacio R. Bunye Speaking before the Regis CEO Roundtable Series last May 18, Fernando Zobel de Ayala (FZA), President and CEO of Ayala Corporation, disclosed that “two of Ayala’s most cyclical businesses – Ayala Land and BPI – are priming themselves for a post-pandemic...
