SPEAKING OUT Ignacio R. Bunye For two consecutive weeks, Muntinlupa City held virtual town hall meetings to drum up participation in its forthcoming COVID vaccination program. Invited to the meetings with the theme “Bakunado, Protektado” were representatives of homeowners groups, religious...
SPEAKING OUT Ignacio R. Bunye Moving forward, the main challenge, aside from averting new COVID infections and ensuring proper vaccine administration, is “to ensure the re-orientation of our institutions towards sustained and inclusive economic growth.” This was the message of Jaime Augusto...
SPEAKING OUT Ignacio R. Bunye During a special joint meeting last week, the boards of Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI) and BPI Family Savings Bank (BFSB) unanimously agreed to set into motion the strategic union of the two banks. The merger, with BPI as the surviving entity, will take effect...
Emirates has partnered with the International Air Transport Association (IATA) to become one of the first airlines in the world to trial the IATA Travel Pass, a 'digital passport' that verifies passengers' pre-travel test or vaccination to comply with any government's COVID-19 requirements. Before...
SPEAKING OUT Ignacio R. Bunye Polio-stricken Jay Argana Espeleta has been awarded twice as an Outstanding Employee in 2019, ( runner-up), and 2020 as the outstanding employee of the year. At age 5, Jay, a native of Muntinlupa, was afflicted with polio, which severely deformed his left leg and...
Ignacio R. Bunye SPEAKING OUT Banks have not been remiss in reminding clients to safeguard their personal information especially PINs and passwords. But somehow scammers are still able to dupe bank clients into revealing these sensitive info. One usual ploy is by sending an email or SMS notice...
It wasn't a peaceful Christmas celebration for expectant mom Isabelle Daza. She shared a photo of her two-year-old son Baltie's hand and his Christmas illustration on her Instagram stories, but one of her followers didn't think twice to share his sentiments on the photo. "He's gay? What a...
To boost manpower hiring and livelihood opportunities in this pandemic times, Aboitiz Construction, Inc. (ACI) forged a tripartite partnership with social enterprise Asiapro Multi-purpose Cooperative and advocacy group Philippine Business Education (PBEd) to provide free technical vocational...
After six months, the well-loved cast of GMA Network’s musical-comedy-variety program "All-Out Sundays" returns to the studio with exciting new segments and all-out performances beginning this Sunday Sept. 27. For the past months, taping for All-Out Sundays: The Stay Home Party’ was remotely...
K Brosas and daughter Crystal K Brosas celebrated her birthday recently, but it was she who gave gift to her daughter Crystal: The chance to come out to the public as a lesbian. The comedian shared on Instagram a video where Crystal proudly announced: "Ako po si Crystal and I am a lesbian. I am...
By Firas Abboud Illustration by Ariana Maralit No, no. This is not an article about me coming out. There is no need for that. When you see me in person, you will instantly know I’m gay. All it takes is one look, really. Picture this, a six-footer wearing matte red lipstick and whose nails are...
