PAGBABAGO At my book launching last Monday at the Club Filipino, our guests were entertained by the former training director of the Asian Institute of Journalism and Communication, Janelle Dagaas Tolentino with a song she composed and sang, accompanied by a video which captured the highlights of my...
PAGBABAGO In other parts of the world, September is known for several things. It is the start of fall, and the school year in some countries. It is also the month when the worst terrorist attack was perpetrated at the World Trade Center in the United States. In the Philippines, September is Rule of...
PAGBABAGO It was in 1957 when the Ramon Magsaysay Award started, and in six decades the award has been given to 344 outstanding individuals in Asia. This year, at the 65th Ramon Magsaysay Awards Festival, the RM Foundation will showcase the significant and extraordinary influences of the works of...
PAGBABAGO The Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) started last Aug. 28 with the filing of certificates of candidacy (COCs) with elections scheduled Oct. 30. The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has recorded a total of 273,454 candidates for the two offices. But, like in national...
PAGBABAGO Three weeks from now, we will be launching a book, my autobiography, where I traced the early beginnings and influences that had shaped the direction of my personal and professional life. I used “we” because the book “Tagpo: Right place, right time” is a product of group...
PAGBABAGO Under the Bridge chronicles the journey of Miguel Z. Patolot who shares in the 567-page memoirs his experiences as a journalist, a futurist, trade specialist and family man. It is more than his story. In this book, the author takes us to several “behind the news” scenes of the...
PAGBABAGO In the second SONA, the President received over 60 applauses. Even before he could finish his sentence, the loyal allies in the Batasan Hall were already ready with their handclap. Meanwhile, over 3,000 people patiently waited for hours at Commonwealth Avenue. They decried the...
PAGBABAGO A few months ago, the House of Representatives initiated another move to introduce changes in the 1987 Constitution through a Constitutional Convention. This was sent to the Senate. But the President noted that this was not his priority. During the past three decades after the...
PAGBABAGO After going through the pandemic and several other challenges this past decade, I began to wonder what the country would be like 50 years from now. This is not too far off as we have been going through monumental economic, political, and technological changes. Over the past eight decades...
PAGBABAGO Our national development goals over the past years have focused on developing a “globally competitive economy, inclusive growth, a high trust and resilient society, an improved quality of life in both urban and rural communities, and to graduate to a knowledge economy.” In short, to...
PAGBABAGO Those of us who continue to monitor the country’s performance in global surveys on competitiveness, education, media freedom, environment which are deemed critical in assessing the health of the country, will be dismayed by outcomes showing that the Philippines had slipped several...
PAGBABAGO The Digital News Report 2023, an annual survey by the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, has just been released according to Yvonne T. Chua, professor at the University of the Philippines who authored the Philippine country study. As in the past, it presents a bleak picture...
