ENDEAVOR To celebrate one’s 85th birthday in the company of lifelong friends is truly a blessing. Such was my good fortune to witness last week at the invitation of my fellow Rotarian Ernesto ‘Ernie’ Salas. Ernie with wife ChiChi, together with their daughters Rhoda and Patrice, and four...
ENDEAVOR In recent weeks, public attention has turned not only toward the actions of several high-ranking government officials, but also toward the responses issued by the schools and alumni associations to which these officials belong. Some institutions have spoken in defense of their graduates;...
Two houses of Congress, two drama-filled scenarios. Last Monday, May 11, Filipinos witnessed another change of leadership in the Senate, just as the House of Representatives members cast their votes on another resolution to impeach Vice President Sara Duterte. Senator Allan Peter Cayetano...
ENDEAVOR What truly drives lasting change? In an era fixated on digital transformation, economic indicators, and institutional reform, the instinct is to look outward—to systems, technologies, and policies. Yet experience consistently points us inward. The most decisive factor in shaping...
ENDEAVOR In a time marked by grinding wars, geopolitical rivalries, and a troubling erosion of trust among nations, the recent visit of King Charles III to the United States stands out as a rare moment of moral clarity and diplomatic grace. It was not merely the historic nature of the occasion –...
ENDEAVOR Joining the Digital Media Asia forum hosted by the Manila Bulletin at the Manila Hotel last week provided a welcome opportunity for introspection on what it means to work in the media industry today. There is a certain rhythm to a life spent in journalism—a cadence shaped by deadlines,...
ENDEAVOR Earlier this week, the Manila Bulletin joined other mass media organizations at a global forum on Digital Media Asia (DMA) held at the Manila Hotel. Three years ago, we were at a similar forum in Taipei in which the focal point was the emergence of Artificial Intelligence (AI) as a major...
ENDEAVOR The coronation of the Creamline Cool Smashers as champions of the Premier Volleyball League (PVL) All-Filipino Conference has once again ignited a nationwide volleyball fever that shows no sign of cooling down. Their latest title, adding to an already formidable dynasty, symbolizes more...
ENDEAVOR There are moments when public policy ceases to be an abstraction and becomes deeply, unmistakably personal. For our family, that moment has arrived with the planned construction of a major station of the Philippine National Railways ' (PNR) North–South Commuter Railway—an...
ENDEAVOR The story of inclusive growth in the Philippines is often told in fragments, through government programs, private sector initiatives, or civil society efforts that, while laudable, sometimes lack continuity or scale. Yet there are enduring models that demonstrate how sustained,...
ENDEAVOR In our parish church in Muntinlupa, the prayers of the faithful that are recited after the gospel and the homily often give expression to the deepest sentiments of mass-goers. Since the outbreak of the ongoing Middle East conflict involving the United States and Israel versus Iran, we...
ENDEAVOR Easter has always been more than a date on the liturgical calendar. It is a moment of reckoning—a time to revisit the roots of our faith and to ask, with renewed clarity, what it means to believe in the world we inhabit today. I was raised a practicing Catholic, shaped early on by the...
