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...
ENDEAVORS In an age often criticized for shortening attention spans and fragmenting human connection, social media has quietly given rise to something profoundly restorative: modern support circles. Beyond the noise of viral trends and polarizing debates, there exists a parallel universe of...
ENDEAVOR There’s a lingering aftermath of the late former Speaker Jose de Venecia’s remarkable stewardship of one house of the Philippine Congress. It has reinforced his legendary imprint on politics in the country, a feat that was achieved by dint of his dominant presence and influence on his...
ENDEAVOR Tokyo Tower is primarily an active, functioning broadcast tower that also serves as an iconic, aesthetic landmark. Built in 1958, it acts as a central antenna for FM radio and previously television (now handled by Tokyo Skytree), while its 333-meter, orange-and-white lattice structure...
ENDEAVOR The passing of Jose de Venecia Jr. invites the nation to pause and reflect on a kind of politics that now seems increasingly rare. Speaker De Venecia—JDV to colleagues and critics alike, or more popularly, Manong Joe—belonged to a generation of Filipino leaders shaped by history’s...
ENDEAVOR The post-EDSA bureaucracy under President Cory Aquino aimed for a new ethos of transparency, and accountability, a sharp departure from the legacy of its predecessor that was overthrown by People Power. Focal points of attention were professionalization and rebuilding of institutions that...
