ENDEAVOR Sonny Coloma Hidylin Diaz’s epic gold medal-winning feat at the Tokyo Olympics has unleashed a torrent of jubilation that is now playing out on the high-definition public screen of digital media. Here's a snapshot from a friend’s Viber post: “Did you ever think you’d see a Filipino...
ENDEAVOR Sonny Coloma In mid-2020, House Deputy Speaker and Sorsogon Representative Evelina Escudero proposed the creation of a separate Department of Culture. This was prompted by the clamor for higher levels of budgetary support to agencies under the National Commission on Culture and Arts...
ENDEAVOR Sonny Coloma Beyond the pandemic, Filipinos envision a long-term future where they would “enjoy a strongly rooted, comfortable and secure life” (matatag, maginhawa at panatag na buhay). Such aspiration is framed in AmBisyon Natin, a 25-year development plan crafted by the...
ENDEAVOR Sonny Coloma At his fifth State of the Nation Address (SONA) in 2014, President Benigno S. Aquino III rallied the nation to carry on with efforts to demonstrate that, “As long as our faith and trust remain strong, as long as we serve each other’s strength, we will continue to prove...
ENDEAVOR Sonny Coloma After joining the USA-ASEAN summit in Palm Springs, California in February 2016 at the invitation of President Barack Obama, President Benigno S. Aquino III went to Loyola Marymount University to receive an honorary degree on humane letters. He confided to the audience, “I...
ENDEAVOR Sonny Coloma “A story begins when something knocks life off balance. Then the story progresses, or the plot “thickens,” as the protagonists struggle to restore that balance and peace while antagonistic forces block and resist them. Finally the story ends as the struggle results...
ENDEAVOR Sonny Coloma “Poverty is a question of the heart. Only with a changed heart can you free people from poverty. Only God can change the human heart.” These are the three basic principles that guide the work of the Center for Community Transformation (CCT) founded and headed by Ruth...
ENDEAVOR Sonny Coloma High vaccine hesitancy continues to be a major stumbling block in the long road to herd immunity that the Philippines is aspiring to achieve by the end of this year. In the event that the government’s most optimistic scenarios on vaccine delivery and distribution...
ENDEAVOR Sonny Coloma In 2006, Gawad Kalinga (GK) launched Bayani Challenge (or Hero Challenge), an annual activity held during the summer vacation months, to mobilize and engage the youth in community-building activities and provide them a concept of nationhood: “a five-day test of courage,...
ENDEAVOR Sonny Coloma For an organization to prosper and grow, every individual member must participate and contribute in concerted efforts to achieve shared goals and objectives. Corporate governance, while led by the chief executive, may succeed only if every individual’s talents are tapped to...
ENDEAVOR Sonny Coloma As Asia regional adviser on development management for the US Agency for International Development (USAID), Dr. David Korten traveled frequently to Southeast Asia and the Philippines. Author of several books that present alternative views on capitalism, he shares with readers...
ENDEAVOR Sonny Coloma When the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak triggered a prolonged Luzon-wide enhanced community quarantine, employees of Pandayan Bookshop – on their own initiative – began making face shields from basic office supply materials and distributed these for free to customers in Metro...
