HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRIPE-VINE: OUR NEW ABNORMAL Along with the irony of the Philippines having to import a dietary staple such as rice, the other sad irony would be how in a nation that’s an island archipelago, we have issues about potable, drinking water. But that is a hard fact for our...
HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRIPE-VINE: OUR NEW ABNORMAL The song Smile, with the music composed by Charlie Chaplin, has a line about lighting up one’s face with gladness - and this has been the global mission of AS Watson, to put smiles on the faces of its customers. In the Philippines recently was...
HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRIPE-VINE: OUR NEW ABNORMAL With full disclosure, I’ll confess I’m more of a fiction reader; and so when I was asked to moderate the Monday morning mini presscon for noted author and New Yorker columnist Malcolm Gladwell, I had to scramble and read up on him over...
HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRIPEVINE: OUR NEW ABNORMAL “With great power comes great responsibility.” Uncle Ben to Peter Parker/Spider-Man. When Aboitiz Data Innovation mounted the first ever Philippine AI (Artificial Intelligence) summit, I felt that those words from Uncle Ben were resonating...
HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRIPEVINE: OUR NEW ABNORMAL As talks swirl about a plan to merge our two state-owned lending institutions, the Land Bank and the Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP), it may make sense to first appreciate that this is a “revival” of an old tune — one that’s brought...
HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRIPEVINE: OUR NEW ABNORMAL Let’s be honest, it’s not often we Filipinos can legitimately say we’re numero uno in the world in some category. Back in the early years of this century, I would hear reports about how we were number one in “speed texting” and text...
HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRIPEVINE: OUR NEW ABNORMAL Two comments made by friends over the course of the last months brought home certain truths about our “state of the nation,” and where we stand in the global arena. And if we don’t live in denial, accepting the truth in the statements may...
HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRIPEVINE: OUR NEW ABNORMAL Philip Cu Unjieng Back to a face-to-face format after two years of virtual recognition, PropertyGuru’s Asia Property Awards saw the best of the best from the real estate industry, from all over the ASEAN region, plus Australia, Japan, India and...
HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRIPEVINE: OUR NEW ABNORMAL On the surface, the mission of the Sustainability Forum’s Recognition Night was crystal clear - to honor and give thanks to those who had participated as speakers and sponsors of the two-day forum. The intent of the forum was to showcase the...
HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRIPEVINE In just three days, we mount the first ever Manila Bulletin “Beyond Green: Sustainability Forum;” and it promises to be an eye-opener to the many touch points of sustainability in our lives, and why there is an urgency for us to understand and appreciate those...
HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRIPE-VINE: OUR NEW ABNORMAL When SM Investments Corp., SM Supermalls, and SM Retail sent out their invitations for a special media event that would highlight their ongoing #SMGreenMovement, we weren’t immedi-ately aware of just how special the afternoon would be, and how...
Heard It Through the GripeVine: Our New Abnormal As I mentioned last Sunday, the first ever awardees for the Manila Bulletin UPLIFT Awards have been informed of their distinctions; and in honor of Women’s Month, I first went through the woman awardees - who came from the categories of Sports...
