Editorial A new year always brings with it a renewed sense of hope. Compared to the start of 2021, citizens of the world welcomed 2022 with optimism and more merriment, tempered slightly by the resurgent threat of the Omicron variant. Here in the Philippines, the New Year was welcomed with more...
OF SUBSTANCE AND SPIRIT Diwa C. Guinigundo It is ideal to end the year 2021 with a loud bang of hope. There was so much promise to the other day’s broadsheets report that COVID-19 vaccines now aggregate 200.9 million doses, broadly sufficient for 100 million Filipinos of two doses each. As of...
THE VIEW FROM RIZAL Dr. Jun Ynares Why does adversity strike at a time so close to Christmas? This must be the question in the mind of many of our countrymen, particularly those living in the provinces in Visayas and Mindanao that stood in the path of a raging Typhoon Odette. Images of destruction...
By BARBIE ATIENZA MB FAMILY RISES TO THE OCCASION — Responding promptly to the call for help for typhoon Odette-affected families in the Visayas and Mindanao, the Manila Bulletin staff and management worked together to speedily pack bags of hope stuffed with essential goods. The ongoing...
ENDEAVOR Sonny Coloma Nine days before Christmas, there is a muted expectation that this year’s observance we are a tad short of being able to characterize it as a celebration would be more expansive than in 2020. Coronavirus has indelibly altered our mindsets. It would take some time before we...
Plan International Philippines launches new free online courses, game-based digital learning app Building a bright future for the young has been the goal of global leaders, parents, and even the youth themselves. But with the sudden online shift of the education system today due to the pandemic,...
A Filipino-made game-based digital learning application was launched to help technical and vocational education and training (TVET) students and young people to learn valuable skills around work readiness. (Photo from Google Play) Launched by Plan International Philippines, "Hope Town Hero" helps...
The seven members of K-pop superstars BTS have amassed millions of followers in less than 24 hours after they launched their Instagram accounts. BTS’ RM, Jungkook, Jimin, Jin, V, Suga and J-Hope created a frenzy when they started their own Instagram accounts on Dec. 6. BTS members' Instagram...
The dream of millions of fans has finally come true. All seven members of K-pop superstars BTS have launched their own Instagram accounts on Dec. 6. BTS’ RM, Jungkook, Jimin, Jin, V, Suga and J-Hope now have their own Instagram accounts. The first posts of BTS members on...
THE LEGAL FRONT Justice Art D. Brion (ret.) As current developments show, our May 2022 elections may yet leave us a very undesirable legacy – the demise of our party system as we have traditionally known it. This demise, resulting in a dominant and unchallenged single party in the country, shall...
Supporters of the BBM-Sara Uniteam on Sunday, Nov. 21, showed their strength by staging what they called as the ‘caravan for peace, unity and progress’ in major cities and provinces all over the country. The simultaneous BBM-Sara Uniteam parade was initiated by supporters of both Presidential...
NIGHT OWL Anna Mae Lamentillo At some point in this global pandemic, each one of us has struggled, whether in our career or personal life, physical or mental health, emotional or spiritual well-being, or in some other aspect of our life. But challenges are also opportunities waiting to be...
