DRIVING THOUGHTS Pinky Concha Colmenares Thirty-six years after the EDSA People Power Revolution is a good time to think about the freedoms that bloodless revolution won for the Filipinos. I had lived through the martial law years and I know what freedoms we lost then. That’s why my husband and...
DRIVING THOUGHTS Pinky Concha Colmenares I’ve been with the Manila Bulletin for more than half of my life, and I’m still learning new things in the changing landscapes of media. I’ve enjoyed the lessons of change, many times trying to understand new technology, sometimes resisting it, and...
DRIVING THOUGHTS Pinky Concha Colmenares Many people have found their routines completely changed by the now-standard-act of going into isolation after getting exposed to a person who tests positive for COVID-19. It may sound like a break or a holiday to some, a work-from-home arrangement to...
DRIVING THOUGHTS Pinky Concha Colmenares As relief efforts — the delivery of food and essential items packages — continue, the programs to rebuild houses and restore livelihood in communities have already started at the headquarters of the Negrense Volunteers for Change (NVC) in Bacolod City....
DRIVING THOUGHTS Pinky Concha Colmenares Today is a good day to start a promise – to do at least one act of random kindness. It can be an act of generosity, like paying for the purchase of a poor old person in a drug store. It can be an act to give joy, like buying a can of ice cream for a family...
Chemist Pinky Tobiano (center) leads 'Grateful Tuesdays' gift-giving event for solo parents in Quezon City recently. Chemist-philanthropist Pinky Tobiano continues to share blessings during the holidays through the online show "Grateful Tuesdays." "Grateful Tuesdays" has already given assistance to...
DRIVING THOUGHTS Pinky Concha Colmenares It’s not the ideal time to do a long road trip but if you have to visit the family patriarch, it is the ideal way with today’s limited travel restrictions that require minimal travel documents. We opted to drive to Bacolod City from Quezon City weeks...
Chemist Pinky Tobiano (left) and Dr. Vicki Belo By popular demand, YouTube Channel brings back Dr. Vicki Belo’s guesting stint in “Table Love by Pinky Tobiano" which originally aired on ANC and iWant TV. In this episode, Vicki toured the home of Pinky who treated viewers with her plate...
Collaborating with Pinky Tobiano’s Table Love by Pinky, Chele Gonzalez launches new degustación menu for the holidays TABLE LOVE Pinky Tobiano and her tablescaping Gallery by Chele is in the mood for loving. After all, the Christmas spirit, especially in the Philippines, has long been in the...
DRIVING THOUGHTS Pinky Concha Colmenares Did you know that there are more than 200 fuel vending machines around the country, mostly along the coast of Oriental Mindoro, Siargao, and Panay? These are machines that dispense fuel to counter the “bote-bote” sale of fuel in far-flung areas....
Pinky Tobiano (left) and Moie Aware of the damage brought about by the pandemic on livelihood, celebrities came out to support local backyard piggery farmers by encouraging Filipinos to buy pork from local hog-raisers. Lifestyle show host chemist Pinky Tobiano led Filipino stars in supporting the...
DRIVING THOUGHTS A man whose life story is the stuff that legends are made of, quietly passed away two days before National Heroes Day. The man is Silvino J. Gallardo, better known as “Makaw” to friends and “Macao” to family and friends from college from Negros Island, and perhaps in the...
