PAGBABAGO Although 90 percent of Filipinos surveyed by the Social Weather Stations (SWS) indicated that they are more hopeful than fearful about 2025, this was lower by 15 percent in comparison with the previous year. But this is good enough considering that 2024 had been quite a challenging year...
PAGBABAGO A week ago, I attended the wedding of my grand niece, Geline Clemente to Pen Teves at St. Paul’s Parish in Eastwood. I expected the usual traditional wedding of Filipino families – with some 170 guests primarily family and close friends and colleagues, (described as small but is large...
PAGBABAGO A triumph of various human rights group, and it happened a few days before Christmas. The prison transfer of Mary Jane Veloso, who was jailed in Indonesia for 14 years, to the Philippines was lauded as a win by Migrante and various human groups who noted that it was the solidarity...
PAGBABAGO There appears to be a growing interest in community media here and in the developing world. Here, it is triggered by challenges of food security and governance trends in the implementation of the Mandanas ruling on the provision of IRA to local government this coming year. The future of...
PAGBABAGO Ten years ago, an ASEAN regional workshop on journalism curriculum was held in the country. Organized by the Asian Institute of Journalism and Communication (AIJC) and the UNESCO National Commission, the workshop was held in partnership with the Philippine Association of Communication...
PAGBABAGO At the launch of the video on the life of the late Supreme Court Justice Cecilia Muñoz Palma last Nov. 22, SC Chief Justice Hilario G. Davide described her as “an exemplary woman, without whom the history of our country and our people would be incomplete.” In his keynote...
Del Rosario-led PHINMA Corporation is embarking on the simultaneous expansion of its core businesses after successfully raising P1 billion from its stock rights offering on top of a P4.5 billion cash infusion by global investment firm KKR into its education unit. During the listing ceremondy for...
PAGBABAGO This is the educational philosophy of a Filipino religious missionary who worked for 30 years in the Smokey Mountains. I first heard about Fr. Benigno P. Beltran, SVD, who for 30 years worked and lived among the scavengers in Smokey Mountain located at the heart of Metro...
PAGBABAGO Most people involved in working for the rights of the underprivileged are familiar with Fr. Gustavo Gutierrez, Peruvian theologian and philosopher who passed away at 96 a few weeks ago. Fr. Gutierrez’ most influential book “A Theology of Liberation” together with Brazilian...
Del Rosario-led PHINMA Corporation reported an 84 percent plunge in attributable net income to P122.73 million for the first nine months of 2024 from the P791.53 million earned in the same period last year due to huge non-operating expenses and losses of its property business. In a disclosure to...
PAGBABAGO A year ago, I wrote a column entitled “Malaise,” a word which means a state felt when one is frustrated, helpless, being inutile, and unable to see the tangible results of an action. One feels uneasy that there is something wrong with our society for which there does not seem to...
PHINMA Properties, the real estate arm of the Del Rosario’s PHINMA Corporation, is investing P12 billion for the development of its township in Bacolod City called Saludad. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, the firm said it launched the township last October 19 to reveal its...
