ENDEAVOR The story of inclusive growth in the Philippines is often told in fragments, through government programs, private sector initiatives, or civil society efforts that, while laudable, sometimes lack continuity or scale. Yet there are enduring models that demonstrate how sustained,...
ENDEAVOR In our parish church in Muntinlupa, the prayers of the faithful that are recited after the gospel and the homily often give expression to the deepest sentiments of mass-goers. Since the outbreak of the ongoing Middle East conflict involving the United States and Israel versus Iran, we...
ENDEAVORS There is a phrase we often invoke with pride yet struggle to fully live by: kapwa. It is usually translated as “others” or “fellowmen,” but in truth it goes much deeper—it speaks of a shared identity, a recognition that the self is never separate from the community. In my...
ENDEAVOR Easter has always been more than a date on the liturgical calendar. It is a moment of reckoning—a time to revisit the roots of our faith and to ask, with renewed clarity, what it means to believe in the world we inhabit today. I was raised a practicing Catholic, shaped early on by the...
ENDEAVORS Today, April 2, 2026, our daughter Anna turns 45. Birthdays, especially those that mark the passing of decades, have a way of stirring reflection. For parents, they are less about the counting of years and more about the quiet reckoning of blessings received, lessons learned, and love...
ENDEAVORS In an age often criticized for shortening attention spans and fragmenting human connection, social media has quietly given rise to something profoundly restorative: modern support circles. Beyond the noise of viral trends and polarizing debates, there exists a parallel universe of...
ENDEAVORS As tensions escalate in the Middle East and global oil markets once again teeter on uncertainty, Filipinos find themselves confronting a familiar anxiety: the prospect of rising fuel prices, supply disruptions, and the cascading effects on daily life. Transportation fares inch upward,...
ENDEAVORS When Israel launched the Six-Day War in 1967 against Egypt, Jordan and Syria, I was in second year high school; for the next three years, Israel and Egypt engaged in low-level conflict involving border skirmishes and artillery duels. In 1979, a revolution in Iran brought about the...
ENDEAVORS National Artist Nick Joaquin coined the phrase Quartet of the Tiger Moon to encapsulate the historic four days of the EDSA People Power Revolution of 1986, the momentous event that transpired 40 years ago which we commemorated yesterday, Feb. 25. While memory serves, I wish to share with...
ENDEAVOR There’s a lingering aftermath of the late former Speaker Jose de Venecia’s remarkable stewardship of one house of the Philippine Congress. It has reinforced his legendary imprint on politics in the country, a feat that was achieved by dint of his dominant presence and influence on his...
ENDEAVOR Tokyo Tower is primarily an active, functioning broadcast tower that also serves as an iconic, aesthetic landmark. Built in 1958, it acts as a central antenna for FM radio and previously television (now handled by Tokyo Skytree), while its 333-meter, orange-and-white lattice structure...
ENDEAVOR The passing of Jose de Venecia Jr. invites the nation to pause and reflect on a kind of politics that now seems increasingly rare. Speaker De Venecia—JDV to colleagues and critics alike, or more popularly, Manong Joe—belonged to a generation of Filipino leaders shaped by history’s...
