ENDEAVOR Sonny Coloma How important are the coming elections in shaping the future of the nation? An election could change the course that a country will take for an entire generation. Consider the snap elections held on Feb. 7, 1986. Recall that this event sparked a massive wave of protest...
ENDEAVOR Sonny Coloma One of the best ways to characterize our coming national and local elections is that it is a process of selecting the best-qualified applicants for elective positions — from President of the Philippines to city or municipal councilors. We, the sovereign people, are given...
ENDEAVOR Sonny Coloma To prioritize public schools for the safe reopening of face-to-face classes, the Department of Education (DepEd) is using a School Safety Assessment Tool (SSAT). According to the DepEd, 6,686 public schools nationwide — or 14 percent of the 47,612 total public schools —...
ENDEAVOR Sonny Coloma After winning the Australian Open last Sunday in a thrilling, come-from-behind five-set match triumph over Daniil Medvedev, Rafael ‘Rafa’ Nadal is now being hailed as the G.O.A.T. — acronym for the Greatest of All Time — in the history of men’s tennis singles...
ENDEAVOR Sonny Coloma Zoom is one of the wonders brought on by the coronavirus. It has become the dominant virtual platform for corporate videoconferences, seminars and workshops, family meetings, high school class reunion, novena prayers for the dead — and all other milestone social events like...
The Manila Bulletin (MB) bagged three awards in the 43rd Catholic Mass Media Awards (CMMA) print category for Best Digital Ad Public Service, Best Opinion Column, and Best Editorial Cartoon in an awarding ceremony held on Sunday, Dec. 26, 2021. Manila Bulletin Publisher Herminio “Sonny” Coloma...
ENDEAVOR Sonny Coloma Saint Mother Teresa of Calcutta said: “I must be willing to give whatever it takes to do good to others. This requires that I be willing to give until it hurts. Otherwise, there is no true love in me, and I bring injustice, not peace, to those around me.” When Mt. Pinatubo...
ENDEAVOR Sonny Coloma Our second Christmas in the time of coronavirus seems to be more cheerful than last year. As the country eases into what appears to be a more benign coronavirus scenario, schools are gearing for the possibility of being able to resume face-to-face learning in greater...
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...
ENDEAVOR Sonny Coloma Sustainability is “the capacity to endure in a relatively ongoing way across various domains of life.” When the banner of sustainable environment is raised, it must stand for rebirth, re-growth and regeneration – or, in a word, transformation. Thus declared Laura...
ENDEAVOR Sonny Coloma “Business can be a force for good if you could transform it,” declared Nobel Peace laureate Muhammad Yunus, founder of Grameen Bank, as he delivered the keynote address at the virtual Rotary Presidential Conference in Asia beamed from Manila on Nov. 26. He envisioned such...
ENDEAVOR Sonny Coloma Just a week after the onset of the first enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) lockdown in March 2020, I received a text message from a long-time friend: “You must have heard that Mike (not his real name) died last night. He went home after waiting for hours to be admitted; no...
