ENDEAVOR Mary Jane Veloso’s homecoming yesterday, Dec. 18, culminates a nearly 15-year saga that began in 2010 when, as a 25-year-old young mother, she was brought by local recruiters first to Malaysia, then to Indonesia, where she landed in prison and was convicted to die by musketry, after...
ENDEAVOR Witnessing Pope Francis place the red hat on newly consecrated Cardinal Pablo Virgilio David – only the 10th Filipino to receive the honor – prompted me to reflect on the challenge of promoting more vocations in our predominantly Christian nation. Last month, while participating in a...
ENDEAVOR Will there be another EDSA People Power Revolution? This question popped up last week as the political temperature sizzled in the aftermath of Vice President Sara Duterte’s widely viewed video message following the detention of her chief of staff, on orders of the House quad-committee...
ENDEAVOR Nicknamed Babes as he is the sixth and youngest child, former Public Works and Highways Secretary Rogelio Lazo Singson received earlier this week the Management Person of the Year award from the Management Association of the Philippines (MAP). In his acceptance speech,...
ENDEAVOR Filipino Management Ethos: Pathways to Shared Prosperity, a forum presented by the Diwa-Kapwa Advocates, will be held today at the Asian Institute of Management (AIM) in Makati City. As one of the convenors, I wish to share with readers why and how this forum came about. Let’s...
ENDEAVOR Corazon Dayro Ong began cooking and selling longanisa-filled siopao to her neighbors some 50 years ago, to help her husband Jose ‘Pepe’ Ong augment the family income. As she gained confidence from increasing patronage, they set up a modest meat processing unit in their family...
The government’s anti-illegal drugs campaign is zeroing in on the sources of the illegal substance. The illegal drug trade is now operating under more sophisticated methods with the use of technology that allows implementation via online control. This technology is familiar with...
Manila Buletin Executive Vice President and Publisher Herminio "Sonny" Coloma Jr. (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) Manila Buletin (MB) Executive Vice President and Publisher Herminio "Sonny" Coloma Jr. underscored the importance of...
ENDEAVOR On Nov. 21, a forum on Filipino Management Ethos: Pathways to Shared Prosperity and Growth, will be held at the Asian Institute of Management (AIM) Conference Center in Makati. This is a presentation of Diwa-Kapwa Advocates composed of management practitioners who believe in...
ENDEAVOR New Paradigms for Business Sustainability was the theme of the 28th World Congress of the Union Internationale des Associations Patronales Catholiquesis (UNIAPAC), or the International Christian Union of Business Executives, that was held in Manila last Oct. 23-26. Nearly a...
ENDEAVOR At a forum marking the second year of the implementation of the Strategic Plan for Judicial Innovations (SPJI) last Monday, Oct. 21, at the Manila Hotel, Chief Justice Alexander G. Gesmundo began his keynote speech by recalling his interview with the Judicial and Bar Council as one of the...
ENDEAVOR Throughout my career, I have had the privilege of navigating diverse sectors, from corporate leadership to academia, before stepping into the arena of public service under three Philippine Presidents: Corazon Aquino, Joseph Ejercito Estrada, and Benigno Aquino III. Each transition...
