The Manila Bulletin UPLIFT Awards aims to highlight stories that inspire and enliven the Filipino spirit - as such, the trophy needs to live up to this lofty ambition. We also wanted to give the awardees a piece of art that paragons Filipino creativity and optimism; a trophy that when seen,...
The human capacity to hope is extraordinary. Amidst all the wars, diseases, and economic hardships that we experience, people still find the strength to move forward – to go on with our lives. Austrian poet and novelist Rainer Maria Rilke said it best in his letter “Requiem for Friend.” A...
This year’s UPLIFT Awardee for Agriculture is Jocelyn Mamar, owner of John and Marga Nursery Farm, which has sites in Davao del Sur, Cavite, and Bacolod. The farm’s main crop is coffee, specifically coffee seedlings. Jocelyn Mamar is the owner of John and Marga Nursery Farm, which has farms...
What the awardees have to say about being part of MB’s UPLIFT Manila Bulletin's President Emilio C. Yap III together with the awardees On April 7, the Manila Bulletin held its very first UPLIFT Awards at the Maynila Ballroom of the Manila Hotel, Asia’s “Grand Dame.” Before anything, the...
"Unite, Perform, Lead, Inspire, Focus, Trend." These are the words that summarize Manila Bulletin's Uplift Awards. It honors and celebrates individuals and institutions that made the country more hopeful amid the pandemic. Announced as the first-ever winner for Entertainment is actor John Arcilla....
There’s always a place for good news Last night, April 7, the Manila Bulletin held its very first UPLIFT Awards at the Maynila Ballroom of the Manila Hotel, Asia’s “Grand Dame.” Designed to be held annually, the Manila Bulletin UPLIFT Awards honors and celebrates individuals and...
Everyone has been living in survival mode over the past few years. Even so, there have been folks who have served as beacons of hope in these dark times. Today, we honor some of them and the work they have done to better the lives of others. In the field of agriculture, the Manila Bulletin presents...
A testament to the unending hope of the Filipino people in the face of tragedy The UPLIFT 2022 Awardees The Manila Bulletin UPLIFT Awards honors and celebrates individuals and institutions whose efforts to unite, perform, lead, and inspire put focus on particular issues that trended and were of...
Presidential candidate Bongbong Marcos has vowed to continue pursuing programs and reforms designed to uplift the quality of life of the country's teachers, foremost of which is increasing their salaries. A teacher holds an online class during the Covid-19 pandemic (Ali Vicoy/ File photo/ MANILA...
Heard It Through the GripeVine: Our New Abnormal Over the last two Sundays, I’ve written about seven of the 10 Manila Bulletin UPLIFT Awards awardees, with the seven I’ve cited covering the categories of Sports, e-Commerce, and MSME’s (awardees are women in these three categories); and then...
Heard It Through the GripeVine: Our New Abnormal As I mentioned last Sunday, the first ever awardees for the Manila Bulletin UPLIFT Awards have been informed of their distinctions; and in honor of Women’s Month, I first went through the woman awardees - who came from the categories of Sports...
HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRIPEVINE In the world of newspapers and media, there are two sayings that are super-familiar in every news room or news-gathering agency; one is that ‘S_ _ _ sells’, and the second is ‘If it bleeds, it leads’. This stems from the sobering reality that when it comes to...
