SPEAKING OUT Ignacio R. Bunye A new face, but a familiar one. Last April 22, the Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI) welcomed Jose Teodoro “TG” Limcaoco as its new president and CEO. The new chief is no stranger to the bank. Prior to his new role in BPI, TG Limcaoco served as Ayala’s chief...
SPEAKING OUT Ignacio R. Bunye People and organizations who extend their help are rays of sunshine these days, sending light to those who need it most in these challenging times. Social enterprises (SE) are one of them. These businesses do not just care about profits, but also, and more importantly,...
SPEAKING OUT Ignacio R. Bunye I would like to congratulate Ayala Foundation whose flagship project “Brigada ng Ayala” was recently recognized by an international publication as the “best CSR initiative” in the Philippines. Brigada ng Ayala is the Ayala group’s unified effort to...
SPEAKING OUT Ignacio R. Bunye The Duterte administration has taken a lot of hit for its handling (or mishandling) of the COVID-19 pandemic. But to be fair, this pandemic is something which no government anticipated and prepared for. There has been no previous reliable playbook which government...
SPEAKING OUT Ignacio R. Bunye Quoting Charles Dickens (A Tale of Two Cities), Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI) Chairman Jaime Augusto Zobel de Ayala (JAZA) described what 2020 was like for the country and for BPI during the bank’s annual stockholders meeting held last Thursday. “It was the...
SPEAKING OUT Ignacio R. Bunye When the government first implemented the Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) from March 17 to the end of May 2020, a study released by AdSpark, Inc. — a portfolio company under Globe Telecom’s 917 Ventures — revealed that searches and media consumption on...
Speaking Out Ignacio R. Bunye Sgt. Jose Calugas, a native of Iloilo, was a member of the Philippine Scout. Although Calugas had training in artillery, on that fateful day of January 16, 1942, Calugas was assigned on KP or “kitchen patrol”. He was the cook for the day. When the...
SPEAKING OUT Ignacio R. Bunye On April 22, Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI) will have a changing of the guard. Cezar “Bong” P. Consing will step down as president in favor of Jose Teodoro “TG” Limcaoco, another stalwart of the BPI/Ayala group. Consing will remain as a director and...
SPEAKING OUT Ignacio R. Bunye In time for the National Women’s Month, the Ayala Enterprise Circle (AEC), in cooperation with BPI Business Banking, held an all-women entrepreneurs’ forum titled, “Leading Women Entrepreneurs in the Digital Economy.” A distinguished panel of women leaders came...
SPEAKING OUT Ignacio R. Bunye The recent alarming upsurge of COVID-19 in the country, the very slow arrival of approved vaccines and the consequent delay in the implementation of the vaccination program have left many Filipinos clutching at straws in search of speedy relief. News reports indicate...
SPEAKING OUT Ignacio R. Bunye I was a young boy studying at the Itaas Elementary School in Muntinlupa, when I first heard the concept of “ bayanihan ”. My social studies teacher used the classic image of neighbors coming together to carry somebody's nipa hut to another patch of farmland to...
State-run Social Security System (SSS) has added more services to the pension fund’s online services portfolio as it steps up efforts to digitalize member and employer transactions. In a statement, Aurora C. Ignacio, SSS president and chief executive said there is a need to bring SSS...
