Speaking Out

This week, an acquaintance asked via text to see me after work . He sounded very urgent so I told...

Metrobank Foundation (MBFI) is off to an early start in 2018 as it launched on the very first working day...

About this time, many of us try to recollect personal and family experiences during the year just ended. It is...

In a predominantly Catholic country like the Philippines, the main Christmas tradition is one of preparation for the coming of...

Allow me to congratulate Mayor Jaime R. Fresnedi, city and barangay officials and residents of Muntinlupa City (my city) which...

President Rodrigo Duterte could not hide his frustration when he recently declared the CPP-NPA as a terrorist organization.

For one reason or another, there are fewer materials on Andres Bonifacio compared to other contemporaneous historical figures. For instance,...

For three days last week, heads of the Asean, their dialogue partners and other global players attended a smorgasborg of...

On his very first speech during an MMDA anniversary, Chairman Danilo Lim, who has been on the job only for...

Now that the shooting war is over, government resources are now being marshalled to help Marawi get back on its...

The manganese nodule deposits are of interest because they contain greater amounts of some metals than are found in today’s...

For me, one of the memorable photographs to come out following the liberation of Marawi shows two soldiers holding up...

The more than five month battle to retake Marawi has quite a few similarities to the Battle of Manila which...

Last week, as I went over my mail, I came across my daughter Trisha’s message, which commemmorates the life of...

During a senate inquiry last week, Bato gave, what to me was an award-winning performance, as he became emotional defending...

Last week, in the course of a rambling speech, President Duterte tested public reaction by announcing that a spokesman for...