Speaking Out

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2019 11:22:12 +0000

  DURING the long holiday, I had the very pleasant opportunity to re-connect with my former staff in Congress. Ron Salo was hired on the spot by my then chief of staff, Atty. Patricia A.O. Bunye, based on an impressive resume and an obvious drive to succeed. Not to mention, he was at that time, […]

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2019 09:29:43 +0000

  SEVEN years ago, preschooler Cheska Parabolis was a very quiet and shy child. She did not know how to interact with peers and teachers and struggled a little with kindergarten academic requirements. But under the patient tutelage of her teachers, she began to blossom. Cheska gradually became sociable and even achieved honors in class. […]

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2019 11:27:50 +0000

  READING various comments both in traditional and social media on the current water shortage, I could not but feel like listening to the 6 blind men, in that famous Indian parable, who were trying to figure out what an elephant looks like. Just to review. The first blind man happened to touch the broad […]

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2019 08:52:26 +0000

    IT is very sad that when the oc­casion requires it, we cannot sing our national anthem properly. Here are some readers’ observa­tions: From Atty. Patricia A.O. Bunye (my daughter): “Two days ago, I attended a break­fast meeting hosted by the Makati Business Club where Dr. Mahathir Mohamad, Prime Minister of Malaysia, delivered the […]

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Mon, 04 Mar 2019 07:50:54 +0000

  AT 24, Muntinlupa City is one of the youngest cities in the Philippines. But it has already become one of the most competitive in terms of local governance, financial administration, infrastructure and quality of life for its more than half a million residents. Formerly a sleepy farming and fishing community up to the ‘80s, […]

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2019 07:53:52 +0000

    FOLLOWING tradition, the Ateneo Law Alumni Association, Inc. (ALAAI) the other week “hanged” three sitting Supreme Court Associate Justices in the Justitia – the Ateneo Law School Moot Court. Unveiled and “hanged” for permanent display were the oil portraits of Associate Jus­tices Alfredo Benjamin S. Caguioa, Andres B. Reyes, Jr. and Alexander G. […]

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2019 11:52:56 +0000

  JAMES Augustine Dino, a culinary arts graduate, was personally chosen by Chef Alain Ducasse to work in his famous Le Jules Verne restaurant in Paris, France. Benedict Sabularse and EdmarSumera, ballet dancers, are considered rising stars in Ballet Academy in Cannes, France and in Hamburg Ballet school in Germany, respectively. Robbie Bron, Rene Malleza, […]

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2019 08:07:34 +0000

  THE recently concluded “Tras­lacion” has established newer records of sorts – the longest procession, the best attended, the most organized, the least number of injured persons reported. Inevitably, however, it also earned the unenviable record for the larg­est volume of garbage generated in a single public event. Almost a half day after the procession […]