Better Days

By Sonny Angara Many younger Filipinos have their minds set on finding their futures outside the Philippines, according to the recent World Economic Forum (WEF) Asean Youth Survey. The data is disheartening: 52.9 percent of the Filipino youth aged 15 to 35 — the so-called Millennial and Z Generations — prefer to work overseas than …

By Sonny Angara A brand is a promise — an emotional and psychological connection that businesses and organizations make to assure a good experience with the products or services under their name and imagery. But while all forms of bells and whistles can be hoisted, what’s essential is that a brand should — no, must …

By Sonny Angara We are, indeed, living in interesting times. With tensions in the Middle East are escalating, our government aims to protect and extend services to our overseas foreign workers, to make ensure their safety and security. To that end, the Department of Budget and Management has set aside P1.8 billion in government funds, …

By Sonny Angara In our country, the main tools of financial stability have traditionally been savings, usually through a bank account and having a job. However, there is another avenue which many Filipinos don’t seem consider at all: investment. The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas’ 2017 State of Financial Inclusion report revealed that 20.4 percent of Filipinos …

By Sonny Angara By now, more details about the PISA (Programme for International Student Assessment) results for the Philippines have been bandied about in various media channels. The results, for example, showed that around 80 percent of our students had low scores in reading, such that they would have difficulty identifying the main idea of …

By Sonny Angara The strength of an organization arises not just from its leaders, but also its people. Their passion and motivation are important factors; if the rank and file believe in what their organization does, and that their organization compensates them decently, then that organization is operating well. At least, that is the ideal. This …

By Sonny Angara The pineapple has a unique place in Philippine tradition. Aside from being a delicious food source, we have the origin myth of how it used to be a girl who loved to procrastinate and not look for things — hence its thousand eyes. Its leaves are also the source for piña fabric, specifically the stiff …

By Sonny Angara A country’s economy can be likened to a big engine. And just like an actual engine, it has to be fine-tuned, tweaked or even upgraded to be as efficient a machine as it can be. Lately, there have been some actions to make sure that the Philippine economic engine will, potentially, become …

By Sonny Angara There is a saying that justice delayed is justice denied. Some say its origins date back to William Penn, a writer who was an early advocate for democracy and religious freedom in the United States. He phrased it as “to delay justice is injustice.” Here in our country, it is unfortunate that …

By Sonny Angara The youth are the torchbearers of the future. They not only hold our dreams in their hands, they also hold the means by which the future of the country will be built. To find out how we are preparing the next generation, I filed Senate Resolution 320, wherein all the laws and programs …