HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRIPE-VINE:OUR NEW ABNORMAL
Earlier this week, the Manila Bulletin Intramuros office was honored with a visit by the UK ambassador to the Philippines, Her Excellency Laure Beaufils. I had the opportunity to interview the engaging Ambassador Beaufils during the third quarter of
WAR ROOM The Manila Bulletin (MB) newsroom, springboard to the future in a heritage building in Intramuros
At a small, rather casual, but top-level meeting of executives and editors at the Manila Bulletin office in Intramuros a few years ago, a question was asked, “What is our relationship to the people?”
The point of the meeting was to re-examine key goals, core values, and top priorities vis-à-vis public expectations that, at that time, were recoiling from the disruptive impact of new technologies.
Great change was afoot, though no one in the room, just as no one in the world, had any idea that a pandemic in just a few years would cause a complete overhaul.
Published May 2, 2021, 6:45 PM
MEET THE NEW PUBLISHER AT THE MANILA BULLETIN Sec. Sonny Coloma
The board and management of Manila Bulletin Corporation are pleased to announce the appointment of executive vice president Herminio “Sonny” Coloma Jr. as publisher of the Manila Bulletin effective May 1, 2021, replacing Dr. Crispulo J. Icban, who passed away on April 5, 2021.
Mr. Loreto D. Cabañes has also been named editor in chief of the Manila Bulletin effective May 1, 2021, also replacing Mr. Icban.
Prior to joining the Manila Bulletin as executive vice president, Sec. Coloma served under three former presidents. He was in the cabinet of former President Benigno Aquino III as communication secretary and presidential spokesperson. He served as transportation undersecretary in former President Joseph Estrada’s administration, where he headed the Philippine delegation to the International Maritime Organization. Under former President Corazon Aquino, he was head of the president