Salutation to a President

13 December 2007 (I am posting here my salutation to Dr. Grace Lopez during her investiture as 3rd President of DOSCST. I am reconstructing the message from memory as I did this extempo) Good afternoon everyone. More than ten years ago, I had the privilege of being chosen to head this College. As I reported [...]

The Turtle and Hare Revisited

(I found this article in the blogsite “Sonny’s Porch”. We all know the story. But most know only the first episode. The series of sequels is as important, or more important, than the first. In almost every workplace, steep competition seems to take the form of “I win, you lose” or worse, “If I don’t [...]

The Week After: How The USEP President Was Chosen

31 August 2007. This afternoon was the turn-over ceremony from the outgoing to the incoming president of USEP. From Dr Julieta Ortiz to Dr. Perfecto Alibin. Ceremony was simple and fitting. The former cited her most important accomplishments and posed vital challenges for the incoming President, including projects that must see their full fruition. The [...]

The Hour After…

23 August 2007. At 8am today, the Board of Regents (BOR) of the University of Southeastern Philippines meets to choose its next President. I am one of four whom the Board will choose from. More than a month earlier, the Search Committee completed the search process by summarizing the results of evaluating the applicants’ qualifications, [...]

For Evil To Triumph…2

“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.” This quote is attributed to Edmund Burke. Whoever said it, he has immortalized in so short a statement what men should do to make this world a better place to live in. This quotation was the underlying principle which [...]

Get Out or Get In Line (Elbert Hubbard)

by Elbert Hubbard (JAB’s Note: I am reprinting here a timeless article. Please read it well. It is profitable in its relevance, value and wisdom. You can likewise find this among the articles found in Foundations of Living. Click this in the INSPIRATIONAL LINKS sidebar if interested.) IF ALL THE LETTERS, messages and speeches of [...]

For Evil To Triumph…

jon bayogan7am, 1 august 07 Yesterday, I received a text message and two successive missed calls from the faculty president of my former employer, DOSCST. He wanted to obtain a copy of poison papers written to destroy my reputation before the USEP constituency and members of its governing board. I told him I have no [...]

Like the Perennial Grass

21 july 6:00amby jon bayogan This week (16-21 july) was spent in slow, playful and matter-of-factly motion. I attended to the normal documents needed when one is a new employee: medical, clearance, filling out of forms, adjusting to a new office environment and the like. I talked to my new superiors, discussed my assignments and [...]

Ten Years, Move On…

18 july, 7:48pm by jon bayogan Finally, it is over, and done. My DOSCST stay, that is. It was 10 years and 29 days, officially. Ten years as president, 12 days as OIC-president and 17 days as professor. It was the longest, continuous period I ever stayed in one place, a full 20% of my [...]

An afternoon with Harvard Foundation Scientist of the Year Olivera

07/09/07By Alex VillafaniaINQUIRER.net BALDOMERO OLIVERA’S name may not ring a bell for many Filipinos. He is not an actor or a politician — and he certainly is not a criminal whose name lands in the headlines of local newspapers. Yet he has given Filipinos all over the world a reason to be proud by being [...]