Image credits: Jimbo Albano
Editorial Cartoon February 06, 2023
Image credits: Jimbo Albano
Throughout civilization, smaller and militarily weaker nations usually had one of two options with stronger aggressive neighbors—be cooperative or be conquered. Either alternative created a vassal state making one subordinate to the other, which then owed not only allegiance and monetary and military tribute, but also became a pawn subject to the interests of the patron state.
The past week was a hectic period when I had a heavy dose of lifelong learning. It has been my habit and passion to be engaged in learning. My career engagements in this area include my stint as Dean of the University of the Philippines Diliman School of Business, where I completed my three-year term in October 2022. I was also very much involved in lifelong learning in my other work and engagements in the past. I was engrossed in lifelong learning activities in my work in the past such as when I was a tax partner of Reyes Tacandong & Co. And SGV & Co., Commissioner of the Bureau of Internal Revenue, Chairman of the Professional Regulatory Board of Accountancy, and my numerous teaching jobs in at least five colleges and learning institutions.