Getting Back Up

Each generation has a “once in a lifetime” life-changing experience. For my parents, it was the Second World War. For my generation, it was Martial Law. For this generation, it will be the Covid-19 pandemic. Each event lasted longer than anyone thought and was, at minimum, life threatening to many.

And yet, each major crisis brought massive opportunity. The Philippines gained independence and rebuilt itself with a new generation of entrepreneurs after the Second World War. Post Edsa 1986 saw