MEDIUM RARE The story goes that heaven’s deities would release once a year the malicious, malignant spirits who have been trapped on earth for their misdeeds. [Meanwhile, there’s word – no written memo, no official notice – that applicants for a driving license who happen to carry a...
MEDIUM RARE Hip hip hooray, six cheers, or three cheers for each of the two gold medals won by Carlos Yulo in the Paris Olympics 2024, a two-day haul that stunned us and put a shine to the red-white-blue-and-gold of the Philippines’ participation. Caloy is worth more than his weight in...
Northern Samar 1st district Rep. Paul Daza (Facebook) Northern Samar 1st district Rep. Paul Daza is urging the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (Pagcor) to one day come up with an "upgraded" version of Philippine Offshore Gaming...
MEDIUM RARE Minus the light from two shining stars, the sky is darker now. “Mother” Lily Monteverde, a name as colorful as some of her movies, and Henry Lim Bon Liong, the “father” of hybrid rice whose planting techniques enabled an initial batch of 100 farmers to become...
MEDIUM RARE It pays – in peso and centavo terms – to know how much you can eat and how little you may waste of the food on your plate. As the only Daza who cannot and does not cook, who’s not even a fullfledged foodie, it was nice to discover, under the guidance of a food tripper who...
MEDIUM RARE Between Tessie Sy Coson and Robina Gokongwei Pe, you’ve got practically the A to Z of the retail, banking, real estate, food and other industries: SM under TSC and Robinsons under Robina. Tessie is chairman of Banco de Oro and vice chairman of SM Investments Corp. Robina was...
SANDWICHED DELIGHTS From left, clockwise: Fish filet sandwich, grilled cheese sandwich with tomato dip, roast beef sandwich, and patty melt sandwich Sandwiches are my all-time favorite. Anywhere I go, I am always on the lookout for them. W hether I’m driving around here in Manila or walking the...
MEDIUM RARE How do you reduce the President’s SONA (state of the nation address) – from 90 minutes to a summary of bite-size facts, figures? Thanks to the bad weather that kept most of us home, I made it my homework to make that summary, if not for others, then for myself. Every SONA is...
MEDIUM RARE As if the strong winds (the Chinese word for typhoon is “big wind”) were not enough, the rain was intermittent yet persistent, plus it was high tide in Malabon, and then a barge contributed an oil spill to complicate the picture. Floods shallow and deep came along, floods on...
MEDIUM RARE President BBM’s announcement of a total ban on POGO (Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators) as a highlight of his state of the nation address brought back a wave of memories of how gaming/gambling was born in Manila as a shipboard amusement during his father and namesake’s...
MEDIUM RARE The best laid plans of mice and men don’t always pan out. Like assassination plots. CNN’s coverage of the attempted assassination of Donald Trump during a rally last weekend turned out to be a riveting live action show complete with an array of rifles, a huge crowd of...
MEDIUM RARE On the surface, another eating club sounds like something nobody needs, like two extra inches around the waistline. And yet, eating clubs like the one of David, Ading, VS, Julian, Charlie, Wicky, aka “Divisoria Mafia,” have lasted 40 years. No dues, no fees, no rules except to...
