MEDIUM RARE Jullie Y. Daza To say that it began as a dream is to make the story sound like a fairy tale. But the rise of hybrid rice is a true story, as real as food for the stomach. As told by the man whose advocacy is to plant the right kind of seeds to make millionaires out of farmers, Henry Lim...
MEDIUM RARE Jullie Y. Daza What a grand gathering of politicians and apolitical civilians, newsmakers and photographable, photogenic people — a convention-size party to mark JPE’s birthday, his coming-out party, so to speak, on his 99th Valentine’s Day! KPE, aka Katrina Ponce Enrile,...
Foreign Affairs Spokesperson Ma. Teresita Daza has called on China to only state facts as it deals with the Philippines on the recent beaming of laser light at a Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) vessel in Ayungin Shoal. DFA spokesperson Ma. Teresita C. Daza during a press briefing at the DFA....
Northern Samar 1st district Rep. Paul Daza recently visited the Presidential Car Museum at the Quezon City Memorial Circle and shared what made the place special. (Northern Samar 1st district Rep. Paul Daza's office) Daza, a senior deputy minority leader, said he wants to "encourage Filipinos...
MEDIUM RARE Jullie Y. Daza What’s wrong with our education system if the little ones need as much help as their teachers? A convergence of factors political, social, economic, and environmental could explain what is now arguably a generational issue, but did things become difficult in the...
MEDIUM RARE Jullie Y. Daza One letter spells the difference between “zealous” and “jealous.” Would it be safe to assume that more people have died because of jealousy? Happy Valentine’s Day!, a national lovefest that has not yet been proclaimed a public holiday throughout a country whose...
There are now 64 Filipinos being sheltered in the Philippine Embassy in Ankara after the 7.8-magnitude earthquake and aftershocks that rocked Turkiye and Syria last week, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said on Monday, Feb. 13. Filipino evacuees in Ankara, Turkiye (Photo courtesy of the...
The remains of overseas Filipino worker (OFW) Wilma Abulad Tezcan, who died in the 7.8-magnitude earthquake in Turkiye, will be brought to the Philippines, the Philippine Embassy in Turkiye said on Saturday, Feb. 11. Rescue workers look for survivors amid the rubble of a building in the rebel-held...
MEDIUM RARE Jullie Y. Daza Why is it called “suggested retail price” when a violation spells a stiff fine of up to P2 million and/or a prison term of 12 years? As a battlecry, SRP cannot defend consumers from rising prices, even when they understand that the costs of production, distribution,...
There was zero attention to healthy cooking—just the way I like it. Caldereta Every time I get a request for a day tour for foodies, no miss, it’ll have to be in Pampanga. For a foodie like me and those asking for the gastronomic food trip, the distance of the drive is acceptable. Plus, they...
MEDIUM RARE Jullie Y. Daza It’s been four years, counted Boss ECY when he welcomed guests to MB’s 123 rd anniversary cocktails. Four years since the pandemic disrupted our lifestyles, it was time to renew acquaintances and make new ones. When First Lady Liza Marcos arrived sans fanfare, she...
MEDIUM RARE Jullie Y. Daza Between the President and his Vice President, this is how they summed up the state of education: We have failed our teachers. We have failed our students. Might we assume that the two highest officials of the land were referring to our public school system, not the...
