MEDIUM RARE Jullie Y. Daza Jun Palafox, urban planner non pareil, has seen the future and it reads 2050. Twenty-seven years from now, there will be 150 million Filipinos. What are we doing now to prepare comfortable, safe, and secure airports for them? “The cities of this century will be...
MEDIUM RARE Jullie Y. Daza Back in the day, a Hollywood movie called Crowded Skies was dubbed a flop, a disaster movie that turned out to be a disaster. Today, after what happened on the first day of the new year to our air traffic system and then on Jan. 12 to a similar failure in the US, could it...
A dream vacation is always with the people you love FAMILY THAT STAYS TOGETHER… The author with his growing family SAN FRANCISO, CALIFORIA—My dream vacation with my kids continues. Simple but great food, beautiful scenery, grocery, Costco, etc. Put me anywhere and, as long as I’m with the...
MEDIUM RARE Jullie Y. Daza There are two angry ladies in the Senate. Senator Cynthia Villar to resource persons from the Department of Agriculture: “Maybe BAI stands for Bureau of Animal Imports? And what have you done in the last 25 years to increase dairy production?” Senator Imee Marcos to...
A device worth just P10,000 ended up causing P100 million in damages on New Year’s day when the operations of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) was paralyzed by a "trip" within its Communications, Navigation and Surveillance Systems for Air Traffic Management (CNS/ATM). (Noel...
MEDIUM RARE Jullie Y. Daza In the US where he practiced law before returning to the Philippines, Rep. Paul Daza was more than familiar with the common usage of “deadbeats” to refer to useless members of society who live off other people without paying their dues, do not meet their obligations...
MEDIUM RARE Jullie Y. Daza It’s a good habit to remind oneself that breaking a bad habit or habits is a positive way to start the year. Better yet, to begin by cultivating a good habit. “Save” is the first commandment. Save for a rainy day, a stormy day, a sunny day with LPA. With inflation...
San Francisco by way of the stomach, but first a long, long layover in Tokyo FAST FOOD, SLOW FOOD VALUE The Super Duper Burger We decided late on where to take our yearender, yearstarter vacation. That meant all flights were going to be full and expensive! My sister Mariles, who has been in the...
MEDIUM RARE Jullie Y. Daza Thursday, Dec. 29, 2022, the passing of football legend Pelé, 82, who put Brazil on the map of the world by revolutionizing the sport. Saturday, Dec. 31, 2022, the passing of retired Pope Benedict XVI, 95, nine years after he walked away from the Vatican as leader of...
If the disastrous New Year flight cancellations at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) showed anything, it's that the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) had been wearing too many hats. The scene at NAIA on Monday, Jan. 2, 2023, or a day after the power outage that affected...
MEDIUM RARE Jullie Y. Daza To quote the novelist Louise Penny as spoken by a character in one of her books: “What’s a year? Why do we need a new year? Is the old one broken?” Clocks and calendars and countdowns, the new year has crept up on us and it’s now three days old. We are all three...
MEDIUM RARE Jullie Y. Daza It’s sooner than you think, Jan. 1, 2023. Now’s the time to clear out the junk, to unclutter and declutter, out with the old, the useless, the dust-covered, and make room for new acquisitions, possessions, treasures. Most Filipinos hope their lives will be better next...
