The best duck legs in Mandaluyong can be found in this casual French bistro at Shangri-La It was a lunch courtesy of my usual host. Every afternoon, my friend goes to “school” and played poker at the casino. Most times, he wins. Not much, but enough to invite us for lunch. His first invite was...
MEDIUM RARE Jullie Y. Daza This guy PBBM is fearless. In the words of farmer-Rep. Argel Cabatbat, “like a general going to battle” instead of calling the shots from a faraway armchair. Brilliant move! – former DA secretary Manny Piñol Excellent decision! – outgoing Senate President Tito...
MEDIUM RARE Jullie Y. Daza A triple celebration, Rizal Day, Father’s Day, the day of Sara Duterte’s oath-taking as vice president of the Philippines. All eyes were on Sara, standing beside her mother and her father the President. The city of Davao turned out to celebrate with her, but other...
MEDIUM RARE Jullie Y. Daza In 24 hours or so our new Vice President will have been sworn in. And still no news about where she will hold office and where her new home is likely to be. Born May 31, 1978 Sara Duterte Carpio is a Gemini, sign of the Twins. Going by astrological profiles, she has two...
MEDIUM RARE Jullie Y. Daza The good news is that traffic on EDSA has been reduced by six percent or 25,000 vehicles. The bad news is that traffic on EDSA has been reduced by six percent or 25,000 vehicles. Either way, MMDA is closer to its wish to remove 40 percent of vehicles from EDSA, going by...
MEDIUM RARE Jullie Y. Daza Millions of us are said to be in search of a job. Searching, however, is working, so how hard the searchers are willing to search and find is up to them. The other side of the coin is that there aren’t enough jobs to go around. Both private and public sectors...
MEDIUM RARE Jullie Y. Daza Do you hear the hooves of the Horses as they approach? War in Ukraine, invasion by Russia. Famine, or in the words of the UN, a food crisis that could lead to a global shortage next year. Pestilence – Covid, dengue, monkeypox, HIV-AIDS, ASF, bird flu. Conquest – think...
Badminton has been my sport for many decades now. It is a game I look forward to playing four to five times a week. I have two groups of badminton addicts. One from the club and another from our village. These people have become my family. We have many get-togethers off the court. Someone always...
MEDIUM RARE Jullie Y. Daza Mr. President, you can do it: 21 days before you step out of Malacañang, 21 days to save our fishermen, farmers, jeepney drivers, housewives, commuters, the masses from the high prices of fuel that have all but taken the joy out of work. Caught between the excise tax...
MEDIUM RARE Jullie Y. Daza Have you noticed, asked Danilo, how old fogeys like us don’t go out at night anymore? A matter of age, then, that oldies don’t put themselves in the mood to leave the house after a long day of lolling around in their loosest, most comfy clothes, doing nothing or...
MEDIUM RARE Jullie Y. Daza Education, as parents and teachers and the incoming government see it, is the biggest challenge facing the youth of the fatherland. It must be a matter of grave concern to us all, alumni or not, that UP has slid from its 2021 ranking of No. 84 to 129 in a recent survey of...
Northern Samar 1st district Rep. Paul Daza felt compelled to warn the incoming Marcos administration Wednesday, June 1 about a certain group of power players in the Bureau of Customs (BOC) that could "sabotage". Northern Samar 1st district Rep. Paul Daza In his privilege speech Wednesday--the last...
