MEDIUM RARE Jullie Y. Daza Everything arrives late in the Philippines. Airplanes, brides, election results, snail-mail – why not COVID vaccines? In Batangas, doctors, nurses, technicians and medical aides got their shots last Thursday night, 17 days after the first “symbolic vaccinations” of...
College basketball star Eric Farinas’s Java Hotel in Laoag is why you should go on a trip to Ilocos now, if you can Last week, we arrived from a 10-day culinary tour of Northern Luzon. It was the longest yet most fun work I had done ever for our food show "Foodprints." The surprises of new food...
Medium Rare Jullie Y. Daza The rule is to either avoid them or seek them out, they whose sworn duty is to “serve and protect.” Not a very original slogan, but as a former patrolman who became Mayor Fred Lim used to say, whatever you think of cops, whenever you need them they’re there for you....
MEDIUM RARE Jullie Y. Daza Three hundred and sixty-five days later, locked in, locked up, locked down, Baguio City nestled between the clouds and the trees is both a sanctuary and an escape. Incredible spring weather, the nicest people, the most delightful place in the time of COVID-19 – as a...
MEDIUM RARE Jullie Y. Daza Once upon a time in a section of the ancient city there lived the most famous fashion designers. Around Remedios Circle, on its fringes or blocks away from one another, they toiled with their cotton, taffeta, lace, and tulle, and nobody bothered to ask why Malate was The...
From Vigan to the northernmost town of Ilocos Norte, Pagudpud From La Union, day four of this nine-day taping of "Foodprints" took us to Ilocos Sur. You want to talk about outstanding, unbelievable, pure Filipino dishes, you have to experience the northern cuisine of Ilocos. (I say pure Filipino...
MEDIUM RARE Jullie Y. Daza Maximizing minimum health protocols is the way to go as an added layer of protection against the quickened transmission of COVID-19. It means Mask-Hugas-Iwas-Mas pa more, going the extra mile – that, or a few small steps – and prevent generals, doctors, and data...
MEDIUM RARE Jullie Y. Daza Vax to the max! While waiting for that to happen, how about Mask-Hugas-Iwas-Mas pa more? COVID-19 cases are rising to catch up with inflation, hospital admissions going up, fear of variants rising – the least we can do is to maximize the bare minimum of health...
Isabelle Daza and her wine pasta (Photos from her Instagram) Apart from managing her activewear line Recess and attending to her family, actress Isabelle Daza's schedule these days are also filled with culinary explorations. In her recent post, she reminisced about her time traveling in Italy and...
Surfing on the food wave of Elyu Our Foodprints show on Region I just took off. After being locked down for close to a year, I was so excited to start work again. Our mission in the show is to do our part in jump-starting local tourism, showing the hungry and excited traveler where to find good...
MEDIUM RARE Jullie Y. Daza A little knowledge is a dangerous thing. But what little we know about COVID-19 and the vaccines to fight it isn’t enough. According to Ohio State University, 87,000 scientific papers about the virus have been published all over the world from January to October, 2020....
MEDIUM RARE Jullie Y. Daza Before cinema houses welcome back fans to the big screen, a local group will be shooting an action picture to kickstart the return of movie watching as a national pastime, where it is best enjoyed. In a darkened, airconditioned theater with a crowd of sympathetic people...
