MEDIUM RARE So many things about the coronavirus that we don’t know about, yet. Is it airborne, and if it is, will it make it an even tougher enemy to wipe out? Why is it spreading so fast in the National Capital Region, after five months of strict isolation, quarantine, and limited movement of...
Confronted with extremely stressful situations, most people react with either one of the fight, flight, or freeze responses. Since we cannot physically flee from the threat of Covid-19, and it would be unwise to simply ignore the danger, our best bet would be to “fight” the illness by...
MEDIUM RARE Married couples, live-in partners, common-law spouses, and same-sex pairs are not only allowed to ride motorcycles, they have all the right to advertise their lovey-dovey station in life by the simple expedient of installing a plastic shield between the rider’s back and his...
MEDIUM RARE Their power is absolute. Notwithstanding the sworn declarations of DOJ, SEC, BIR, BI, PEZA, living witnesses to history and other invited resource persons, these experts’ statements of facts are repudiated in favor of the “conclusions” of a three-person technical working group...
MEDIUM RARE Of the three must-do’s mandated by health authorities to keep people COVID-free, the third is the most difficult to follow. Wear a mask. Wash your hands frequently. Observe social distancing. How to tell Filipinos to keep their distance from family, friends, neighbors, lovers and...
MEDIUM RARE Dingdong Dantes, GMA’s leading leading man, leads a newly formed group of actors and directors – AKTOR – who see the world closing in on the TV, movie and entertainment industry. It’s not just the shutdown of the largest network that has displaced producers, directors, actors,...
MEDIUM RARE Open the economy or “people will simply die because of lack of livelihood.” President Duterte will call a special session of the Senate and House of Representatives to pass a stimulus package to revive the economy. In the same breath, certain congressmen are eager to kill the...
MEDIUM RARE Super-PRRD has a solution to Taal’s tempestuous temper tantrums. He’ll show the volcano how tough he can be, by eating the ashes as they fall and pissing into the lake. A myth in the making! The eruptions – the volcano’s -- are no longer merely phreatic or even magmatic, because...
MEDIUM RARE Jullie Yap Daza Mrs. Jae Kim, wife of US Ambassador Sung Kim, has fond memories of the Philippines to take home when her husband winds up his tour of duty. “Christmas is really special here,” she said over dinner days before 2020 kicked in. Hosted by Lin Bildner at Baguio Country...
MEDIUM RARE Some lucky people are planning an extended vacation in Baguio as the temperature is expected to drop further from the 11.4 C recorded last Saturday. The cool climate is for everyone, but sooner than later, the city will no longer be able to accommodate everyone unless they go up by foot...
MEDIUM RARE A year of widows, 2019, as I’ve noted. Now I should add that two female colleagues didn’t make it to the feast of the Three Kings yesterday. Sylvia Mayuga wrote “30” on the last day of 2019. Ninez Cacho Olivares’ last column in the Daily Tribune was dated Jan. 3, 2020, the...
MEDIUM RARE If you believe your wise old grannies and elderly aunts, the saying is that any year that ends in 9 is bound to be associated with events sad or bad. Last year, crowned by an annular solar eclipse, was not one to end on a note of collectively gladsome memories. On a mountain of natural...
