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...
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...
MEDIUM RARE Jullie Y. Daza With a snap of the fingers, Christmas Day has come and gone. It has always mystified us professional revelers if it was God’s plan to decree Christmas and New Year as a series, one following the other in a span of seven days to the dot. What would earthly time be like...
MEDIUM RARE Jullie Y. Daza Stealthily, as if no one’s watching, it’s arriving, tonight. Christmas Eve, the magical moment of midnight signaling the arrival of the Baby who was born that he might die 33 years later, a common criminal condemned by the very people who had hailed him as their king....
MEDIUM RARE Jullie Y. Daza In the olden golden days the expectation was for Christmas to cast its spell, a spell being an action that alters the dimensions of time-space-matter. Christmas, it is said, is the day that holds time together. The ghosts of Christmases past linger, touching the present...
MEDIUM RARE Jullie Y. Daza Nida left her house in Marikina at 7 a.m. for work in Intramuros, Manila, boarding her faithful motorcycle and hoping for a smooth, quick ride. She reached her destination two hours later. “To think I was on a bike!” she exclaimed in exasperation. What if she had been...
MEDIUM RARE Jullie Y. Daza Undoubtedly THE cultural event of the year, the staging of Puccini’s great opera, Turandot, a lavish production that raises the bar and audience expectations from now on. For the 700 pupils that VP and Education Secretary Sara Duterte brought with her to the dress...
MEDIUM RARE Jullie Y. Daza Climate change, climate change. The bad news is there’s nothing we can do to stop it or reverse its irreversible course. How many centuries to create another glacier to replace one that’s melting away? How many magicians to build a mountain and cover it with trees,...
MEDIUM RARE Jullie Y. Daza Judging by the crowds that packed the malls last Wednesday, a national holiday – or was it bonus day? – the people can’t wait for Dec. 24 to arrive soon enough. Before we know it, it will be Dec. 31, the end of the year, the last page on the calendar on the wall;...
MEDIUM RARE Jullie Y. Daza First chance I got close enough to chat with the 6’ 4”-tall San Juan Mayor Francis Zamora without standing on a chair, I asked, “How tall is Mrs. Zamora?” “Five-six,” he replied. “And my mom is five-eight.” Mayor Zamora has a new reason to be someone to...
MEDIUM RARE Jullie Y. Daza First of all, there are five different meanings of market, but for our purposes market refers to “palengke” in the vernacular, that is, a place to buy goods and stuff, or merchandise of a particular type such as meat, fish, vegetables. Trade Secretary Fred Pascual...
