HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRIPE-VINE Philip Cu Unjieng With apologies to veteran British R&B singer Maxine Nightingale, best known for her radio hits in the 1970’s, let’s rephrase one of her classic disco songs; “Do you remember that day, (fateful mid-March day) When you first came our way, I...
PMFTC Inc., the local affiliate of Philip Morris International, assured that the company is fully committed to help tobacco-farming communities in recovering from the coronavirus-induced economic crisis. Denis Gorkun, PMFTC president Denis Gorkun, PMFTC Inc. president, said that approximately...
You just ‘Juana’ eat healthy Juana Manahan-Yupangco There’s a new Cookbook in town, and it’s Juana Manahan-Yupangco delivering on her promise to go beyond her website, FB, and IG platforms, and gifting us with a “hold it in your hands” Mesa ni Misis Cookbook. Honestly, if Juana hadn’t...
HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRIPE-VINE Philip Cu Unjieng 1) In the Eat of the Moment If there’s an industry hard hit by the COVID virus and community quarantines it would be the restaurant industry. Food in itself is still a mainstay of our consumption patterns, so those who offer deliveries and...
HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRIPE-VINE Philip Cu Unjieng Our Big Online Learning Experiment has truly commenced. Several private schools had a head start a month ago, but early last week, the 2020-2021 school year officially begun in earnest. Whether it’s Blended Learning or the other hybrid modalities...
Multi-media queen Kris Aquino is simply amazed at the fact that she has two sons who are now both at least six feet tall. On Instagram Oct. 4, Aquino, 49, posted again photos of her two children who are now taller than her. "My TOWERS of #love. Happy weekend! #family ❤️" said Aquino in her...
HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRIPE-VINE Philip Cu Unjieng While my sister was compiling research material for her Assumption velada (and all Assumption alumni, and their husbands, will attest to just how seriously they take these veladas); she stumbled upon an archival photograph of the very first Earth...
HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRIPE-VINE Philip Cu Unjieng Don’t look now, but all the talk and fears of a global COVID second wave look very real – and this second “alon” should make us all count ourselves lucky, and extra vigilant, that we’re in a part of the globe where things seem to be...
From left, Jesus Clint Aranas (Archery), Executive Board Member; Steve Hontiveros (Handball), POC Chairman; Abraham Tolentino (Cycling), POC President; and Cynthia Carrion (Gymnastics), Executive Board Member (MB File Photo) Archery chief Clint Aranas bared his partial ticket for the Philippine...
HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRIPE-VINE Philip Cu Unjieng My three sons are all in their 20s; and the middle boy left for San Francisco early February to start a year-long internship at a Bay Area hotel as part of completing his H&R Hospitality degree requirements. By mid-March, the hotel had gone on...
Philip Cu Unjieng HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRIPE-VINE Have you been keeping count? Or just letting the days, weeks, months slip by as one unfathomable continuum? Cause don’t look now; but on Tuesday, the 15th of September, it’s not only payday, but also Pay-the-Price day as we reach the 6-month...
Philip Cu Unjieng HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRIPE-VINE We take words for granted. We use them liberally, with supreme confidence that we’re using them correctly; but do we really know how they’ve come to exist? And do we even understand their true meaning or etymology? The inescapable fact is that...
