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...
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...
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...
MEDIUM RARE Jullie Y. Daza For China’s donation of 600,000 doses of their Sinovac vaccine, President Duterte thanked the Chinese government and people. At P680 a dose, the P408,000,000 cargo filled eight freezer vans, the first three of which moved ever so gingerly from Villamor Air Base to...
MEDIUM RARE Jullie Y. Daza Misencounter! A mistake encounter? Shootout! At the rate our law enforcement officers are shooting at one another, who’s left to eliminate dangerous criminals? Senator Risa Hontiveros, quoting the NCRPO chief: “This isn’t the first misencounter.” OMG, how many...
MEDIUM RARE Jullie Y. Daza Pork is in short supply, too expensive. Eat veggies instead? Some of them are worth their weight in gold. Eat fish? Only the rich can afford the poor man’s fish, galunggong. Now, the poor are also complaining that sardine prices could go up soon, with manufacturers...
MEDIUM RARE Jullie Y. Daza GCQ to MGCQ soon. Almost back to normal. Abnormal has become routine. As that durable cliché goes, change is the only permanence. “I felt trapped.” With those words, 1986 People Power photographer Mandy Navasero made up her mind to live a double life – continue...
MEDIUM RARE Jullie Y. Daza In the season of pandemic, food is a shining star, whether as alimentary consumption or an elemental business. Amateur cooks and start-up chefs found their true second nature as restaurateurs, caterers, and overnight, Richard Gomez is on YouTube cooking, At Home with...
MEDIUM RARE Jullie Y. Daza Forgive me if after Chinese New Year’s Day and Valentine’s Day the mood hereabouts continues to be more upbeat than downcast. Look up at the clear blue skies, or the indigo-blue with a trillion stars (mostly in our dreams now that light pollution has deprived us of...
