MEDIUM RARE Who had the most fun watching the President’s SONA, his fifth and second to the last? It looks like Mae “Juana Change” Paner wins, hands and flippers down. Her costume of a certain “Hairy Roque” outperformed all the other effigies, she hogged the whole nine yards sans pool --...
MEDIUM RARE Jullie Y. Daza It’s not enough that riding-in-tandem sweethearts and couples wear their helmets, masks, gloves, for now there must be an acrylic shield between them whenever they mount their motorcycles. In addition, they should have with them their marriage certificate or ID showing...
MEDIUM RARE All eyes on the President for his SONA on Monday. All ears, too. We’re hungry for some good news, Sir, not the usual mindboggling statistics prepared by your IATF club. We’re not out of the woods yet. -- IMF The worst is yet to come. -- WHO No light at the end of the tunnel. –...
MEDIUM RARE And the race is on! Which of the 23 anti-COVID-19 vaccines being developed in China and the First World will be first to cross the finish line? We may not be able to afford the prices of those early vaccines, but we have some homegrown remedies that doctors and pharmacologists are...
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...
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...
