MEDIUM RARE Jullie Y. Daza Until the day he left Malacañang, President Duterte never made good his promise to vaccinate, by force or by good intentions, the stubborn, pigheaded senior citizens who see no value in being protected by science from the deadly coronavirus disease. Which was more...
MEDIUM RARE Jullie Y. Daza This guy PBBM is fearless. In the words of farmer-Rep. Argel Cabatbat, “like a general going to battle” instead of calling the shots from a faraway armchair. Brilliant move! – former DA secretary Manny Piñol Excellent decision! – outgoing Senate President Tito...
MEDIUM RARE Jullie Y. Daza A triple celebration, Rizal Day, Father’s Day, the day of Sara Duterte’s oath-taking as vice president of the Philippines. All eyes were on Sara, standing beside her mother and her father the President. The city of Davao turned out to celebrate with her, but other...
And neither is this book history, though someday it might well be “Chinatown is not a place,” declared journalist-author Jullie Yap Daza to her friends. Now that sentence is the title of her latest book. Technically, Chinatown is one square kilometer in size, an area surrounded by streets whose...
MEDIUM RARE Jullie Y. Daza Everyone’s a winner when you look at the size and enthusiasm of the crowds greeting, screaming their hearts out, hailing their candidates like victors ready to be crowned. The latest survey by Laylo researchers gives BBM-Sara’s Uniteam a formidable, unshakable lead...
MEDIUM RARE Jullie Y. Daza For the first time in political history (I think) three presidential candidates from three different parties came together to break bread with the press to reiterate their singular battlecry: “Come what may, we’re in this together!”; “ Tuloy ang laban !”; “...
MEDIUM RARE Jullie Y. Daza When LPA meets Malakas, destructive floods occur in places in the Visayas and Mindanao while Metro Manilans pray for rain. Rain is as utilitarian as it is romantic, but what a waste, when all that precious precipitation just goes down the drain. And yet, and yet, at...
MEDIUM RARE Jullie Y. Daza Weeks and weeks before President Duterte turned 77 and months before he will step down, the Presidential Communications Operations Office was already busy releasing tons of information on “The Duterte Legacy” in print, on air, and throughout the width and breadth of...
MEDIUM RARE Jullie Y. Daza Excerpts culled from a replay of “The Chat Room” on PTV, with UniTeam candidate BBM replying to questions by Communication Secretary Martin Andanar and Erwin Tulfo. “Food sovereignty.” Plant enough to produce our own supply to keep prices steady. Learn from...
MEDIUM RARE Jullie Y. Daza ABS-CBN news anchor Bernadette Sembrano’s throw-away line during her extro, “I’m not going back to my old life!” was said with such glee and gusto, it made my day! She did not elaborate, but everyone who heard her knew what she meant. There’s merit in staying...
MEDIUM RARE Jullie Y. Daza Just when people are more free to move around, here comes the one big reason to not move around so much. The escalating cost of fuel should keep us at home more than driving out on a whim or just because the car is parked, doing nothing. For reasons of safety from a virus...
MEDIUM RARE Jullie Y. Daza Is Vladimir Putin the ferocious and aggressive tiger that the world was expecting, though in a merely metaphorical sense, upon the entry of the Year of the Tiger? Ah, but a yoga teacher who is feng shui advocate Lillian Too’s representative/ambassador in the Philippines...
