MEDIUM RARE Jullie Y. Daza It might as well have been a weekend. But because it was a national holiday, feast of the Immaculate Conception of Mary, the whole world seemed to be in one great big place, gathered to celebrate the holy day as well as the coming holidays, and they were there at MOA,...
MEDIUM RARE Jullie Y. Daza Who is the candidate who has reared 820 children with only one Mrs. (and no mistresses) by his side? “Lou Salvador and Ramon Revilla? I’m second to none!” Who is the one with three closets and drawers full of shirts in flowery prints? “We live in the tropics; why...
MEDIUM RARE Jullie Y. Daza In the beginning, there were only the Liberal Party, Nacionalista Party, Kilusan ng Bagong Lipunan. Today, the explosion of political ambitions has led to the implosion of political parties, as a consequence of which the electorate is puzzled, but only a bit more so than...
MEDIUM RARE Jullie Y. Daza Deck the halls of our malls big and small wall to wall as you crawl through the sprawl In November ‘til December ‘tis good to remember how an invisible corona failed to dismember the jolly and merry in our hearts for Christ is born and hope springs for the weary and...
Images by the author THE LURE OF BREAD Bread Basket in Vista Mall, Sta. Rosa, Laguna. Just to get out of the city on lockdown, what could be more fun than a food trip? The price of gasoline kept going up, but since the little car had not been in use for weeks, what the heck? Just board, turn the...
MEDIUM RARE Jullie Y. Daza At long last, I can say I’ve a friend (of 40 years) who’s in the presidential sweepstakes to lead this country for the next six years. Alas, he has to beat 96 other candidates dreaming the same dream. Antonio “Butch” Valdes, CPA, businessman, commentator, pundit,...
MEDIUM RARE Jullie Y. Daza Having been liberated by the downgrading to “moderate risk” of Metro Manila as a COVID magnet, what was there to do but jump in the car – my own “bubble” – and see for myself what I’d been missing, scenery wise, for nearly two years. This is my verdict....
MEDIUM RARE Jullie Y. Daza Do you remember what you did four days ago, where you went and whom you met? In a nutshell, that’s the problem of a contact tracer trying to jog the memory of someone whose task is to tick off their answers to a list of questions designed not for an individual person...
MEDIUM RARE Jullie Y. Daza As of the Oct. 8 deadline for the filing of certificates of candidacy, more than 60 citizens of the Republic want to be president to solve our problems, current and perennial. Having accepted their applications, Comelec assured voters that they are all qualified. Not...
MEDIUM RARE Jullie Y. Daza TV coverage of the first day filing of certificates of candidacy provided a fresh dose of hope as expressed by presidential hopefuls with grand ideas to solve the country’s problems. What a pleasure to meet the lady speaking as the “medium of white elves.” I...
MEDIUM RARE Jullie Y. Daza After nearly two years, 2.4 million confirmed cases and more than 37,000 deaths as of two days ago, what have we learned about the coronavirus? The great mystery is still in answering the question, “Where did the patient get it? From whom?” The prayerful, like...
MEDIUM RARE Jullie Y. Daza Pia Hontiveros, CNN Philippines anchor, gathered three political analysts/campaign strategists to talk about “new alliances in 2022” – and they all agreed with one another. If there was a difference of opinion, I didn’t catch it. Truth be told, I found myself...
