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 Baguio, the summer capital, now just a capital without summer as storm winds lashed and tropical rain fell in sheets alternating with drizzles. In one corner of the cake shop at Baguio Country Club on the first working day of the week, I thought I spotted the general,...
MEDIUM RARE Jullie Y. Daza As an admirer of political scientist Clarita Carlos – and even if I were not – I agree with her sagacious opinion: Groom the young ones and see them shine! If Prof Carlos was talking about political candidates, I would guess she had in mind, without naming names,...
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 How do opinion surveys like those that pop up every election season compare with astrology, feng shui, and plain guesswork? Manila Mayor Isko Moreno, a leading contender in the presidential polls, was all set to file his certificate of candidacy on Oct. 1 when someone in...
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 As senior citizens’ champion Romy Macalintal puts it, why are those survey results coming out so early in the game? Early, Attorney, with the filing of certificates of candidacy now in full swing? What I find audacious is not the timing but the unexpected scores – how...
MEDIUM RARE Jullie Y. Daza The father of a child enrolled in a classroom at home for distance or blended learning put it best when he said, “Ang nanay, maraming natututo.” (Mothers, they’re the ones learning much.) As parents and kids are finding out, the strategy is to let mama do the...
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 Doctora Claire is a heart doctor, but four days in the week she is assigned to the hospital’s COVID ward. She begins her day when most people at home are just waking up, wondering how late the doctora got in last night. It’s almost always a long, psychologically...
