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 Wearing an immaculate white T-shirt with the Polo emblem of Ralph Lauren, President Duterte held a conversation with a vlogger which was aired by the state-run TV channel last Sunday. It was low-key and Mr. Duterte came across as pensive but willing to bare his soul. I...
MEDIUM RARE Jullie Y. Daza Will she or won’t she? After scoffing at the intramurals in her father’s political party as a sitcom, it was Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte’s turn to author her own mystery-thriller cliffhanger. Political analysts came out of the woodwork guessing what was the...
MEDIUM RARE Jullie Y. Daza She’s a young 60-year-old who graduated summa cum laude with a baccalaureate degree many years ago. Her present job in a nonprofit mandates the foundation to work with farmers, senior citizens, and civic groups invested in promoting agriculture as well as small...
MEDIUM RARE Jullie Y. Daza Now that Christmas has arrived – not finally, but initially, like an unexpected spontaneous combustion – we can say that the holiday wishes of Henry Lim Bon Liong, Joey Concepcion, and Sergio Ortiz-Luis have come true. Not to mention those of the millions of children,...
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...
Medium Rare Jullie Y. Daza On All Souls Day when millions of the living were back at work or doing their WFH chores, I chose to register my existence with the state’s stamp and documentation to prove it. It is not as if I had no passport or senior citizen’s card or a driver’s license, but...
Medium Rare Jullie Y. Daza Kris Aquino lost several pounds due to a personal crisis but gained the love – “I feel he loves me” – of Mel Sarmiento, her fiancé, who has never looked more lovestruck. His effect on Kris has been immediately palpable. There’s now a sense of calm around her,...
MEDIUM RARE Jullie Y. Daza Dolomite, dolomite! “What’s the fuss?” asked an exasperated photographer, Sonny E, who has seen lots of beaches, more beautiful and less controversial than the one along Roxas Blvd. If he was tearing his hair as he said so, would Sonny have ripped his shirt as...
MEDIUM RARE Jullie Y. Daza He looks like a cop, walks like a cop, talks like a cop, moves around like a cop, indeed, like the top cop that he is. But thanks to a crazy law that has produced a succession of PNP chiefs with ultra-short tours of duty, Gen. Guillermo Eleazar is leaving the service...
MEDIUM RARE Jullie Y. Daza Philippines always late? Not when it comes to ingenious ways to make crime pay. On Oct. 23, a drone made its maiden flight in Toronto, Canada, to deliver human lungs for transplant to a hospital 1.2 km away. The event made headlines around the world. Three days before...
MEDIUM RARE Jullie Y. Daza For days on end, TV correspondents could not get over how parents and their tykes swarmed Manila’s Dolomite Beach because the children had to have their fresh air, outdoor exercise, and liberation from 19 months of cabin fever. Adults who had been feeling the same sense...
