IF SYMPTOMS PERSIST “My two assets my pen and my voice – and it had to be the esophagus.” – Christopher Hitchens (1949-2011), Anglo-American writer and journalist, Mortality (2012) There are at least four alcoholic writers, (Poe, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Hemingway, Alan Watts) that I admire....
This photo taken on July 18, 2020 shows players and coaching staff from the Wuhan Zall football team arriving in Suzhou, in China's eastern Jiangsu province. (Photo by STR / AFP) Wuhan Zall will make a poignant return to action when the delayed Chinese Super League season kicks off on Saturday,...
IF SYMPTOMS PERSIST “Whole nations annihilated… the vast cities of America, the fertile plains of Hindostan, the crowded abodes of the Chinese, are menaced with utter ruin.”— Mary Shelley (1797-1851), English novelist, The Last Man (1826) Mary Shelley, best known for the Gothic novel...
PEACE-MAKER As of last month, June, both the San Miguel Corporation (SMC), of which he is president and COO, and his personal pandemic-related donations to the medical sector and hard-hit communities have amounted to a staggering P1.25 billion, including medical equipment, food products, alcohol,...
Despite feeling homesick, PH fencers continue training Filipino fencers, from left, Noelito Jose, Kimberly Camahalan and Hanniel Abella take a break from jogging at the Philsports Complex (formerly ULTRA) in Pasig City. (Photo courtesy of Hanniel Abella) Southeast Asian Games gold medalist Hanniel...
IF SYMPTOMS PERSIST “What peaceful hours I once enjoy’d!” – William Cowper (1731-1800), English poet and hymnodist, Walking with God (c.1779) Here’s a conundrum: here you are WFH (working from home) and yet – you’re stressed (!). It comes as an irony that William Cowper suffered a...
National fencing team scheduled to compete in Olympic qualifiers next year Philippine Fencing Association (PFA) president and Ormoc City mayor Richard Gomez (Nick Giongco) Philippine Fencing Association president Richard Gomez said they have proposed to the Philippine Sports Commission to extend...
IF SYMPTOMS PERSIST DR. JOSE PUJALTE JR. “Here I and sorrows sit.” – William Shakespeare (1564-1616), English poet and playwright King John , Act. iii, Scene 1 (1623) Not that we have obliterated smoking as a health hazard – society continues to a pay a price for a smoking public in...
PEACE-MAKER Jose de Venecia Jr. Former Speaker of the House In the last days of 2018 and in the New Year, we witnessed in media Japan’s well-loved Emperor Akihito, a friend of the Filipino people, deliver his final New Year’s address to the Japanese people before his scheduled abdication in a...
