MEDIUM RARE Jullie Y. Daza Is Yorme’s movie showing? How many voters can afford a P350 ticket? Fans of Isko Moreno, presidential candidate, can’t find the so-called biopic in the mall screenings despite press releases quoting his director’s announcement of a Dec. 1 playdate for “Yorme: The...
MEDIUM RARE Jullie Y. Daza As James Bond says, “No time to die.” We’re all aging uniformly with each tick of the clock, at the same pace, the same rate, though in different ways. This is not the time to let our guard down. We’re losing more than 100 COVID-19 patients a day and the numbers...
MEDIUM RARE Jullie Y. Daza What would you do if you were found by a contact tracer and told to report to the local epidemiology and surveillance unit because you’re suspected of having been exposed to a COVID-positive person? A panic attack might have ensued for Greg had he not stopped to think...
MEDIUM RARE Jullie Y. Daza All in one day, presidential candidates Lacson, Marcos, and Pacquiao talked about, tested for, showed off the results – negative – of their drug tests. But for Senator Ping Lacson, displaying a bottle containing his urine, eww, could not have been as memorable as...
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 There’s a Christmas store in every imagination, including the one where Santa and his elves – and Mrs. Claus? – work the whole year round creating and wrapping presents. This one on San Francisco del Monte in Quezon City is unique. On a...
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...
