MEDIUM RARE Jullie Y. Daza Baguio City, a hot topic. Mayor Magalong, aka contact tracing “czar,” tarred, tainted by the city’s scandal of the season, at party where pictures were shot, advertently or inadvertently, of the merrymakers making merry sans masks. “Sapagka’t kami ay tao...
MEDIUM RARE Jullie Y. Daza Nineteen days after the Quiapo phenomenon of more than 200,000 devotees turning out en masse to honor the Black Nazarene, we have yet to hear if superspreaders added to the transmission of COVID-19 cases in the NCR. Or if it’s simply a case of no news is good news. The...
MEDIUM RARE Jullie Y. Daza “. . . for the world in its present form is passing away.” From a letter of St. Paul to the Corinthians (said to be a sinful people), read in church last Sunday. Whether those words, written a little less than 2,000 years ago, stopped you in your tracks or did not,...
MEDIUM RARE Jullie Y. Daza It was perfect whether-weather – whether sunny, whether rainy, whether cloudy. We got all three on a pretty day two hours out of Metro Manila. Just as the sun began to set and soften the curves of rolling hills, there was no whether-ing about where to eat. After all,...
MEDIUM RARE Jullie Y. Daza Baguio weather in Silang, said to be “Cavite’s biggest town.” Who wouldn’t accept the invitation? Baguio takes four to five hours, Silang two. With the RFID pass still to be tested and the promise of Baguio weather yet to be verified, the call of the weekend...
MEDIUM RARE Jullie Y. Daza Vaccine, vaccine, vaccine. That’s all people can talk about. The what (brands), where (to get it), how (logistics, distribution), why not (choice of brand), and when. Starting February (let’s hope not Feb. 29) you get Sinovac, but wait for July to choose your vax. The...
MEDIUM RARE Jullie Y. Daza “If you get vaccinated with a dose that’s 50 percent effective, it means you reduce the infection rate by 50 percent.” It does not mean that the vaccine is only half good. If the vaccine is 95 percent efficacious, “you’re 95 percent sure of protection.” Edson...
MEDIUM RARE Jullie Y. Daza She’s not a spring chicken anymore but her idea of exercise in the time of the pandemic is scuba-diving. That sport may or may not be at the extreme end of leisure activities for adults, but Lee is a super/superior senior whose constitution and state of health, honed...
MEDIUM RARE Jullie Y. Daza Corruption in places high and low. The Department of Justice is conducting a “massive” investigation but how massive can it be, that the Presidential Anti-Corruption Commission beat DOJ in the game by naming names. Who’s investigating the investigators?...
Shirley Villamor, an enterprise resource planning (ERP) software consultant, started gardening with a limited understanding of the practice. In hopes of pursuing a hobby that’s different from the nature of her work, she ended up developing a garden to benefit her mental health. “Gardening is my...
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This North Philippine Dwarf Kingfisher is a sight for sore eyes Just a week ago, a rare bird captured the hearts of Pinoys online. A pale-colored Eurasian Tree Sparrow, or more commonly known as a maya , was photographed in a park in Las Piñas . If you found that adorable, then this photo of an...
