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Predictions and predilections

It is the time of the year when predictions of all shapes and sizes, progressive or apocalyptic and utterly trash, will be revealed by everyone with any ostensibly prophetic calling. Armed with silly cards or radiant white sperma candles, or swanky mall-grade crystal...

A Memoir of World War II

Before the Japanese attacked the American naval base in Hawaii on December 8, 1941, their invasion of the Philippines was expected. By then, the Japanese had already occupied Manchuria, large portions of China. French Indochina and the island of Formosa. In Manila, the...

Renewable energy: Future source of power

Leila Noel left the Philippines when her hometown Bansalan in Davao del Sur did not have electricity yet. “This was in the late 1970s when the country had to grapple with the oil crisis,” she recalled. “I practically grew up without electricity. When I was in high...

Say I do

I’ve been wanting to devote a column to the happy betrothal of Harry Windsor and Meghan Markle.  The Prince and the Showgirl was long overdue for a reboot—the last was between Rainier of Monaco and Grace Kelly, the glacier-cool heroine of many a...

Two thousand and seventeen

Some half a century ago, a certain Chilean poet and Nobel laureate goes by the name Pablo Neruda penned a modern classic titled “Puedo escribir los versos más tristes esta noche” or more popularly known to English language-enslaved tongues as “Tonight I can...

Veteran journo Rolly Espina writes 30

Journalist Rolando “Rolly” Espina passed away peacefully on Thursday, Dec. 28, 2017 surrounded by children and grandchildren in his home in Bacolod City. He was 84. Rolly was born on Aug. 23, 1933 in Escalante, Negros Occidental, the eldest of six children born to...

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HSMA Launches Virtus Awards 2018

The HSMA is issuing a call for entries for the forthcoming Virtus Awards—otherwise known in the industry as the Oscars of hotel sales and...

Touring history: A look at the Philippine Air Force Aerospace Museum

I was too early for the Nick Joaquin Literary Awards (NJLA), an annual event staged by the Philippines Graphic magazine. This was to begin...

Between vaccines and variants

A woman walks past a mural depicting a white dove parachuting COVID-19 vaccine vials. The mural was found near the Italian Health Ministry Headquarters...

A time for heroes

At the entrance of the tree-lined park, the shiny black granite wall is farthest from view. Closer is the imposing 14-meter bronze statue of...