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Four funerals

told in order of importance.   i.    My grandmother tells me and my cousins not to look back on my grandfather’s funeral. Best not to take the...

“To poke the eye of the President”

I recall meeting former President Fidel V. Ramos for the first time. Decades ago I was assigned by a lifestyle magazine editor to conduct...

Sunny with a chance of tikoy

Tikoy is China’s fruitcake. A sentence as declarative as this usually demands proof, and usually, the proof is in the tikoy, but have you...

The tremendous power of secrets: Cecilla Manguerra Brainard’s ‘Magdalena’

The first call of a novel is to tell a story. Not just any story, mind you, but the story only the author of...

Fifty Shades Freed: Finally free of this!

Three years ago, my best friend Mary Estrella called me on my cell, shrieking that the “Fifty Shades” trilogy of E.L. James will finally...

The exterminators

Globally, at least three million people are poisoned by pesticides every year, of whom 20,000 people die.  That’s according to the Geneva-based World Health Organization...

The war against colorectal cancer

In this month of March, the world celebrates Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month. This campaign was first launched in 1999 in the United States to...

Globe Telecom anti-spam solution nets global recognition

Telco’s Project Watch wins for its solution to combat SMS spams and scams  Globe Telecom gained another milestone in the global telco arena after it...

Battle of the Supreme: Team Pineapple vs. Team Anti-Pineapple

“Pineapples on a pizza?” is one of the age-old most controversial food-related argument and becomes a subject for an internet debate, as vocal critics...

Lenten Special at Chicken Delli

At Chicken Deli, you can enjoy their hearty bangus dishes that will satisfy the taste of anyone who is abstaining during the Lenten season. They...