IT IS 10 p.m. and Brian Poe Llamanzares is on fire. After a whole day of campaigning in Dumaguete, he is wide awake and eager to tell me about the work he does for his mother’s campaign.
SEN. Grace Poe is just like any mother who likes to cook and experiment in the kitchen with her daughters Hanna and Nika. She finds delight in what most of us also enjoy—simple fare and local flavors that not only satisfy but also bring back childhood memories.
FATHERS play a huge role in the molding and shaping of their daughters. Oftentimes, a daughter’s success later in life can be traced to having had a father who was a true partner, one who was actively and genuinely involved in her upbringing.
Quite a large crowd of family, friends and admirers of the late Josefina Gaboya Magsaysay turned up one sunny afternoon for the launch of a book simply titled “Jo.” That’s the name by which she was fondly called by a legion of those close and dear as well as a horde of avid readers.
Your mantra for the week: “I accept change as a natural consequence of being alive.”
Your mantra for the week: “God’s Mind can only be changed when I change myself.”
“This is the sous vide tuna, ma’am, with caramelized onion and Piquillo pepper,” the waiter said as he served my Pintxos (pinchos), or “toasted bread” with savory toppings.
“It’s a puzzlement!” said the Thai monarch in the musicale “The King and I.” The amazing wins of two woman senators, both greenhorns, Grace Poe Llamanzares and Nancy Binay, beg for an explanation for the small, skeptical middle class, but not for the huge, mainstream masa voters who are street smart and whose wit is sharper.
In a small, relatively empty but exclusive-looking Makati nightspot called Behind Bar, the country’s five presidential candidates find...