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Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2019 17:00:32 +0000

  LEGISLATORS and educators want our kids to learn the rudiments of good conduct and right manners. Thank you very much, let’s start with those first two words, if not all four. Why do today’s generation think “thank you” is for the birds? Blame it on their parents. The same parents who, when fetching their […]

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2019 17:00:22 +0000

  WHAT a delightful “Maligayang Pasko” feeling, to be at the formal inauguration of Duty Free Philippines’ Luxe mall in MOA! What fun everyone had finding themselves in the midst of a native and tropical Christmas, surrounded by islands of imported goods, at the crossroads where the world’s luxury brands meet the best of Philippine […]

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Sat, 23 Nov 2019 06:43:26 +0000

  RISING to a height of 50 me­ters, straight and sharp as a letter opener, the Southeast Asian Games torch tower is the last monumental work of Nation­al Artist for Architecture Bobby Mañosa. Mr. Mañosa should have been named National Artist 30, 40 years earlier. Only Mr. Mañosa made a push for Philippine archi­tecture by […]

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2019 16:15:00 +0000

  “A CHAIR is still a chair, even when there’s no one sitting there,” from a song composed and sung by Barbra Streisand. The issue of the day is not an empty chair but two co-chairs heading the 20-headed ICAD. Between the two, who’s more equal? The Vice President or the Director General of PDEA […]

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2019 16:15:30 +0000

  IT’S Christmas as soon as Belenismo arrives in Tarlac province. November to Jan. 6, 2020 the Holy Family in different showy settings carries on the Filipino tradition of building Christmas dreams around the birth of the Infant Jesus with love, hope, prayer. This year’s event has just grown so much bigger, giving two sets […]

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2019 16:30:54 +0000

  IN her eulogy to end all eu­logies, Robina – there’s only one Robina – bade farewell to her larger-than-life dad, John Gokongwei Jr., by revealing all his little secrets. From his hospital bed, he asked for his companies’ daily financial reports. He advised his 24-year-old grandson Justin Gokongwei Pe to “play around” before set­tling […]

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2019 16:15:51 +0000

  THE story of a bridge and a school, serendipitously. On our way to Tiong Se Academy’s 120th anniversary fete, my friend’s driver made a detour to give me a better view in daylight of Jones bridge’s newly installed lamp posts. My impression was that they were too close together, but what the heck, the […]

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2019 17:00:55 +0000

  ONE critic disarmed. In showbiz lingo, a “love team” is born. Vice President Leni Robredo and PDEA director general Aaron Aquino look good together as working partners, co-chairmen of that multiagency called ICAD. Will two heads in ICAD produce better results than one, with the brave and indefatigable PDEA chief already the face of […]

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Sat, 09 Nov 2019 07:26:59 +0000

  THE mayor of Manila has Iskored again. After turn­ing over P7 million (as of last count) worth of modeling fees to Philippine General Hospital and the earthquake refugees of Mindanao, Isko has just re­ceived the most spectacular gift, and it’s only the start of the long Christmas season. Two conglomerates have vowed P50 billion […]

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Wed, 06 Nov 2019 16:45:41 +0000

  BAD news surrounds us everywhere. It strikes at all hours. We live with it or we overcome it. Forget it and move on. As the Brits say, “Keep calm and carry on.” For a change of scenery, here’s some good news. To reduce the impact and spread of dengue fever, finally the Food and […]