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Friday, January 31, 2025

Coffee Talk

Coffee at its best

A FEW months ago, I had a coffee chat with some friends ā€“ a sportsman, a publicist and a retired politician. We have not...

Are these candidates really serious?

IT HAS BEEN the talk in coffee shops and beer joints ā€“ the upcoming barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections next month. Thousands have filed...

Transport modernization

THE PHILIPPINESā€™ ā€œking of the roadā€ has always been the world-famous jeepney. Decades back in Metro Manila, the dominant jeepney design was by the...

Negros Island Region

THE BREWING talk of coffee drinkers recently was the proposed formation of the Negros Island Region or NIR. It was a good matter to...

Build the Bilibid in an island

DECADES of unsolved problems at the Bilibid prison is the topic of discussion of coffee talkers this week ā€“ the engineer, golfer, retired policeman,...

Mobile kitchen and more

DUE TO Severe Tropical Storm ā€œPaengā€, coffee talkers missed some mornings huddling and discussing the hottest issues of the day. But now theyā€™re back! *** ā€œThe national...

Safety in school

WE ARE BACK on the coffee table exchanging brilliant ideas and wishful thinking. Face-to-face classes have resumed in schools. Parents, guardians and grandparents fetching...

Donā€™t postpone barangay elections

IT WAS an exciting afternoon. I got invited to a ā€œcoffee dayā€ in a simple coffee shop. I could not say no. I became a...

Do political rallies prove there is no virus?

IN ā€œCOLOREDā€ rallies across the country, some senior citizens gather together and stand shoulder to shoulder with other political supporters. Of course, everyone is...

Why not have new faces in the Senate

PEOPLE are wondering why there are just a few family names running the country, in the Senate, to be specific. It is a merry-go-ā€˜round...