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  WHETHER it’s your birth­day or not, the passing of the old year spells an additional year to your age....

    THE Two Popes, a Netflix movie that premiered last week, looks like a two-character play. The plot revolves...

  A BIT of background before I tell my Christmas story. I mailed the following letter to my friend Mike...

  DO not, repeat, do not give choc­olates to President Duterte. He’s allergic to chocolates. They turn his stomach upside...

  THERE was no Perry Mason mo­ment. But the prosecution and defense agreed on one thing, Al­leluia!, and that saved...

  LIKE him or not, Pope Francis I is his best public relations agent (almost homonymous with angel). Right off...

  FRIDAY the 13th. Pay day. Twelve days before Christmas. Traffic on SLEX. Not enough dissuaders? How about the fickle...

  JUBILATION! Exaltation! For the nation, the brightest Christmas ever – all hail the su­per athletes of Southeast Asia! Their...

  AT last, a beauty with very short hair gets to win and wear the crown. Miss South Africa, Zozibini...

  AS the SEA Games have shown, we have no lack of heroes and champions, many of them unsung and...

  FROM Russia with love and hi-tech savvy, a machine that reads how healthy one’s body is by using sound...

  ANGRY words they were, enough to drown the two water distributors of Manila and environs as Tisoy stormed across...

  PICTURE this. Last September, 230,000 teachers-to-be took their “entrance exams,” in a manner of speaking. Any day now, if...

  LEGISLATORS and educators want our kids to learn the rudiments of good conduct and right manners. Thank you very...

  WHAT a delightful “Maligayang Pasko” feeling, to be at the formal inauguration of Duty Free Philippines’ Luxe mall in...

  RISING to a height of 50 me­ters, straight and sharp as a letter opener, the Southeast Asian Games torch...