Author: Noly Balatero

It has always been said, tongue in check, that when the going gets tough, only the tough gets going. And

Even now, much of the populace are eagerly awaiting the proverbial light at tunnel’s end. Far too long have we

The good news is the continued slide-down of covid-19 cases throughout the country. That’s the national profile as recent as

Today, the city has taken the cudgels to review its own covid-19 efforts, harnessing an “all of society” response to

It’s still the V that can only capably beat the V. Vaccine over virus. Nothing else for now. Globally, they’re

What’s happening outside our shores has deadlier consequences for us here. India is reeling from a 3rd wave, this time

When news finally broke out on the re-imposition of ECQ in the metro area, along with 4 adjacent provinces, so

Time was when moviegoing was a common dating fare, as every oldtimer are won’t to say in between exclaimed outbursts

Now that the much-awaited vaccines are here, being actually rolled out since Friday last week, it may be prudent to

THE LATEST feedback, no less reported by the national IATF these past days, is that the much-awaited vaccines are not

UNDER normal circumstances, we would have referred to this universal greeting, straight from the heart, getting it across either through

FROM HIGH-RISK, to low-risk city, all in a matter of two weeks last month. Not bad at all. After all,

SO WE’RE A HIGH-RISK city, again. But, and here’s the rub, hasn’t this been expected all along, when we’ve decided

Developing events on the pandemic situation appear to be sporadically providing glimmers of hope getting messed up by indications of

Tomorrow Monday is when the city’s public schools re-open — not the physical setting that students and pupils have been

The recent upsurge in transmission cases — last week 36 were listed up all in a day, but yesterday, the

Everything possible should have been set by now before D-Day. Yes, it’s when tourism gets its own deliverance, from the

Next week, we’d all be on tenterhooks as Baguio formally launches a so-called Tourism Bubble, something that would link-up a

A mixed feeling of anxiety and hopefulness couldn’t be helped these days. Anxiety, because as we begin re-opening tourism —

Two days from now, we will be commemorating A HUNDRED AND ELEVEN YEARS of eventful city life, no doubt made