Entre’acte

by Rex Catubig

April 27, 2024 in Entre'acte, Punch Gallery

FORGET ME, FORGET ME NOT

By Rex Catubig   "WATCH out, you will crush the food" Arman yelled as I plopped myself on the passenger seat of his truck. I was taken aback. "How did it get there?", I asked incredulously, referring to my Sharon loot. "You were holding it and you put it there",…
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April 20, 2024 in Entre'acte, Punch Gallery

The food on our table

By Rex Catubig   APRIL Filipino Food Month’s celebration of our culinary heritage takes me on a gastronomic reminiscence of the food on our table in our barrio. Barrio Calmay was a Lilliputian town, where one could buy cheap home-cooked food in little pakanan or carinderia. Mama Bestre was undoubtedly…
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April 14, 2024 in Entre'acte, Punch Gallery

Handa ka ba? When the ‘Big One’ hits?

By Rex Catubig   FOLLOWING the 7.4 Taiwan temblor, Phivolcs issued an advisory citing the imminent danger arising from a strong earthquake up to magnitude 8.2.  Responding to the possible scenario, Mayor Belen Fernandez held an urgent conference to discuss Disaster Preparedness. Actually, in January, the City already held a…
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April 8, 2024 in Entre'acte, Punch Gallery

POV: Seeking Mayor Belen

By Rex Catubig   SHE is known as a shrewd businesswoman, a smart entrepreneur, an astute politician, a public servant nonpareil. But behind all this, is a facet rarely seen, thus, unappreciated. She hardly stays put in City Hall. Because the city is her office. And she’s always on the…
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March 30, 2024 in Entre'acte, Punch Gallery

“Abet-abet ed olin inbilay”

(Easter Sunday in Blue Beach)   By Rex Catubig BY the time the Sunday PUNCH reaches the newsstands today, morning has broken  and the traditional Abet-abet  depicting the encounter between the Risen Christ and His beloved Mother Mary on Easter Sunday would have already taken place at the Tondaligan Ferdinand…
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