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A face to face reunion

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By Rex Catubig   MY high school class celebrated its Ruby or 40th anniversary in 2005. Our class president Ramon Reyna wanted no less than the best and brightest. And after attending a preliminary meeting, I was prevailed upon to conceptualize the event. I thought of a Western theme to recapture…

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A face to face reunion

By December 31, 2023Entre'acte

Betting in jueteng

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By Rex Catubig   GAMBLING or games akin, provided the perk in our tranquil barrio. The kids indulged in the harmless though not exactly wholesome ‘buntayog’ or ‘tatsing’. While the elderly would sit for hours in front of the sari-sari store figuring out their moves in ‘dama’. But the more…

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Betting in jueteng

By November 26, 2023Entre'acte

Picking ‘kulkuldit’

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By Rex Catubig   THE fascination with chance is rooted in my boyhood. But it is not all related to the DNA chain. Juvenile flirting with the bewitching flytrap of luck is the plausible excuse. It was the fun-filled Fifties. In the corner sari-sari store of Nana Pacing which I…

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Picking ‘kulkuldit’

By November 19, 2023Entre'acte