Pinoy Christmas songs were already playing in the house that Thursday, 9 a.m. There was excitement in my youngest brother Rod’s face as he put to full blast the volume of the Bluetooth speaker he ...

The Cebuanos and other friends from the Visayas have been asking me “to set the record straight,” something which I already did years ago when the “issue” came up. Actually, I have forgotten that I ...

“That is my favorite carol,” declares our granddaughter Kristin,8. “Mine too,” says Kathie,5. The two meant “Ang Pasko Ay Sumapit”—the hijacked Tagalog version of “Kasadya Ning Takna-a,” a winning ...