Some of the brightest players in the country headline “Angatleta sa Araneta”, a campaign sortie of athletes supporting Presidential aspirant Leni Robredo. Photo from @solidtropavmt Twitter account The event will be held Tuesday, May 3, at the Smart Araneta Coliseum where athletes and fans...
LANDSCAPE Gemma Cruz Araneta Jose Rizal must have wanted his two novels to be read as one book, that is why on the title page of the hand-written original of “El Filibusterismo” (1891) these words appear in parenthesis – (II parte del Noli Me Tangere). But, Rizal crossed it out before...
Maye Araneta Gutierrez is the owner of Edible Blooms by Maye. People came up with all sorts of innovations during the COVID-19 pandemic. What could have been a complete tragedy was turned into business opportunities by some. Maye Araneta Gutierrez is one such person. Though she initially had her...
PBA commissioner Willie Marcial was glad that the fire which took place Wednesday, April 20 didn’t happen during the scheduled Game 6 of the Governors’ Cup Finals which was later postponed. Photo from JONAS TERRADO Marcial thanked his lucky stars after the incident that occurred during the...
LANDSCAPE Gemma Cruz Araneta When I first read “El Filibusterismo,” I was too young to understand why it is “profound and perfect” (Rizal’s own words), so I was appalled that Maria Clara jumped off the convent roof before Simoun could rescue her and that his revolution failed. Two decades...
Players from different 3x3 teams gather outside the Smart Araneta Coliseum after a fire broke out Wednesday, April 20. (JONAS TERRADO) The PBA decided to postpone Game 6 of the Governors’ Cup Finals due to a fire that broke out Wednesday, April 20 at the Smart Araneta Coliseum. PBA commissioner...
Firetrucks line up inside the Smart Araneta Coliseum. (JONAS TERRADO) A fire broke out at the Smart Araneta Coliseum on Wednesday, April 20, forcing the suspension of the PBA 3x3 Grand Finals and possibly Game 6 of the PBA Governors’ Cup Finals. The incident occurred before noon, forcing PBA 3x3...
A fire incident was reported inside the Smart Araneta Coliseum in Cubao, Quezon City on Wednesday, April 20. Based on a Facebook live of the Quezon City Fire District 5, the fire was reported in the upper section of the coliseum. According to Bureau of Fire Protection Public Information...
LANDSCAPE Gemma Cruz Araneta I am the happy owner of two pre-loved Camilo Osias books both titled, “The Philippine Readers;” I do not know if these were also used in private schools, specially the sectarian ones, during that period called “peacetime.” The revised edition of Book...
LANDSCAPE Gemma Cruz Araneta In 1901, General Arthur MacArthur (Douglas’s father) announced: “A rapid extension of educational facilities is an exclusively military measure…” What a clever strategy, that was the essence of “benevolent assimilation” and “pacification.” Immediately,...
LANDSCAPE Gemma Cruz Araneta As Women’s Month comes to an end, I am rereading essays written by my mother (Carmen Guerrero Nakpil, CGN) about the Filipino woman. She was not a feminist, yet she defended women’s rights to education, freedom of speech and assembly, the pursuit of happiness and...
LANDSCAPE Gemma Cruz Araneta How I wish I had asked my grandmothers more about themselves. Both lived in historical times; both survived a yesterday of revolutions and wars of invasion; their today overlapped with mine and they unobtrusively prepared me for a tomorrow of uncertainties. My...
