LANDSCAPE Gemma Cruz Araneta (Part I) To celebrate Women’s Day (March 8), I resurrected the first ever article I wrote about my mother, Carmen Guerrero Nakpil, published in a widely-circulated daily in 1964, a month after I had won the Miss International Beauty title in Long Beach, California....
LANDSCAPE Gemma Cruz Araneta I n September 2013, with Syria in mind, President Vladimir Putin of the Russian Federation said that the founders of the United Nations Organization must have understood that decisions affecting war and peace should be made only by consensus. And with the USA’s...
Photo from PBA Metro Manila’s shift to the lowest alert level status will allow the PBA to hold its Governors’ Cup games at the Smart Araneta Coliseum before a full capacity starting Wednesday, March 2. PBA commissioner Willie Marcial confirmed the move as the league is now looking further at...
LANDSCAPE Gemma Cruz Araneta My zoom mates and I were arguing about People Power 1. What happened to all that enthusiasm that toppled a dictator? When the dust settled, the old order crept back into place. The pyramid of possibilities for structural changes crumbled steadily. Then someone asked if...
June Dalisay In line with the celebration of National Arts Month, the Gateway Gallery will be conducting two back-to-back talks on art and cultural management on Feb. 24. Art conservator June Mercy Poticar-Dalisay will discuss preventive conservation, qualifications of a conservator, factors of...
LANDSCAPE Gemma Cruz Araneta Let us get a handle on Biac-na-Bato, that tangled network of caves and rivers in San Miguel de Mayumo, Bulacan, 42 kilometers away from the Barasoain Church of Malolos. President Manuel Quezon declared it a national park in 1937 because of historic events that unfolded...
Members of the PH women's football team paid a courtesy call to PSC chairman Butch Ramirez Monday at the Rizal Memorial Sports Complex The Philippine women’s football team paid a courtesy call to Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) chairman Butch Ramirez Monday following their stint at the 2022...
The 4th Gawad Lasallieneta Manila Bulletin, the nation's leading newspaper, continues to receive recognition on its various platforms after it was named the Most Outstanding Broadsheet at the De La Salle Araneta University’s 4th Gawad Lasallianeta Awards. The Gawad Lasallianeta Award was given to...
Ferdinand 'Bongbong Marcos Jr., Liza Araneta-Marcos, and their kids Sandro, Simon and Vincent (Instagram) The three sons of President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. and his wife lawyer Liza Araneta-Marcos are all grown up now! The First Couple said they are simply proud of their kids who have good...
LANDSCAPE Gemma Cruz Araneta If you are among those who still have not heard of the First Republic of the Philippines, this column was humbly written with you in mind, so kindly read on. While members of the Malolos Congress gathered in Barasoain church in 1898, to debate on the 101 articles of the...
Tunnel of Chinese Lanterns This February, we are welcoming the dawn of another year in the lunar calendar with the Water Tiger. With water symbolizing wealth, this Chinese sign promises a year that is defined by abundance, prosperity, and varying levels of transformation in our lives. To start off...
LANDSCAPE Gemma Cruz Araneta Last Jan. 23, we should have celebrated the 123rd anniversary of the First Philippine Republic with fireworks, parades, platitudes and flowered wreaths. You may have noticed that we have never done that, not even in Manila, the seat of government. Bulakeños call their...
