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LANDSCAPE At this writing, Twink Macaraig is no more. The outspoken journalist, television anchor, fearless Filipina has gone to where there are no villains nor tyrants. Her bereaved husband Archt. Paulo Alcazaren announced her demise on Facebook. Although her friends knew that Twink was bravely ...

LANDSCAPE Very few Cebuanos remember that the patron saint of their capital, Cebu City,  is not the wildly worshipped Santo Nino but the obscure Catholic martyr,  San Vidal. As you probably know, in 1521, Ferdinand Magellan gave the queen of Cebu  a statue of the Santo Nino because she took a...

Gemma Cruz Araneta In the Vatican, a born controversialist has occupied the chair of St. Peter. He has lifted the privilege of “pontifical secrecy” which has concealed and tolerated abuses and crimes committed by all levels of the clergy. Last December, he appointed a young Filipino cardinal,...