Filipino swimmers continue to struggle in the World Aquatics Championships on Monday, Feb. 12, after failing to advance to the next round of three events. Thanya Dela Cruz came in at 26 th place out of 53 participants in the women’s 100-meter breaststroke after timing 1 minute and 9.12...
First Lady Liza Araneta-Marcos has expressed her desire to support the Philippine film industry as she met key industry players in Manila last week. First Lady Liza Araneta-Marcos meets Philippine film industry key players in her office in Manila on Feb. 6, 2024. (Liza Marcos/Facebook) On her...
Here comes San Miguel’s potential 29th franchise title. From a Game 3 suspension, Jericho Cruz more than made up for his absence after steering the Beermen to a 108-98 victory over Magnolia in the 2023-24’ PBA Commissioner’s Cup Finals series on Sunday night, Feb. 11, at the Smart...
Jericho Cruz equaled his career-best playoff performance to steer San Miguel past Magnolia, 108-98, and retake the lead at 3-2 in the 2023-24‘ PBA Commissioner’s Cup Finals series on Sunday, Feb. 11, at the Smart Araneta Coliseum. Jericho Cruz catches fire to lift the San Miguel Beermen....
HOTSPOT Many say sharing content on social media isn’t exactly an endorsement. But despite the disclaimers, the choices we make reflect a lot about ourselves and our views on what’s happening and the situation of the world. I don’t know if you also notice it with your circles, but quite a lot...
HOTSPOT It didn’t strike me until my ex recently told me bluntly about it. Cubao really seems to be my favorite place, because I also happened to live here around 20 years ago this year. Back then, it was still Araneta Center and the LRT-2 (then called MetroTren) was still brand new. The original...
For parents, a child's first birthday is a milestone. And the same goes for content creator Whamos Cruzand her partner Antonette Gail who went above and beyond by throwing a space-themed birthday party for their son, Adriel Meteor Cruz who turned one year old recently. Whamos expressed his...
HOTSPOT Can you guess the name of the American leader who said this? “Until the latest of our world conflicts, the United States had no armaments industry. American makers of plowshares could, with time and as required, make swords as well. But now we can no longer risk emergency improvization of...
Farm Fresh joined the recruitment frenzy for the upcoming 2024 Premier Volleyball League season after it signed Jolina Dela Cruz and Caitlin Viray. Dela Cruz, a former De La Salle standout, is coming off a stint with the now-disbanded F2 Logistics Cargo Movers and is expected to join forces with...
HOTSPOT History tells of the destruction in World War II of most of the churches that used to dot Intramuros. The only one left standing then was San Agustin, and what remained of the Manila Cathedral, which was later rebuilt. One of the former Intramuros churches was the Iglesia de San Nicolas de...
HOTSPOT When a friend-editor approached me, a blogger, sometime in 2013 about starting a column for the Manila Bulletin, I honestly thought it was a joke. He repeated the invitation several times, but I still didn’t believe it. How could that be when my beliefs are left-of-center, sometimes even...
HOTSPOT As I write this, the deadline for the so-called “consolidation” of our trusted jeepneys is fast approaching. Hopefully, one of two things would happen: Legally, the Supreme Court temporarily restrains the deadline. Politically, the President and Congress do it on their own. If tenacity,...
