HOTSPOT Tonyo Cruz Two things workers are looking forward to at the end of each year are the 13th month pay and the Christmas bonus. And it seems about two million workers may not get any 13th month pay at all, if the Duterte government would have its way. The reason? Because of the pandemic. In...
LANDSCAPE Gemma Cruz Araneta You are cordially invited to join the webinar “The Aromas and Flavors of the Manila-Acapulco Galleon Route” this evening at 6 p.m. Kindly look for the link online. I lived in Mexico for 18 years, the longest I have been away from the motherland. Except for the...
HOTSPOT Tonyo Cruz “Facebook, listen to me. If government cannot espouse or advocate something which is for the good of the people, then what is your purpose here in my country. What would be the point of allowing you to continue if you cannot help us?” This was President Duterte’s reaction...
TV5 strengthens its commitment to upholding the highest standard for broadcast news reporting as it launches "Frontline Pilipinas," the newest evening newscast covering the most relevant headlines locally and around the globe. Frontline Pilipinas will air on weekdays starting Monday, Oct. 5, and is...
LANDSCAPE Gemma Cruz Araneta In a recent palaver (via Zoom) my friends and I were wondering about the long-term effects of COVID-19 on the educational system, now that private and public schools are closed and distant learning, the alternative, is not available to the majority. When that spirited...
Two-time reigning champion Aura PH thrashed Blacklist International, 2-0, even as Smart Omega also scored a similar sweep against Cignal Ultra for a playoff seat in the Mobile Legends: Bang Bang Pro League-Philippines (MPL-PH) Season 6 on Saturday night. Ashley “Killuash” Cruz of...
HOTSPOT Tonyo Cruz Many have practically given up on the perceived stupidity in social media and even of fellow Filipinos. Sometimes I can’t blame them for thinking that way. But the latest announcement of Facebook against “coordinated inauthentic behavior” should be helpful in clarifying the...
Gemma Cruz Araneta LANDSCAPE From Carmen Guerrero Nakpil, my mother: “I asked (Imelda) whether she and the President watched Ninoy’s funeral on TV, and she said, yes, they’d done so, together, in his bedroom. And that they’d been crushed, struck dumb by the enormity of what they were seeing...
HOTSPOT Tonyo Cruz The dumping of dolomite in Manila Bay and the President’s address this week failed to distract or stop an international news agency from reporting a new Duterte “legacy.” In a story read across the world, Agencia EFE reported: “Manila reached six uninterrupted months of...
Going through some of the much-anticipated pieces to be presented in the famous annual sale Who would be the new owners of the unflinching Yasmin Ching portraits? Or the serene Romulo Galicano landscapes? Or the vigorous compositions of National Artist José Joya ? The finest Filipino artworks and...
Tonyo Cruz HOTSPOT More than a dozen national and international organizations are inviting everyone to participate in the September 14 Global Day of Action which raises the call “stop the killings in the Philippines!” The organizers say the September 14 worldwide mass actions wish to tell the...
Husband Rodjun Cruz shares more photos of their new family Celebrity couple Rodjun Cruz and Dianne Medina welcomed their baby boy, Rodolfo Joaquin Diego III on September 10. Rodjun’s first post was that of his baby’s tiny hands holding his fingers, “I love you so much, my son. I will hold...
