LANDSCAPE With pent-up rage, angry clusters of young people have defaced, decapitated, smashed to bits, dumped in rivers the imposing monuments and effigies that glorify colonial masters like King Leopold II of Belgium and Cecil Rhodes, diamond merchant and prime minister of the Cape Colony (1890...
Ryza Cenon Ryza Cenon is proud to show her fans the first ultrasound image of her baby! The first time mom uploaded it on Instagram, with the caption: "Hello there sweetheart." Currently, Ryza is 22 weeks and 7 days pregnant. It was July 1 when it's revealed she was expecting her first child. Ryza...
Janine Gutierrez (left) and Lotlot de Leon (Photo screengrab from YouTube) She may be a loving mother but veteran actress Lotlot de Leon is also her children’s top critic. No wonder that from the time her eldest daughter with actor Ramon Christopher, Janine Gutierrez, entered show...
HOTSPOT Unknown to many, senators and other members of Congress enjoy “parliamentary immunity” or immunity from arrest from possible charges arising from speeches or remarks made in Congress. It is thus surprising that news came out that the senator, who enjoys parliamentary immunity and...
LANDSCAPE Have you heard of the plans to put Lapu-Lapu in a cage? I may be imagining things after being under “house arrest” for more than a hundred days, but that is how it looks to me. The proposed Lapu-Lapu memorial which will be inaugurated next year, during the quincentennial is a ...
HOTSPOT Public school teachers are launching a campaign for safe resumption of classes, and they raising a lot of questions that nobody in government has bothered to answer. Who will pay for teachers’ broadband connection and the devices they need to use? Exactly how would parents acquire devices...
LANDSCAPE In his White House memoir, titled The Room Where It Happened , Mr. John Bolton, former national security adviser of President Donald Trump, tells all, somewhat maliciously. Almost daily, he would go to that room , the Oval Office, to give his boss a briefing about what was...
HOT SPOT Thousands or perhaps tens of thousands of Filipinos have died from coronavirus and from other causes since March. But most, if not all, relatives practically mourned remotely, privately, and rather quickly due to the strict quarantine rules. The more fortunate had the chance to virtually...
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 ...
HOTSPOT I didn’t understand why it was underreported, but it exploded by late evening of January 9. For all intents and purposes, the National Capital Region Police Office “changed” Traslacion and it was not a pretty thing. Soon after devotees successfully returned the popular icon to Quiapo...
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...
HOTSPOT Instead of being the issue, why not be a champion of issues this 2020? The new year challenges you to be inspired, instead of getting fed up. Here are six issues where you could be an influencer or ambassador of this 2020: Mass transportation — We must challenge and discard the logic and...
