LANDSCAPE Gemma Cruz Araneta These days, the query — what have you done for the country? (Ano bang nagawa mo para sa bayan?) — is a galling trick question intended to mock and discredit. The malicious interrogator does not want you to state how you perform your civic duties, on the contrary, he...
Thanya Dela Cruz Thanya Dela Cruz picked up her third gold medal Saturday in the 2021 Philippine Swimming Inc.’s National Selection tournament at the New Clark City Aquatics Center in Capas, Tarlac. Dela Cruz continued making a splash by ruling the women’s 100-meter breaststroke with a time of...
Thanya Dela Cruz Thanya Dela Cruz eclipsed the national record in the women’s 50-meter breaststroke at the start of the 2021 Philippine Swimming Inc.’s National Selection Tournament at the New Clark City Aquatics Center in Capas, Tarlac Friday. The 18-year-old Dela Cruz clocked 32.89 seconds to...
Rayver Cruz Wow, Mali! For sure, it wasn't really the intention of actors Rayver Cruz and Candy Pangilinan to congratulate Alex Gonzaga-Morada after she lost her baby recently. Hours after Alex posted on Instagram about the heartbreaking news, stars offered their comforting words to the popular...
HOTSPOT Tonyo Cruz Way ahead of the actual campaign period which starts in February 2022, our Facebook timelines and media reports are already full of them: Friends and families in full combat mode over the different politicians they support, tangling with each other with gusto. Not a few have been...
HOTSPOT Tonyo Cruz Vice President Leni Robredo reached a stunning 136 million people online on Thursday, the day she filed her certificate of candidacy for president, according to initial digital monitoring reports. Vast swaths of the Philippine internet turned pink as 277,000 unique users carried...
LANDSCAPE Gemma Cruz Araneta Pundits, pubic intellectuals, political analysts and media practitioners have spoken and written about the decay of our national institutions. This seemingly unstoppable process threatens the very existence of the Philippines. Our country used to be called the...
HOTSPOT Tonyo Cruz If we’re short of funds for much needed vaccination and health care and to propel the pandemic-struck economy, then we should look no further than the suggestion of the think-tank Ibon and the Makabayan bloc in Congress: Tax the billionaires! Surely, the working people and...
HOTSPOT Tonyo Cruz After years of putting up and maintaining a juggernaut of a coalition, President Duterte’s political alliance is weakening and disintegrating: The Marcoses are moving independently of Duterte, surprised as they reportedly were about the daughter and the father eyeing both the...
LANDSCAPE Gemma Cruz Araneta Political winds now ravaging the cyber super highway are like typhoon signals that warn us of an impending electoral tsunami. Most of the presidential wannabees from various regions of this archipelago are already hymning praises to themselves. Social media is...
Geneva Cruz I used to believe that I could sing. (isa palang malaking ilusyon!) When National Artist for Music Ryan Cayabyab, introduced Geneva Cruz, Jeffrey Hidalgo, James Coronel and Tony Lambino as members of the singing group Smokey Mountain years ago, I wanted to be part of it. (or palitan...
HOTSPOT Tonyo Cruz The International Criminal Court this week did something mind-boggling, even miraculous, for millions of Filipinos: It ordered a full investigation into the illegal drugs campaign-related killings during the Duterte administration. The court found that there exists a...
