LANDSCAPE Gemma Cruz-Araneta As this writing (Sept. 15), I am commemorating two events close to my heart. The first was the inauguration of the Malolos Congress in 1898, in Malolos. The second is my 56th wedding anniversary. My husband, Antonio Araneta, and I chose that significant date to...
Colette dela Cruz, the inspiration behind the name of iconic pasalubong brand Colette’s Buko Pie succumbed to COVID-19 on Sept. 12, 2021, at age 46. News about her death was shared by Manila Bulletin columnist Tonyo Cruz on Twitter . Colette dela Cruz, the inspiration behind Colette's Buko Pie's...
Should we even care? Only a few days ago, Sheryl Cruz took to Instagram to post a video of her and Jeric Gonzales engaging in a hot kissing scene as culled from a teleserye. The 47-year-old captioned it with "I love you so bad." It didn’t end there. Sheryl also took to TikTok to post videos of...
HOTSPOT Tonyo Cruz An official of the United Nations Children’s Fund recently surprised us about one indisputable but apparently overlooked fact: The Philippines is the only remaining Asian country not to conduct face-to-face classes for its students. Yes, the world is apparently moving on....
LANDSCAPE Gemma Cruz Araneta When Pres. Joe Biden decided to extricate the United States of America from Afghanistan, he said it was to end the “forever war” in that distant land. He does not want to send more American soldiers to their death. After 20 years of military intervention and...
Photo from PBA NLEX’s Jericho Cruz said his stint with Guam in the FIBA Asia Cup Qualifiers several months ago had a big effect in his string of good performances in the PBA Philippine Cup. Cruz has been key in the Road Warriors’ three-game winning run, the last two in Bacolor, Pampanga where...
They met on TikTok! There's a new social media couple that's creating buzz online and that's Whamos Cruz and Antonette Gail del Rosario. With over 10.5 million followers on TikTok doing his dance moves, he created dance duet videos which led him to meet his girlfriend Antonette who has over 1.5...
HOTSPOT Tonyo Cruz The most pernicious use of gaslighting against Filipinos happens during the election season, and we could hear and read it again at this time. I’m talking about the slogan “vote wisely,” as well as the other gaslighting terms “bobotante” and “enabler.” I argue that...
LANDSCAPE Gemma Cruz Araneta What is happening in the USA is definitely none of my business, but allow me to give my two cents worth about President Joe Biden’s decision to terminate the 20-year US occupation and war in Afghanistan. He said: “I am the President of the United States of America,...
HOTSPOT Tonyo Cruz One of my favorite activists is in the hospital. We can only hope that he recovers, because we want to see him again online and offline. My admiration of him started years ahead of his being a regular reader and fan of this column. His name is Ramon Ramirez: proud son of Albay,...
The Archdiocese of Lingayen-Dagupan on Thursday, August 26, announced a new award in honor of the late Oscar Cruz, its former archbishop. Archbishop Oscar Cruz (Photo courtesy CBCP News) Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Socrates Villegas said the annual “Gawad Asin tan Silew Oscar V. Cruz Award”...
LANDSCAPE Gemma Cruz Araneta “La Solidaridad,” that valiant fortnightly of the Propaganda Movement bid its readers farewell on November 15, 1895. Its maiden issue was dated February 15, 1889, and against all odds, it survived for almost seven years. Graciano Lopez Jaena was its first editor,...
