Ballsy Aquino-Cruz, daughter of former president Cory Aquino and sister of former president Noynoy Aquino, made a market run in Tarlac City to campaign for her cousin Bam Aquino who is running for senator anew. Ballsy Aquino campaigns for cousin and senatorial aspirant Bam Aquino at the Tarlac...
HOTSPOT I could still remember it clearly. We were terrified by the pandemic, and forcibly held inside our homes by the world’s toughest and longest-running lockdowns. People we know were dying, even doctors and nurses. Both information and disinformation were running rampant online and offline....
After a slight delay, Megawide Construction Corporation is kicking off on March 26 its ₱6 billion Series 6 Preferred Shares Offering after receiving the Permit to Sell (PTS) from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on March 24, 2025. “With the PTS, the Company and the syndicate...
Former PCO secretary Trixie Cruz-Angeles (Facebook) Former Presidential Communications Office (PCO) secretary Trixie Cruz-Angeles admitted during the House tri-committee (tri-comm) hearing on fake news and disinformation Friday, March...
HOTSPOT Since March 11, there has been some sort of “unfriending” campaign among political combatants in social media channels. Families and friendships have not been spared by the heated exchanges, and by calls for unfriending relatives and friends for the sake of perceived...
Social media personality and former press secretary Trixie Cruz-Angeles has a hard time defining what "fake news" is. This, as she believed that certain information that could be considered fake now might eventually become true in the future. During the House tri-committee (tri-comm) hearing...
HOTSPOT “There are decades where nothing happens; and there are weeks where decades happen.” A friend shared this fitting quotation from a revolutionary philosopher on Tuesday morning as we began to witness a series of unbelievable events unfolding before our eyes. On March 11, 2025,...
SANTA CRUZ, Laguna – A biology student and beauty queen was killed in a fire at the Laguna State Polytechnic University College of Arts and Sciences in Barangay Bubukal here on Thursday afternoon, March 13. MACALACAY (FB) Police identified the victim as Trisha Macalacay, an official of the...
Avida Land, Ayala Land’s mid-market residential brand, launched the final tower of Avida Towers Makati Southpoint, following the strong sales of its first two towers, underscoring Makati’s appeal as a prime residential and investment destination. In a statement, Ayala Land said Makati remains a...
Atty. Trixie Cruz-Angeles (Photo: Martin A. Sadongdong / MANILA BULLETIN) Supporters of former president Rodrigo Duterte expressed fear that he would be flown to the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, Netherlands following his arrest at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) on...
HOTSPOT Which senatorial slate is fielding the most number of women for the upper house? Quite unsurprisingly, former President Duterte’s picks for PDP-Laban candidates are all men (including one accused of sex trafficking of women and children both here in the Philippines and in the...
HOTSPOT For those living under a rock, vlog comes from the words “video” and “blog,” while blog comes from the phrase web log. The title of this piece is a play on the theme of the Philippine Blog Awards many years ago — “one blogging nation” — which referred to Filipinos’ love...
