LANDSCAPE Gemma Cruz Araneta Milonga attracts a lot of attention because her bold markings of orange and black cover her entire back; she looks like an abstract painting when she is asleep, slender body stretched out on a window sill. Once, while waiting for our turn at the vet, a woman (who...
The icon’s nude art collection includes the works of Mike Aquino, Arjay de Leon Navarro, and National Artist Vicente Manansala Last November 2020, Manila’s upper crust bid a bittersweet farewell to the party icon that was Louie Cruz . Best known for his dinners, soirées, and celebrations, him...
LANDSCAPE Gemma Cruz Araneta One of the paintings I inherited from my father-in-law, Don Jose Antonio Araneta, depicts the first mass, but where it was held remains a controversial issue, now heading towards a full-blown legal battle between the contending sides. The date on this oil painting by F....
Screenshot from MPL Philippines Bren Esports' Game 1 win over Aura PH in their first match in Season 7 on Saturday, March 27, might have one of the weirdest ending in the history of MPL Philippines. Aura was coming off a successful Base defense against an Enhanced Lord but three mega...
HOTSPOT Tonyo Cruz The 10,000 kilometers between France and the Philippines won’t matter tonight as Paris-based Filipino singing sensation Aliènette performs live from the French capital tonight for her people and fans worldwide in an online concert dubbed “Gabi ng OPM.” But it won’t be on...
Landscape Gemma Cruz Araneta Chapter eight of “Sucesos de las Islas Filipinas”, by Dr. Antonio de Morga, is a glimpse of how our ancestors lived before the Spaniards came. Although the book was published 43 years after Miguel Lopez de Legazpi arrived, the friars’ zealous Christianization had...
SO WARM, YET COLD! Rodjun Cruz together with Dianne Medina and their baby Joaquin in Baguio City Rodjun Cruz and Dianne Medina, along with their child, Joaquin, had been going places as of late, the most recent destination was Baguio City. This trip was even more memorable because it marked the...
Join Filipina movers Jane Dee, Lea Cruz, Roxanne Ang-Farillas, and Rissa Mananquil-Trillo in a webinar on what it means to be a fearless female Ayala Malls celebrate women’s month by honoring fearless females who inspire new beginnings. This tribute empowers women from all walks of life to...
Screenshot from MPL Philippines' Bootcamp Raid The MPL Philippines Season 7 hasn't started yet but there's a brewing rivalry already between Aura PH and Execration. Aura's turtle laner Ashley "Killuash" Cruz hit back at former teammate and now-Execration jungler Kiel VJ "Kielvj" Hernandez, who...
LANDSCAPE (Part I) Who was Dr. Antonio de Morga? He was a soldier and a lawyer, an explosive combination, especially if one was also a high-ranking colonial bureaucrat. Antonio de Morga SanchezGaray was born in 1559 in Sevilla, Spain, 38 years after Magellan was killed by...
Sarah Geronimo In case you missed it, Sarah Geronimo promoted the farm products of her mother Mommy Divine. Sunshine Cruz defended her daughter from malicious blind item. And Heaven Peralejo broke her silence on Devon Seron-Kiko Estrada split. 1) Sarah Geronimo promotes Mommy Divine’s farm...
HOTSPOT Tonyo Cruz Nimfa Lanzanas is a model mother. Eversince the government imprisoned her son Edward, she attended court proceedings and also joined relatives of other political prisoners in a common cause. Exactly what crime Nanay Nimfa has committed, only the government knows. But on what...
