LANDSCAPE (Part II) How many people read Rizal’s Noli Me Tangere when it was hot off the press? Two thousand copies were printed, a number must have been sold among the Filipino expats and Spanish liberals sympathetic to the cause of indio Filipinos. Rizal sent a copy to Prof. F. Blumentritt whom...
LANDSCAPE (Part I) My younger relatives, sturdy branches of the Rizal genealogical tree, have often asked during family reunions – why Rizal? Why was he singled out? Why was he the only one executed under such dramatic circumstances? He was banished to rot in Dapitan, imprisoned in Montjuich and...
Salcedo Auctions holds first major Important Philippine Art & Furniture sale for 2021 to commemorate 500 years of cross-cultural encounters LARGER THAN LIFE This untitled work in oil on canvas, the largest of Elmer Borlongan's works ever to go on auction, is the jewel of the collection to go...
HOTSPOT Tonyo Cruz There’s a lot to unwrap in the Regional Law Enforcement Coordinating Committee (RLECC) of the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) Resolution No. 04 directing the conduct of Oplan Tokhang-style operations against “left leaning personalities in the government, media, and...
LANDSCAPE The first Holy Mass was celebrated not in the Visayas but in Mindanao because that historical event, that first step to staking territory in the name of God and King, occurred not in Limasawa which is part of the Visayas, but in Butuan (Mazaua) situated in northern Mindanao. Please do not...
OPM is alive and well in the time of Pandemic. That’s how it looks like as local music label Viva Records released a total of 30 new singles in the space of just three weeks -- 18 of them just last week! This means that despite the pandemic that’s been bugging everybody for a year now, local...
HOTSPOT Tonyo Cruz Domingo, my maternal grandfather who all of us his grandchildren didn’t get to meet because he died way ahead of seeing any of his children get married, fought as a guerrilla in World War II. Quite fortunately, he was listed in the roll of guerrillas of the US Armed Forces in...
LANDSCAPE Gemma Cruz Araneta Like it or not, believe it or not, Cuba and Venezuela are forging ahead of us in this battle against COVID-19 and its deadlier mutations. At this writing, a first case of the dreaded UK variant was reported in Pasay City, which makes one wonder if there are many more...
Sunshine Cruz and daughter Angelina Actress Sunshine Cruz took to Instagram on Feb. 15 to flex her daughter's latest achievement: becoming a Dean's Lister in her 1st year as a college student. Sunshine's full post: "Proud mom to Angelina! 1st year college (BS Marketing) and she is a Dean's...
HOTSPOT Tonyo Cruz A banking industry report said that "as of September, 2020, the total operating income of universal and commercial banks in the Philippines amounted to approximately ₱601.7 billion. Operating income is the company's profit after deducting operating expenses in the country.”...
Because ‘women can choose and create their own destinies’ Motherhood is a lifetime journey that is full of surprises. And probably one of the most nerve-wracking parts of this journey is when our children start to create their own path and eventually fall in love. How does a single mother...
LANDSCAPE Gemma Cruz Araneta Historically speaking, Cuba is our sister republic. Both of us were colonies of Spain and launched our anti-colonial movements at the same time. In fact, Jose Rizal and Antonio Luna wrote to each other about the Cuban revolution; Rizal observed that the Cayo Hueso (Key...
