LANDSCAPE Gemma Cruz Araneta The first time I saw him at Café Havana, he did not look as if he had five daughters, 11 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren – perhaps the latter were not born yet. nevertheless, I would not have believed that he was already a grandfather. He cuts a lean and...
Sunshine Cruz and Mac Sunshine Cruz has welcomed the year 2021 with bashing after her photos with loved ones have received negative reactions. In fact, one netizen even assumed things about her relationship with Macky Mathay. "Kaya pala nag hiwalay kau ni Cesar Montano dahil pala nyan ni kalbo dako...
HOTSPOT Tonyo Cruz No one can top the achievements this year by Filipino doctors, nurses, and other healthcare workers. They should be Filipinos of the Year for 2020 in any credible list. Every patient who recovered from COVID-19 is a result of the collective efforts of entire teams of doctors,...
Photo from Beau Belga's Instagram account Beau Belga, Jericho Cruz and a few other PBA players took their last hurrah in the gym for this year before celebrating the New Year's Eve with their loved ones. Rain or Shine star big man Belga posted on Instagram videos of himself lifting weights at...
LANDSCAPE Gemma Cruz Araneta The oldest person I know may, sooner or later, be no other than myself. That entered my awareness with a jolt; there are now very few people whom I know, who are at least 10 years older than I am. Frightful, isn’t it? One fine day before the pandemic, I was thinking...
HOTSPOT Tonyo Cruz One of the most graphic and most gripping accounts of the first Christmas and Jesus’ early childhood comes from evangelist Matthew. And if I may add, most relevant especially now. The first part of Matthew’s chapter two is already quite familiar: the traditional “Belen”...
LANDSCAPE Just when I was beginning to feel like Scrooge of Charles Dicken’s “Christmas Carol,” a group of young people sent me an email asking if they could serenade me with the season’s well-loved songs. Humbug! Scrooge would have screamd. But I am not like him, I am always interested...
Minimalist, sophisticated, and genderless , Filipino fashion label Cruz delivers gender neutral pieces fit for every individual. Launched on September 2018, Cruz focused on men’s shirts and accessories before rebranding to be gender neutral. During this time, it dropped a collection featuring...
HOTSPOT Tonyo Cruz The Philippine Bar Association this week said it is concerned that certain courts have become “warrant factories”. While the country’s largest voluntary lawyers’ group did not specify the particular courts, its statement indirectly referred to the mass arrest on Human...
LANDSCAPE Gemma Cruz Araneta Frankly, I am surprised that the institutions of the United States of America have remained immutable through the course of centuries. I thought their judiciary system was going to crumble in the face of the well-planned onslaught of outgoing president, Donald J. Trump....
HOTSPOT Tonyo Cruz Mass vaccination against the coronavirus started this week in the United Kingdom, with a Filipino nurse administering the vaccine. Many Filipinos could only say: “Sana all.” Some time earlier, the Japanese Parliament passed a law ensuring that all residents of Japan, citizens...
LANDSCAPE The 75 th Postmaster General of the USA, Mr. Louis Dejoy, is M.I.A! In May, 2020, the Board of Governors of the United States Postal Service appointed him to that strategic post, not exactly to everyone’s surprise. Although he was an outsider, Mr. Dejoy is a successful businessman who...
