HOTSPOT Tonyo Cruz Many have practically given up on the perceived stupidity in social media and even of fellow Filipinos. Sometimes I can’t blame them for thinking that way. But the latest announcement of Facebook against “coordinated inauthentic behavior” should be helpful in clarifying the...
Gemma Cruz Araneta LANDSCAPE From Carmen Guerrero Nakpil, my mother: “I asked (Imelda) whether she and the President watched Ninoy’s funeral on TV, and she said, yes, they’d done so, together, in his bedroom. And that they’d been crushed, struck dumb by the enormity of what they were seeing...
HOTSPOT Tonyo Cruz The dumping of dolomite in Manila Bay and the President’s address this week failed to distract or stop an international news agency from reporting a new Duterte “legacy.” In a story read across the world, Agencia EFE reported: “Manila reached six uninterrupted months of...
Going through some of the much-anticipated pieces to be presented in the famous annual sale Who would be the new owners of the unflinching Yasmin Ching portraits? Or the serene Romulo Galicano landscapes? Or the vigorous compositions of National Artist José Joya ? The finest Filipino artworks and...
Tonyo Cruz HOTSPOT More than a dozen national and international organizations are inviting everyone to participate in the September 14 Global Day of Action which raises the call “stop the killings in the Philippines!” The organizers say the September 14 worldwide mass actions wish to tell the...
Husband Rodjun Cruz shares more photos of their new family Celebrity couple Rodjun Cruz and Dianne Medina welcomed their baby boy, Rodolfo Joaquin Diego III on September 10. Rodjun’s first post was that of his baby’s tiny hands holding his fingers, “I love you so much, my son. I will hold...
Joel Cruz recounts how this homemade Pinoy side dish by his mom started Like any proud son, “Lord of the Scents” Joel Cruz shares with Manila Bulletin Lifestyle how his mom Milagros “Milagring” Santos-Cruz has been busy with this lockdown. Fondly called Nanay by her children, this...
Gemma Cruz Araneta LANDSCAPE At low tide, a sliver of white sand appears where Manila Bay meets the American embassy. In a wink, it is filled with naked street children and their scantily clad elders — dwellers of parks and sidewalks who want to escape the heat. They have probably heard of...
Sunshine Cruz was quick to denounce news she has died. Sunshine Cruz (Instagram / MANILA BULLETIN) She posted on Facebook, “Hindi po ito totoo! Buhay na buhay po ako.” The actress also urged followers to report the account of those responsible for the faux news, Rbb Savage, which identified...
HOTSPOT Tonyo Cruz The pandemic and national public health emergency provide us an opportunity to make education relevant in solving our main problem today. But instead the government seems intent on giving more problems for students, teachers, and parents. There’s no debate that...
LANDSCAPE Gemma Cruz Araneta While we were talking about unscrupulous people who steal ideas with impunity, I asked Atty. Daniel Hofileña, expert in the Intellectual Property Code of the Philippines, about the fate of the HOCUS paintings. None of these are for sale and the next best thing to...
HOTSPOT Tonyo Cruz It has been months since the administration declared a “national public health emergency,” but what has defined its response is not any impressive or effective national public health response. Instead, the public has been regimented into believing the pandemic’s spread...
