HOTSPOT Tonyo Cruz I have an admission to make: I voted last May 9 for Vice President Leni Robredo knowing she would lose. I was mentally and emotionally prepared for a loss. A week before the elections, I visited friends in Cebu and Negros, and went around to get a feel of the situation. Except...
LANDSCAPE Gemma Cruz Araneta Elvis Presley, then the indisputable “King of Rock” was the icon of all my female contemporaries, to the chagrin of the Maryknoll nuns (our teachers) who denounced him as an “occasion of sin.” Until Elvis came into the picture, no one sang with such a sexually...
Is she trying to outdo Julie Anne San Jose in the curves department? This is the question asked by some after Janine Gutierrez posted several snaps of her in a bikini on Instagram. Note that only days prior, Julie also did the same, receiving countless likes from followers, including Janine's...
HOTSPOT Tonyo Cruz In an ideal world, the partylist system would attract outstanding leaders from mass movements, civil society, non-government organizations, cause-oriented groups and parties of the poor and the marginalized. But we don’t live in an ideal world. The traditional politicians,...
Centro Escolar University School of Dentistry alumna, Dr. Eileen Eika Dela Cruz embarks on her second profession now as a lawyer after passing the 2020/2021 Bar Examinations released by the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC). After finishing her degree on Doctor of Dental Medicine in 2015 at...
Rayver Cruz and Julie Anne San Jose continue to thrill shippers. Just recently, the actor-dancer reacted to the actress-singer's Instagram post. There, Julie uploaded a candid photo of her with the caption: "mundo umikot ka." Rayver then commented: "Harap ka naman pls." Julie replied: "@rayvercruz...
After the high-stake elections, several misinformation on the operations of the Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting (PPCRV) have been making the rounds on social media prompting the poll watchdog to dispute them one by one. Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting command center at...
LANDSCAPE Gemma Cruz Araneta At this writing, 22:16 hours, May 9, I am seized by dread as election results from various sources appear online. From Regions 1 and 2, the solid North, the BBM-Duterte tandem has emerged the winner, as expected. But, there are 15 more regions in the Republic of the...
If the figures of the unofficial count of the election results shown by the Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting (PPCRV) is not similar to the ones released by the media, it is because the poll watchdog is verifying the numbers first. Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting command...
Derek Ramsay made clear there is no bad blood between him and John Lloyd Cruz, the ex-partner of his wife, Ellen Adarna. In an interview on "Updated with Nelson Canlas," Derek shared that he and John Lloyd "communicate." He added, "We've had our man to man talk and he knows how much I respect he's...
HOT SPOT Tonyo Cruz On May 9, we are going to vote to fill up more than 18,000 positions from the president down to municipal councilor. Out of 18,000 posts and tens of thousands of candidates vying for these posts, I’m asking that you “gimme five” and let’s do a “high five” for: Leni...
LANDSCAPE Gemma Cruz Araneta Throughout his life, Jose Rizal constantly argued with himself. In his mind, political thoughts contended vigorously, endlessly. He expressed his convictions and beliefs in his letters to his family and contemporaries, in travel journals, essays for “La...
