HOTSPOT Tonyo Cruz Supporters of the dictator’s son cannot hide their glee over the recent polls showing their candidate with a commanding lead as the 2022 election campaign starts. But that’s where the problem begins — not for other candidates but for the frontrunner. He has 80 days to...
Angelina Cruz What if you got all the chances to get over someone, but your system just rejects that very notion? What if it’s always one step forward, two steps back? Angelina Cruz’s latest release “Ayoko Lang” is all about that empty feeling, those seemingly endless nights of sadness...
There has been a lot of speculations as to what actually caused the sudden breakup of Rayver Cruz and Janine Gutierrez. It didn't help that the two have maintained their silence about it. Until recently, that is. Rayver finally opened up about the issue in an interview with "24 Oras" that aired...
LANDSCAPE Gemma Cruz Araneta Let us get a handle on Biac-na-Bato, that tangled network of caves and rivers in San Miguel de Mayumo, Bulacan, 42 kilometers away from the Barasoain Church of Malolos. President Manuel Quezon declared it a national park in 1937 because of historic events that unfolded...
HOTSPOT Tonyo Cruz Philippine elections are not as simple as some would like us to think, and there’s no better (or worse) example than this 2022 edition. The conventional wisdom in certain circles is that this is merely a battle between the smart and the stupid, or the educated and the...
Undefeated Filipino champion Mark Magsayo laid out his initial plans after savoring his first world major title since dethroning Gary Russell Jr. last January. Undefeated Filipino champion Mark Magsayo (center) (Amanda Westscott / SHOWTIME) Magsayo captured the WBC featherweight belt and ended...
Mexican star Leo Santa Cruz is expecting a classic Filipino-Mexican rivalry should a featherweight title unification bout with Mark Magsayo materialize anytime soon. Mark Magsayo and Leo Santa Cruz (Showtime / WBA) Santa Cruz, who just scored a unanimous decision win over Keenan Carbajal in their...
HOTSPOT Tonyo Cruz For a few minutes last Jan. 7, I was able to speak with a good friend on her sickbed. Although very ill, she was lucid and quick to remember me. But gone were the days that conversations were hard to end. Before, there would be endless topics to talk about. This time, I felt she...
Should Leo Santa Cruz emerge as the winner in his Las Vegas showdown against Keenan Carbajal on Feb. 5, the Mexican boxer already has a name in mind for his next bout. Mark Magsayo and Leo Santa Cruz (Showtime / WBA) Santa Cruz expressed desire to square off with reigning WBC featherweight champion...
LANDSCAPE Gemma Cruz Araneta If you are among those who still have not heard of the First Republic of the Philippines, this column was humbly written with you in mind, so kindly read on. While members of the Malolos Congress gathered in Barasoain church in 1898, to debate on the 101 articles of the...
HOTSPOT Tonyo Cruz A lot of my friends are inclined to support a presidential candidate who has no problem with making commitments. Commitments we have in mind include a new franchise to ABS-CBN, dropping the trumped-up charges against Rappler and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Maria Ressa, stopping...
LANDSCAPE Gemma Cruz Araneta Last Jan. 23, we should have celebrated the 123rd anniversary of the First Philippine Republic with fireworks, parades, platitudes and flowered wreaths. You may have noticed that we have never done that, not even in Manila, the seat of government. Bulakeños call their...
