HOTSPOT Tonyo Cruz Vice President Leni Robredo reached a stunning 136 million people online on Thursday, the day she filed her certificate of candidacy for president, according to initial digital monitoring reports. Vast swaths of the Philippine internet turned pink as 277,000 unique users carried...
LANDSCAPE Gemma Cruz Araneta Pundits, pubic intellectuals, political analysts and media practitioners have spoken and written about the decay of our national institutions. This seemingly unstoppable process threatens the very existence of the Philippines. Our country used to be called the...
HOTSPOT Tonyo Cruz If we’re short of funds for much needed vaccination and health care and to propel the pandemic-struck economy, then we should look no further than the suggestion of the think-tank Ibon and the Makabayan bloc in Congress: Tax the billionaires! Surely, the working people and...
HOTSPOT Tonyo Cruz After years of putting up and maintaining a juggernaut of a coalition, President Duterte’s political alliance is weakening and disintegrating: The Marcoses are moving independently of Duterte, surprised as they reportedly were about the daughter and the father eyeing both the...
LANDSCAPE Gemma Cruz Araneta Political winds now ravaging the cyber super highway are like typhoon signals that warn us of an impending electoral tsunami. Most of the presidential wannabees from various regions of this archipelago are already hymning praises to themselves. Social media is...
Geneva Cruz I used to believe that I could sing. (isa palang malaking ilusyon!) When National Artist for Music Ryan Cayabyab, introduced Geneva Cruz, Jeffrey Hidalgo, James Coronel and Tony Lambino as members of the singing group Smokey Mountain years ago, I wanted to be part of it. (or palitan...
HOTSPOT Tonyo Cruz The International Criminal Court this week did something mind-boggling, even miraculous, for millions of Filipinos: It ordered a full investigation into the illegal drugs campaign-related killings during the Duterte administration. The court found that there exists a...
LANDSCAPE Gemma Cruz-Araneta As this writing (Sept. 15), I am commemorating two events close to my heart. The first was the inauguration of the Malolos Congress in 1898, in Malolos. The second is my 56th wedding anniversary. My husband, Antonio Araneta, and I chose that significant date to...
Colette dela Cruz, the inspiration behind the name of iconic pasalubong brand Colette’s Buko Pie succumbed to COVID-19 on Sept. 12, 2021, at age 46. News about her death was shared by Manila Bulletin columnist Tonyo Cruz on Twitter . Colette dela Cruz, the inspiration behind Colette's Buko Pie's...
Should we even care? Only a few days ago, Sheryl Cruz took to Instagram to post a video of her and Jeric Gonzales engaging in a hot kissing scene as culled from a teleserye. The 47-year-old captioned it with "I love you so bad." It didn’t end there. Sheryl also took to TikTok to post videos of...
HOTSPOT Tonyo Cruz An official of the United Nations Children’s Fund recently surprised us about one indisputable but apparently overlooked fact: The Philippines is the only remaining Asian country not to conduct face-to-face classes for its students. Yes, the world is apparently moving on....
LANDSCAPE Gemma Cruz Araneta When Pres. Joe Biden decided to extricate the United States of America from Afghanistan, he said it was to end the “forever war” in that distant land. He does not want to send more American soldiers to their death. After 20 years of military intervention and...
