Photo from PBA NLEX’s Jericho Cruz said his stint with Guam in the FIBA Asia Cup Qualifiers several months ago had a big effect in his string of good performances in the PBA Philippine Cup. Cruz has been key in the Road Warriors’ three-game winning run, the last two in Bacolor, Pampanga where...
They met on TikTok! There's a new social media couple that's creating buzz online and that's Whamos Cruz and Antonette Gail del Rosario. With over 10.5 million followers on TikTok doing his dance moves, he created dance duet videos which led him to meet his girlfriend Antonette who has over 1.5...
HOTSPOT Tonyo Cruz The most pernicious use of gaslighting against Filipinos happens during the election season, and we could hear and read it again at this time. I’m talking about the slogan “vote wisely,” as well as the other gaslighting terms “bobotante” and “enabler.” I argue that...
LANDSCAPE Gemma Cruz Araneta What is happening in the USA is definitely none of my business, but allow me to give my two cents worth about President Joe Biden’s decision to terminate the 20-year US occupation and war in Afghanistan. He said: “I am the President of the United States of America,...
HOTSPOT Tonyo Cruz One of my favorite activists is in the hospital. We can only hope that he recovers, because we want to see him again online and offline. My admiration of him started years ahead of his being a regular reader and fan of this column. His name is Ramon Ramirez: proud son of Albay,...
The Archdiocese of Lingayen-Dagupan on Thursday, August 26, announced a new award in honor of the late Oscar Cruz, its former archbishop. Archbishop Oscar Cruz (Photo courtesy CBCP News) Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Socrates Villegas said the annual “Gawad Asin tan Silew Oscar V. Cruz Award”...
LANDSCAPE Gemma Cruz Araneta “La Solidaridad,” that valiant fortnightly of the Propaganda Movement bid its readers farewell on November 15, 1895. Its maiden issue was dated February 15, 1889, and against all odds, it survived for almost seven years. Graciano Lopez Jaena was its first editor,...
Still a kid at heart. Actress-dancer Ella Cruz recently celebrated her 25th birthday with a kiddie-themed party at home. "25th birthday party turned into kiddy party. Thank you for this fun party," she wrote on Instagram along with a photo of her and several people enjoying an inflatable water...
HOTSPOT Tonyo Cruz There seems to be no end in sight for our collective anxiety over the coronavirus pandemic. Because although we cooperate with authorities in the pandemic response, the policies don’t add up, don’t contribute at all to improving the situation, or could just be an occasion for...
LANDSCAPE Gemma Cruz Araneta In the days of Lapu Lapu, the “ umalohokan” (town crier) was the main source of breaking news. As soon as town’s people heard his gongs and horns, they quickly gathered around him to hear the latest which could be new laws of their datus, instructions of barangay...
Kris Aquino Kris Aquino sent her elder sister Ballsy flour flower arrangements on the eve of her 66th birth anniversary. But Kris said that her sister asked her if she was dying because she sent her four flower arrangements. Aside from the flowers arrangements, Kris said that she has another gift...
League of Provinces of the Philippines (LPP) National President and Marinduque Governor Presbitero Velasco Jr. confirmed on Monday, August 16, six coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) Delta variant cases in two barangays in Santa Cruz town. With the COVID-19 Delta variant cases now in the province,...
