That’s a happy, loving, responsible, fulfilled child, so we ask mothers and mentors what values they teach their children Robina Gokongwei-Pe, Retail president of Robinson To let her/him learn to be a follower first. *** Alice T. Liu, chief retail officer, Golden ABC As a mother, I hope to...
HOTSPOT Tonyo Cruz For the past few weeks, Facebook has become a sea of black-and-white photos, plain black profile pics, eulogies and announcements of deaths of relatives and friends due to COVID-19. The pandemic has reached our inner circles, and can no longer be denied as a deadly threat to our...
LANDSCAPE Gemma Cruz Araneta Who was Pi y Margall? There is a street in Sampaloc named after him and when last I saw the sign, the name was misspelled. Not even the City Administrator could tell whether Margall wasa famous or an obscure Spanish colonial official, or someone’s birth place in...
GMA shows could now be seen on the leading global entertainment streaming service. During a recent press conference, GMA Network announced that it has sealed a multi-year partnership with iQiyi International, making Kapuso dramas the first Filipino content to be available on the said OTT...
A family home, whether it is old or new, is a tricky project to do when it comes to renovation. You renovate it too much then it feels like a “stranger,” but if you do it right, good memories linger on and allows the house to cater to the needs of the next generation. This is what happened to...
HOTSPOT Tonyo Cruz Results of a survey conducted by the Alliance of Concerned Teachers reveal the immense impact of the Duterte administration’s program on online education on the nation’s public school teachers. With 6,731 public school teachers as respondents, the ACT survey from March 29 to...
Singer-actress Geneva Cruz is completely heartbroken over the loss of her mom and her aunt to COVID-19 only 10 days apart. On Instagram, Cruz said that "complications from COVID-19 took my two favorite people away only ten days apart." A few days ago, Cruz Geneva mourned the death of her mother who...
LANDSCAPE Gemma Cruz Araneta A UP professor friend sent me a photo of a burly band of youngish males, properly protected with surgical masks and face shields posing in front of the Maginhawa community pantry after depositing donations in kind. They were wearing tees of various colors and designs,...
HOTSPOT Tonyo Cruz Who would have thought that Filipinos themselves would provide a ray of hope amid the gloom and doom of the pandemic? But that’s exactly what has been happening for days now, with the setting up of community pantries in Metro Manila and in many parts of the country. The...
Actress Angel Locsin has issued a statement on the tragic death of a senior citizen who lined up at the community pantry she organized on Friday to coincide with her birthday. The lolo, identified as Rolando dela Cruz, 67, fainted while waiting in line at the community pantry. He died in a hospital...
Actress Angel Locsin immediately issued an apology minutes after the tragedy that occurred at a community pantry she organized in celebration of her 36th birthday recently. "Pasensya na po. Hindi po ito ang intensyon ko. Gusto ko lang po makatulong sa mga tao," she said in a video statement posted...
Losing a parent is never easy. The days following it is always a blur. Geneva Cruz lost her mother to COVID-19 recently, and the days prior to this unfortunate event was a harrowing experience for her. "The eight days she was in the hospital were agonizing with ups and downs almost every day. Our...
