Landscape Gemma Cruz Araneta Chapter eight of “Sucesos de las Islas Filipinas”, by Dr. Antonio de Morga, is a glimpse of how our ancestors lived before the Spaniards came. Although the book was published 43 years after Miguel Lopez de Legazpi arrived, the friars’ zealous Christianization had...
SO WARM, YET COLD! Rodjun Cruz together with Dianne Medina and their baby Joaquin in Baguio City Rodjun Cruz and Dianne Medina, along with their child, Joaquin, had been going places as of late, the most recent destination was Baguio City. This trip was even more memorable because it marked the...
Join Filipina movers Jane Dee, Lea Cruz, Roxanne Ang-Farillas, and Rissa Mananquil-Trillo in a webinar on what it means to be a fearless female Ayala Malls celebrate women’s month by honoring fearless females who inspire new beginnings. This tribute empowers women from all walks of life to...
Screenshot from MPL Philippines' Bootcamp Raid The MPL Philippines Season 7 hasn't started yet but there's a brewing rivalry already between Aura PH and Execration. Aura's turtle laner Ashley "Killuash" Cruz hit back at former teammate and now-Execration jungler Kiel VJ "Kielvj" Hernandez, who...
LANDSCAPE (Part I) Who was Dr. Antonio de Morga? He was a soldier and a lawyer, an explosive combination, especially if one was also a high-ranking colonial bureaucrat. Antonio de Morga SanchezGaray was born in 1559 in Sevilla, Spain, 38 years after Magellan was killed by...
Sarah Geronimo In case you missed it, Sarah Geronimo promoted the farm products of her mother Mommy Divine. Sunshine Cruz defended her daughter from malicious blind item. And Heaven Peralejo broke her silence on Devon Seron-Kiko Estrada split. 1) Sarah Geronimo promotes Mommy Divine’s farm...
HOTSPOT Tonyo Cruz Nimfa Lanzanas is a model mother. Eversince the government imprisoned her son Edward, she attended court proceedings and also joined relatives of other political prisoners in a common cause. Exactly what crime Nanay Nimfa has committed, only the government knows. But on what...
LANDSCAPE (Part II) How many people read Rizal’s Noli Me Tangere when it was hot off the press? Two thousand copies were printed, a number must have been sold among the Filipino expats and Spanish liberals sympathetic to the cause of indio Filipinos. Rizal sent a copy to Prof. F. Blumentritt whom...
LANDSCAPE (Part I) My younger relatives, sturdy branches of the Rizal genealogical tree, have often asked during family reunions – why Rizal? Why was he singled out? Why was he the only one executed under such dramatic circumstances? He was banished to rot in Dapitan, imprisoned in Montjuich and...
Salcedo Auctions holds first major Important Philippine Art & Furniture sale for 2021 to commemorate 500 years of cross-cultural encounters LARGER THAN LIFE This untitled work in oil on canvas, the largest of Elmer Borlongan's works ever to go on auction, is the jewel of the collection to go...
HOTSPOT Tonyo Cruz There’s a lot to unwrap in the Regional Law Enforcement Coordinating Committee (RLECC) of the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) Resolution No. 04 directing the conduct of Oplan Tokhang-style operations against “left leaning personalities in the government, media, and...
LANDSCAPE The first Holy Mass was celebrated not in the Visayas but in Mindanao because that historical event, that first step to staking territory in the name of God and King, occurred not in Limasawa which is part of the Visayas, but in Butuan (Mazaua) situated in northern Mindanao. Please do not...
