LANDSCAPE I know it is none of my damned business to comment on what is going on in the United States of America. I have kept my thoughts to myself and have been careful not to share them with former classmates who have made...
HOTSPOT Many are in shock and in mourning over the sudden death of Utrecht-based Fidel Agcaoili, chief negotiator of communist rebels in peace negotiations with the government. Who is this man who, despite the distance and the unremitting slander against the movement he represents, continued to...
Diego Loyzaga with sisters Angelina, Sam and Chesca It's been a while since they last saw each other that's why Diego Loyzaga seems to have made the most out of her reunion with sister Angelina, Sam and Chesca Cruz. Diego is the son of Cesar Montano with actress Teresa Loyzaga, while Angelina, Sam,...
A little over a year has passed since actress Sunshine Cruz and her eldest daughter Angelina , 18, were victims of online sexual harassment. This time around, Sunshine and all her three daughters, Angelina, Sam , 15, and Chesca , 14, have been the hot topic...
LANDSCAPE With pent-up rage, angry clusters of young people have defaced, decapitated, smashed to bits, dumped in rivers the imposing monuments and effigies that glorify colonial masters like King Leopold II of Belgium and Cecil Rhodes, diamond merchant and prime minister of the Cape Colony (1890...
Ryza Cenon Ryza Cenon is proud to show her fans the first ultrasound image of her baby! The first time mom uploaded it on Instagram, with the caption: "Hello there sweetheart." Currently, Ryza is 22 weeks and 7 days pregnant. It was July 1 when it's revealed she was expecting her first child. Ryza...
Janine Gutierrez (left) and Lotlot de Leon (Photo screengrab from YouTube) She may be a loving mother but veteran actress Lotlot de Leon is also her children’s top critic. No wonder that from the time her eldest daughter with actor Ramon Christopher, Janine Gutierrez, entered show...
HOTSPOT Unknown to many, senators and other members of Congress enjoy “parliamentary immunity” or immunity from arrest from possible charges arising from speeches or remarks made in Congress. It is thus surprising that news came out that the senator, who enjoys parliamentary immunity and...
LANDSCAPE Have you heard of the plans to put Lapu-Lapu in a cage? I may be imagining things after being under “house arrest” for more than a hundred days, but that is how it looks to me. The proposed Lapu-Lapu memorial which will be inaugurated next year, during the quincentennial is a ...
HOTSPOT Public school teachers are launching a campaign for safe resumption of classes, and they raising a lot of questions that nobody in government has bothered to answer. Who will pay for teachers’ broadband connection and the devices they need to use? Exactly how would parents acquire devices...
LANDSCAPE In his White House memoir, titled The Room Where It Happened , Mr. John Bolton, former national security adviser of President Donald Trump, tells all, somewhat maliciously. Almost daily, he would go to that room , the Oval Office, to give his boss a briefing about what was...
HOT SPOT Thousands or perhaps tens of thousands of Filipinos have died from coronavirus and from other causes since March. But most, if not all, relatives practically mourned remotely, privately, and rather quickly due to the strict quarantine rules. The more fortunate had the chance to virtually...
