LANDSCAPE At this writing, Twink Macaraig is no more. The outspoken journalist, television anchor, fearless Filipina has gone to where there are no villains nor tyrants. Her bereaved husband Archt. Paulo Alcazaren announced her demise on Facebook. Although her friends knew that Twink was bravely ...
HOTSPOT I didn’t understand why it was underreported, but it exploded by late evening of January 9. For all intents and purposes, the National Capital Region Police Office “changed” Traslacion and it was not a pretty thing. Soon after devotees successfully returned the popular icon to Quiapo...
LANDSCAPE Very few Cebuanos remember that the patron saint of their capital, Cebu City, is not the wildly worshipped Santo Nino but the obscure Catholic martyr, San Vidal. As you probably know, in 1521, Ferdinand Magellan gave the queen of Cebu a statue of the Santo Nino because she took a...
HOTSPOT Instead of being the issue, why not be a champion of issues this 2020? The new year challenges you to be inspired, instead of getting fed up. Here are six issues where you could be an influencer or ambassador of this 2020: Mass transportation — We must challenge and discard the logic and...
Gemma Cruz Araneta In the Vatican, a born controversialist has occupied the chair of St. Peter. He has lifted the privilege of “pontifical secrecy” which has concealed and tolerated abuses and crimes committed by all levels of the clergy. Last December, he appointed a young Filipino cardinal,...
HOTSPOT Tonyo Cruz One of the things that people liked about Rodrigo Roa Duterte in 2016 was that he promised “genuine change.” He went on to say that he will be the country’s “first socialist president.” His most ardent supporters even said he will head a “revolutionary government.”...
