LANDSCAPE There was a time when I used to visit out-of-the loop towns in search of potential domestic tourist destina-tions. Many were dense with cultural and heritage capital, a wealth of apocrypha, historical minutiae written off as mere footnotes. Curiously, the local government rep assigned to...
Deputy Speaker and Pampanga 2nd district Rep. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo (Rep. Arroyo's office) Deputy Speaker and former president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo slammed on Sunday, May 28 reports linking First Lady Liza Araneta-Marcos to the alleged House coup that had been designed against Speaker Martin...
LANDSCAPE Eminent Filipino historian, Dr. Floro Quibuyen, shared two ChatGPT stories about Marx and Batman. The first one was from a blogger who prompted, “write a story of Marx and Batman.” ChatGPT made Marx and Batman fight and the latter won. With titanic imagination, Dr. Quibuyen asked...
As access to health facilities and doctors become more inaccessible to Filipinos, First Lady Liza Araneta-Marcos hopes to address this deep-rooted problem through the mobilization of her “Lab For All Konsulta Caravan” program. (Photo from First Lady Liza Araneta-Marcos' Facebook page) This...
LANDSCAPE During a Mothers’ Day dinner, I told my son and daughter-in-law that their only child had asked me to write my memoirs. My son immediately accessed ChatGPT to ask for a Gemma Cruz memoir. At warp speed, ChatGPT presented a table of contents (with errors): I. Introduction – early life...
It seems that President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. has struck a chord with fellow Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) leaders in Indonesia. (Photo from First Lady Liza Araneta-Marcos via Facebook) Marcos wrapped the first day of his visit to Labuan Bajo in the company of First...
LANDSCAPE Last Sunday, I had lunch with my youngest granddaughter, Uma Leona, who will turn 19 at the end of the year and will probably be taller than I am by then. As we crossed the street to her home, she said that for history homework, she had to paint three scenes from El Filibusterismo. I was...
President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. and his wife, First Lady Liza Araneta-Marcos arrived in Manila on Sunday night, May 7, after traveling to the United States (US) and the United Kingdom (UK). (Photo from First Lady Liza Araneta-Marcos via Instagram/Facebook) There were no arrival honors...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. has highlighted the "thriving" relationship between the Philippines and the United Kingdom, saying it has been promising in boosting many areas of cooperation between the two countries....
LANDSCAPE A week ago, students “hot housed” in some public schools fainted and were rushed to medical centers. DepEd spokesman Mr. Michael Poa announced that when the heat is unbearable, school authorities can cancel in-person classes and revert to Alternative Delivery Modes (ADMs). The...
Sports icons Manny Pacquiao and Yao Ming took part in the sports day First Lady Liza Araneta-Marcos hosted for the youth in Malacañang on Saturday, April 29. *SPORTS DAY -- First Lady Liza Araneta Marcos takes a selfie with the kids who joined the sports day she hosted in Malacañang on April...
COTABATO CITY (PNA) – The State-run Sultan Kudarat State University (SKSU) conferred on Thursday, April 27, an honorary Doctor of Philosophy in Institutional Development and Management-Honoris Causa on First Lady Liza Araneta-Marcos for her valuable contribution to the country and the SKSU...
