LANDSCAPE Gemma Cruz Araneta The “Protocol of Agreement” signed by Spain and the USA in Washington in August 1898 brought about a lull. But, the USA kept sending troops to the Philippines. The USS Arizona arrived with four companies of the 18th Infantry, detachments of the 1st Nebraska, 1st...
The Ayala Group and the Araneta Group have launched separate efforts to help those severely affected by the havoc caused by the passage of Typhoon Odette. According to the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council, Typhoon Odette has caused approximately P22 billion in agriculture and...
LANDSCAPE Gemma Cruz Araneta Treaties are contracts between two or more States, but before these are signed elaborate negotiations take place between or among its signatories. Demands and counter demands are embodied in Protocols. According to lawyer-historian Saul Hofileña, Jr.: “Protocols...
LANDSCAPE Gemma Cruz Araneta You may have noticed that our young people are being corrupted in so many despicable ways. They are deliberately being taught to lie which will surely lead them astray. That is why the anguished words of Padre Florentino often comes to mind. Here they are, from the last...
Photo from PBA The PBA will now be allowed to bring back fans to its games starting Dec. 15 when action in the Governors’ Cup shifts to the Smart Araneta Coliseum. PBA commissioner Willie Marcial announced Friday, Dec. 10 that the Quezon City government led by Mayor Joy Belmonte gave the green...
LANDSCAPE Gemma Cruz Araneta Most of my friends cannot believe that I am living happily ever after with three puspins, pusang pinoy, all rescued from different parts of the city by two other cat lovers of the family. Five years ago, my niece, Carmen, rescued four grubby kittens one of which was a...
LANDSCAPE Gemma Cruz Araneta As two political dynasties, each with a pervasive air of privilege, act out a tragic-comic zarzuela, the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI) averts its eye and points a moral compass towards pivotal issues concerning the nation’s future. Last week, the...
LANDSCAPE Gemma Cruz Araneta He was only 32, a month older than my daughter, Fatimah, who was also born in 1966. Teodoro Brawner Baguilat, Jr. is a Tuwali Ifugao with Gaddang blood. He was elected councilor of Kiangan in 1992 at the tender age of 26 and after serving a three-year term, he ran for...
A glimpse of Negrenses’ fight for freedom through the homes of the Generals Perhaps it wouldn’t be as stretch to say that among the most pivotal moment in Philippine history happened on June 12, 1898, when the Filipino’s quest for freedom was finally fulfilled. What many may not know much...
45402 The City of Firsts has officially signaled the beginning of its holiday celebration with the lighting of its iconic Giant Christmas Tree on Nov. 11. Decked with dazzling lights, colorful ornaments, and glittering tinsels, the Giant Christmas Tree situated at the Times Square Food Park in...
LANDSCAPE Gemma Cruz Araneta With bracing directness, Senator Imee Marcos called VP Leni Robredo an “extraordinary housewife.” That was last Oct. 27, when she was interviewed by the gentlemen anchors of “On the Spot.” They asked her to describe all the presidential aspirants. So, Imee said...
LANDSCAPE Gemma Cruz Araneta These days, the query — what have you done for the country? (Ano bang nagawa mo para sa bayan?) — is a galling trick question intended to mock and discredit. The malicious interrogator does not want you to state how you perform your civic duties, on the contrary, he...
