HOTSPOT Baby River Nasino would have turned three on July 1 this year. But sadly, she only lived a little over three months. Who could forget Baby River’s funeral? The police dispatched dozens of close-in uniformed escorts to guard Reina Mae Nasino who was made to wear a full-body PPE. They did...
LANDSCAPE There were two SONAs (State of the Nation Address) which I was fortunate enough to witness in the flesh, in the august session hall of the Batasang Pambansa in Quezon City. I was then the Secretary of the Department of Tourism, appointed by President Joseph E. Estrada. The SONA is a...
LANDSCAPE If the USA should “alienate sovereignty” it means that the USA is giving up territory incorporated in its body politic, like Puerto Rico, and at one time, the Philippines Islands. Just as the USA acquired and incorporated territory by treaty, purchase or conquest, it could very well...
SANTA CRUZ, Laguna – The mayor of this town is facing a petition for recall election filed by three registered voters and bonafide residents with the Commission on Election (Comelec) here on July 14. THE Commission on Elections in Santa Cruz, Laguna receives a recall petition against ...
CAMP GEN. PACIANO RIZAL, Laguna – A lady drug pusher was arrested and suspected shabu worth P340,000 was seized in a buy-bust operation on Wednesday morning, July 11, in Sitio Huwaran, Barangay Pagsawitan, Santa Cruz, this province. Police Col. Harold Depositar, Laguna police chief, in a report to...
LANDSCAPE We have been waffling on this question – should we prepare for war? I do not mean as a belligerent party because the 1987 Philippine Constitution renounces war as an instrument of national policy and adopts the generally accepted principles of international law as part of the law of the...
LANDSCAPE How unfortunate that Secretary Christina G. Frasco of the Department of Tourism (DOT) should suddenly be mired in the fiasco of “Love the Philippines,” the new branding titled “GINTO, Greater Innovation, New Tour-ism Opportunities” launched last June 27 to celebrate the golden...
Residents of Barangay Astorga, Santa Cruz, Davao del Sur hit by flash floods received relief packs from representatives of AboitizPower subsidiaries Hedcor Sibulan Inc. and Therma South Inc. RESIDENTS affected by flash flood in Barangay Astorga, Santa Cruz, Davao del Sur receive relief goods...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (left) and President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. (Speaker's office, MANILA BULLETIN) House Speaker Martin Romualdez has hailed the "decisive action" of President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. against the alleged onion cartel. “This is a welcome development, a...
Despite parting ways, former celebrity couple Ellen Adarna and John Lloyd Cruz were able to fairly divide their roles and responsibilities to co-parent their son, Elias. Ellen discussed the issue in a Q&A session on Instagram, focusing on the financial aspect of the matter. When asked if John Lloyd...
LANDSCAPE Did your parents ever take you to Luneta to watch the Independence Day parade? Or a reenactment of Rizal’s execution? My maternal grandfather, Dr. Alfredo Guerrero, would take my brother and I to Luneta on July 4, that was when Independence Day was celebrated in those days. I enjoyed...
By Teresita Cruz del Rosario It is the turbulent years of the early ’70s in the Philippines, over a hundred years since the execution of Dr. José Rizal. I sit in a class on Philippine History as an undergrad. We read his two novels—*Noli Me Tangere (The Social Cancer) and El...
