The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA), turned over on Monday, Jan, 23 mobile training laboratories (MTLs) to 10 of its regional offices with the goal of bringing its skills training program to remote areas nationwide. (Photo courtesy of TESDA) In a statement, TESDA...
HOTSPOT Tonyo Cruz As of press time, I haven’t seen or heard commemorations of the second People Power uprising’s 22nd anniversary this past week, either official state-led ceremonies or alternative events. Neither have we heard of preparations to mark the 37th anniversary of the first People...
LANDSCAPE Gemma Cruz Araneta “Gone with the wind,” a movie based on a novel by Margaret Mitchell was produced in 1939, before I was born. The protagonist, Scarlett O’Hara, was the headstrong daughter of a wealthy plantation owner and slave holder who survived the American Civil War. Some...
Actor JC de Vera and his wife Rikkah Cruz are expecting their second child. The news was shared by JC himself, uploading on social media a glimpse of their gender reveal party. Apparently, the couple will have another girl as made obvious during the shindig. JC and Rikkah's first born, Lana Athena,...
Social media has truly made the world smaller. With just a few clicks, people could actually reach out to their favorite celebs directly, some of whom gladly respond as quickly. Sadly though, some fans use the power of social media the wrong way, utilizing it mainly to attack known personalities...
HOTSPOT Tonyo Cruz There are a lot of reasons to be angry nowadays, this early in 2023. But I take inspiration from folks who courageously propose brilliant solutions and alternatives to problems. Special kudos to those whose ideas focus on empowering the poor and working people. We may have less...
KAMPO HENERAL PACIANO RIZAL, Santa Cruz, Laguna – Police arrested two suspected drug pushers and seized shabu valued at P1 million in a buy-bust operation on Thursday, Jan. 12, in Biñan City, this province. Laguna police provincial director Col. Randy Glenn Silvio identified the suspects as...
LANDSCAPE Gemma Cruz Araneta “David Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier,” was the title of a movie produced by Walt Disney in 1951. No, I did not get to see it. My mother assiduously protected her children from Hollywood’s harmful influence, unlike an aunt who bought Crockett coon caps for my...
HOTSPOT Tonyo Cruz Today, I mark my ninth year as a Manila Bulletin columnist. Since I started writing columns on Jan. 4, 2014, I may have already written about 500 columns. Exactly how many pieces I’ve written and got published, I don’t know. What I’m sure about is that I’m grateful for...
LANDSCAPE Gemma Cruz Araneta In 1880, Jose Rizal wrote a play in verse, “Junto al Pasig,” which no one thought subversive because he was a 19-year-old, diligent student of the Ateneo Municipal in Intramuros. The play seemed innocent enough, if not pious. A group of students were waiting by the...
From left: Socorro Kath Angeles, Cesar Montano, Angelina Cruz, Sam Cruz, Angel Francheska, Sunshine Cruz, and Diego Loyzaga. Second row (from left): Cesar Montano's children from Kath - Liam, Samuel and Kristen Montano While hosting for the New Year’s Countdown at Hennan Resort Bohol, I told my...
LANDSCAPE Gemma Cruz Araneta Yet another year is about to end and here I am with unanswered messages of good cheer, thoughtful gifts unacknowledged. I am glued to this book (a Christmas gift from a dear friend) by Nancy Isenberg, titled White Trash, The 400-year Untold History of Class in America...
