HOT SPOT Tonyo Cruz On May 9, we are going to vote to fill up more than 18,000 positions from the president down to municipal councilor. Out of 18,000 posts and tens of thousands of candidates vying for these posts, I’m asking that you “gimme five” and let’s do a “high five” for: Leni...
LANDSCAPE Gemma Cruz Araneta Throughout his life, Jose Rizal constantly argued with himself. In his mind, political thoughts contended vigorously, endlessly. He expressed his convictions and beliefs in his letters to his family and contemporaries, in travel journals, essays for “La...
Rumored couple Rayver Cruz and Julie Anne San Jose thrilled shippers anew. This, after they shared a video of them doing a song cover. Note that at the end of the clip, Rayver surprised Julie with a hug. It received warm reception. Rayver's sister-in-law, Dianne Medina even wrote: "ano nanaman to!...
HOTSPOT Tonyo Cruz As we enter the final week of the campaign, it is important to look back at history’s valuable Marcos-related lesson: The Marcoses could be defeated. They’re not unbeatable. We have done it twice in history. In 1986, after the dictator Marcos tried to tamper with the results...
LANDSCAPE Gemma Cruz Araneta Jose Rizal must have wanted his two novels to be read as one book, that is why on the title page of the hand-written original of “El Filibusterismo” (1891) these words appear in parenthesis – (II parte del Noli Me Tangere). But, Rizal crossed it out before...
HOTSPOT Tonyo Cruz The past few years have been a challenge to Filipino farmers. We’ve seen and heard reports of produce being discarded, and farmers going bankrupt due to rice tariffication and illegal imports. In many parts of the country, death squads have orphaned farming families or split...
The couple shares how they came up with this cool idea Twenty-nine-year-old Atty. Monique Camille Noa-Cruz posted a video of her new bahay kubo in her TikTok account, little did she realize that it would become viral. With over 9.2 million views and 1.2 million likes, Manila Bulletin thought of...
LANDSCAPE Gemma Cruz Araneta When I first read “El Filibusterismo,” I was too young to understand why it is “profound and perfect” (Rizal’s own words), so I was appalled that Maria Clara jumped off the convent roof before Simoun could rescue her and that his revolution failed. Two decades...
HOTSPOT Tonyo Cruz A good number of people are reacting negatively to what happened at a show where kids were unable to answer basic social studies and history questions. The disappointment is understandable. But the problem is that many assume that Philippine history is a major subject in the...
LANDSCAPE Gemma Cruz Araneta “The Philippine Readers,” a teleological series of textbooks for Filipino youth during the American colonial period, was edited by Camilo Osias who had lived through the Revolution against Spain, the First Philippine Republic, Philippine-American War, the...
HOTSPOT Tonyo Cruz The unrelenting “red scare” has not worked. Vice President Leni Robredo has gained ground while the dictator’s son went down in the latest public-opinion survey despite the rabid anti-communist rhetoric and red-tagging accusations hurled against her. Robredo’s association...
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has revoked the corporate registrations of ScentkoWorld Corporation and Brendahl Cruz Holdings, Inc. for illegally soliciting investments from the public through a “buy and earn” program. The SEC Enforcement and Investor Protection Department (EIPD)...
