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BREAKTHROUGH
Christmas in Rizal’s El Fili
by Elfren S. Cruz - December 22, 2024 - 12:00am
The book El Filibusterismo by Jose Rizal is a sequel to the novel Noli Me Tangere. Many of the characters are the same.
In defense of Philippine sovereignty
by Elfren S. Cruz - December 19, 2024 - 12:00am
The common impression is that sometimes wars can be started accidentally.
Defend democracy and the rule of law
by Elfren S. Cruz - December 15, 2024 - 12:00am
In the last two decades, the number of democracies that have turned authoritarian has dramatically increased.
Is the Philippines ready for Trump?
by Elfren S. Cruz - December 12, 2024 - 12:00am
The incoming Trump administration in the US has promised that it would be radically different from the Biden administration.
EDSA 1986 cannot be duplicated
by Elfren S. Cruz - December 8, 2024 - 12:00am
There are several groups today that are planning rallies based on the experience of the EDSA and EDSA 2 People Power during the time of Ninoy and Cory Aquino. There are even discussions on whether there was an EDSA...
The ‘new’ concept of telemedicine
by Elfren S. Cruz - December 5, 2024 - 12:00am
Over the past few years, telemedicine has changed how we access health care, providing people with the ability to consult a doctor without leaving their homes.
Impeachment scenarios
by Elfren S. Cruz - December 1, 2024 - 12:00am
The past week was a wild and unpredictable political week, even by Philippine standards.
Ninoy’s 92nd birth anniversary
by Elfren S. Cruz - November 28, 2024 - 12:00am
Senator Ninoy Aquino was born on Nov. 27, 1932 and yesterday was his 92nd birth anniversary.
An aging and shrinking population
by Elfren S. Cruz - November 24, 2024 - 12:00am
As recently as a decade ago, one of the major concerns of the world was about overpopulation. The few people predicting a coming age of depopulation or an age of population decline were not taken seriously.
The continuing uncertainty in Taiwan
by Elfren S. Cruz - November 21, 2024 - 12:00am
The election of Donald Trump as president has the world wondering what the effect will be on geopolitics.
An alternative to ‘trickle down’
by Elfren S. Cruz - November 17, 2024 - 12:00am
My previous columns have discussed that traditional economists and economic planners have unfortunately focused on increasing Gross Domestic Product rather than on narrowing income inequality.
Explaining the rise of populism
by Elfren S. Cruz - November 14, 2024 - 12:00am
In the end, perhaps the world should not have been surprised by the victory of Donald Trump.
F. Sionil Jose, a Filipino literary giant
by Elfren S. Cruz - November 10, 2024 - 12:00am
On Dec. 3, we commemorate the 100th birthday of F. Sionil Jose.
On the eve of GOH 2025
by Elfren S. Cruz - November 7, 2024 - 12:00am
My wife Neni Sta. Romana Cruz has been kept busy as member of the Organizing Team for the Philippines as Guest of Honour in 2025 at the Frankfurter Buchmesse and she writes from Frankfurt:
All Souls’ Day
by Elfren S. Cruz - November 3, 2024 - 12:00am
Catholics know that Nov. 2 is the correct day for remembering and honoring the dead.
Essays by F. Sionil Jose
by Elfren S. Cruz - October 31, 2024 - 12:00am
At the outset of writing this column, I would like to make a public confession – that F. Sionil Jose has always been my favorite fiction writer. His books, especially the five-novel epic The Rosales Saga that...
LSGH Alternative Education: Animo embodied
by Elfren S. Cruz - October 27, 2024 - 12:00am
I asked my son Roel, an educator and writer, to share his experience as a teacher in the La Salle Green Hills Alternative Education (AltEd) Department, as he always offers distinct insight into how the Lasallian...
‘We chose peace’
by Elfren S. Cruz - October 24, 2024 - 12:00am
Even during the Spanish colonization period, the relations between the Muslim and the non-Muslim population in the Philippines has always been conflict-ridden.
Untold stories of the CPP-NPA
by Elfren S. Cruz - October 20, 2024 - 12:00am
“Tigaon 1969” (Ateneo de Manila University Press, 2023) by Soliman M. Santos Jr. focuses on stories that led to the formation of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army in the Bicol...
Why translation matters for the country
by Elfren S. Cruz - October 17, 2024 - 12:00am
By the time this column comes out, the Philippine delegation to Frankfurter Buchmesse would have arrived in Frankfurt, prepared to show the international publishing world the rich and diverse stories from the Philippines...
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