Tonyo Cruz

5 days ago | mb.com.ph | Tonyo Cruz

HOTSPOTIn our rural town north of Manila, the former long-time mayor is out to recapture the municipio. Due to term limits, he was denied his dream to be eternal mayor. In the last election, the son became mayor. This year, the father is running again — unopposed. For vice mayor and councilor, they have been mostly the same names for many years now. For representative, it had been the husband for a long time, and then the wife for yet another long time.

Oct 13, 2023 | rappler.com | Mia González |Tonyo Cruz

Compared to Ninoy Aquino Day which is officially declared a special non-working holiday under Republic Act 9256, making the EDSA People Power anniversary a similar holiday has been left to the discretion of presidents. The two closest things to a law marking the 1986 uprising don’t provide for a national holiday: the Human Rights Victims Reparation and Recognition Act of 2013, and Joseph Estrada’s 1999 executive order forming the EDSA People Power Commission.

Jul 19, 2023 | rappler.com | Tonyo Cruz

“How do you solve a problem like Duterte?”Ito siguro ang nasa isip ni Presidente Ferdinand Marcos Jr. matapos ang desisyon ng International Criminal Court (ICC) na ibasura ang apela ng Pilipinas laban sa imbestigasyon sa malawakang pagpaslang noong “drug war.”Bakit nga naman may ganitong problemang napunta sa kanya, at hindi naman siya sangkot. Posibleng maging malaki ang papel ni Marcos sa anumang mangyayari kaugnay ng kaso sa ICC.