@tonyocruz.bsky.social
Writer, opinion columnist, and tito based in Quezon City/Metro Manila/PH
Big balls of candlewax, picnics, and other stories
-- my column this weekend in Manila Bulletin
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QC Karinderya gets Michelin gourmand bib
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Andrew, brother of King Charles, alleged rapist, and friend of sex offenders:
Prince no more, evicted from royal mansion
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Sister Rosetta Tharpe: "The Godmother of Rock and Roll" youtu.be/FKK_EQ4pj9A
26.10.2025 06:55 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Here and now
-- my Bulletin column this weekend, about the flawed, self-serving logic behind "wait for your turn" and "vote wisely"
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Anong petsa na?
20.10.2025 13:04 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0DOWN: Not just Canva
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Good time to check out Polotno Studio, and other open-source Canva alternatives
20.10.2025 08:48 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Recommended read
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Hazard Hunter PH: free hazard assessment from DOST-PHIVOLCS and GeoriskPH
Sinubukan ko at ito ang lumabas na hazard assessment ng isang address sa QC para makita ang risks sa lindol, volcanic eruption, bagyo, etc.
Try niyo sa hazardhunter.georisk.gov.ph
Here's my Manila Bulletin column this weekend: The importance of disclosure
-- about SALNs and disclosure of relations
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14.10.2025 11:54 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Storytelling by Direk Joel Lamangan
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โ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฌ. ๐๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ซ๐ถ๐ฌ ๐ซ๐๐ญ๐๐ญ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐๐ซ ๐๐ซ๐ค ๐ฃ๐ฌ๐ซ๐ฑ
MTV to shut down UK music channels at end of 2025
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Read archived, subscription-free version here: archive.md/OUOHh
'Guarantee letters'
-- my Manila Bulletin column this weekend, about taxpayer-funded "medical assistance"
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"It's complicated" is phrase that's loaded and momentous for late Gen X and early Millennial people (aka Friendsters)
05.10.2025 14:15 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0No regrets: A son's note about a teacher's last Teachers Day post
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WORLD TEACHERS DAY
Meet millennial Ruby Ana Bernardo, the new chair of the Alliance of Concerned Teachers. Youngest-ever at 33.
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Oct. 4 is the feast day of St. Francis.
Good day to remember his tocayo.
Full text here:
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Sharing my Manila Bulletin column this weekend:
ALL EYES ON CEBU
#CebuEarthquake
Sino ang papalit kay Zaldy Co?
Ako Bicol third nominee Atty. Jan Chan is the only son of Atty. Joselito Chan, the founder of ChanRobles and Associates Law Firm and a noted labor law expert.
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My Manila Bulletin column this weekend:
Yes to more anti-corruption measures
"The public is not in the mood for more abuses of power, exceptions, evidence-tampering, cover-ups or escapes."
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Mendiola through the eyes of photojournalists
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Power to the people
-- notes on the significance and direction of Sept. 21, 2025
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100,000 bumaha sa Luneta, as of 12 noon #StopKorap
21.09.2025 05:02 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Magandang umaga! Maayong buntag!
See you at Luneta!
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PWD groups denounce corruption, vows to take part in Luneta rally
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