Tears on Bonifacio Day

Ambeth R. Ocampo - @inquirerdotnet 11/30/2022

Looking back on the calendar for the year that is almost over, I counted 18 nonworking holidays spread throughout 2022. Are the single holidays appreciated as much as those that fall on Mondays and Fridays, resulting in…

Bonifacio Day: The fight is not over — Hontiveros

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 11/30/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines—The fight is not over, even after 158 years since Andres Bonifacio was born in 1863.  For Cebu City Vice Mayor Donaldo Hontiveros, a revolution continues to this day with the COVID-19 pandemic.  “The COVID-19…

Fake news nipped in the bud

Ambeth R. Ocampo - @inquirerdotnet 12/02/2020

Seasoned journalists from the print era told me that despite best efforts, mistakes still creep into a newspaper. Typographical errors are forgotten, but errors of fact or opinion are corrected in a rejoinder that appears the next…

Militant protesters surprise Mandaue cops in Bonifacio Day protest 

Mary Rose Sagarino 11/30/2020

MANDAUE CITY, Philippines — There was a tense standoff for a few minutes between the police and at least 80 members of militant groups in Cebu, who held a rally in Mandaue City to mark Andres Bonifacio’s…

Bonifacio Day messages: Love your country, fight for it

Leila B. Salaverria, Matthew Reysio-Cruz 12/01/2019

MANILA, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte and his arch-critic, Sen. Leila de Lima, on Saturday both called on Filipinos to emulate the patriotism of Andres Bonifacio — for Duterte, to free the nation from corruption, terrorism and…

Cebu City police ready for Bonifacio Day rallies

Nestle L. Semilla 11/29/2017

More than 70 policemen will be deployed to ensure peace and order during the planned protest rallies in Cebu City today, as the country commemorates Bonifacio Day. Two protest rallies are set to be conducted today, according…

SHOW OF FORCE

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Jose Santino S. Bunachita 11/30/2016

The crowd of just over a thousand Cebuano protesters may not be as big as those in Metro Manila, but the message was the same: Marcos is not a hero and has no place in the Libingan…

Marcos burial at the LNMB a revision of history

John Carlo Villaruel 11/30/2016

THIS is a revision of history. When a dictator who was ousted by People Power will be buried in the Libingan ng mga Bayani, we are made a laughing stock in the entire world. Only in the…

Remembering Bonifacio

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag, Nestle L. Semilla with Marc Eric Cosep 12/01/2015

Don’t work hard to become a hero, work hard because it is the right thing to do.’ Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama said this during the celebration of the 152nd birth anniversary of Gat Andres Bonifacio at…

Militants hold march rally at Colon street

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 11/30/2015

SEVERAL militant groups held a march rally starting from Fuente Osmena to Colon street this morning. Groups like Anakbayan, Kabataan partylist, Bayan and Piston voiced their sentiments on transportation, labor and salary increase and even lumad killings.…

A walk for climate justice

Atty. Gloria Estenzo Ramos 11/29/2015

Today is Andres Bonifacio Day which is also the 152nd birth anniversary of the revolutionary leader and national hero. We know he founded the Katipunan whose members, on August 23, 1896, tore up their cedulas as an…

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