Brazen illegal gambling in Metro Cebu

Nestor Ramirez 08/23/2016

Aside from drugs, government also needs to deal with illegal gambling. In my investigative journalism class last year, two students investigated the proliferation of illegal betting centers in Talisay City. The betting centers serve as the “masiao”…

Shaming could not stop the drug trade

Nestor Ramirez 08/09/2016

Early Sunday, President Rodrigo R. Duterte dropped another bombshell and announced to the public the names of seven judges, 52 incumbent and former mayors and vice mayors, three congressmen, one former board member and 96 police and…

Crackdown on traffic violators

Nestor Ramirez 07/26/2016

Would solutions to traffic problems be bloody too? In expressing his frustration over the relief of his trusted key regional and city police officials, Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña threatened to stop supporting the anti-illegal drug campaign…

More on the habal-habal drivers of Mambaling

Nestor Ramirez 07/12/2016

Who collects P20 a day from habal-habal (motorcycle-for-hire) drivers in Mambaling? I received information that the “uniformed and organized” habal-habal drivers that continue to make the national highway in Barangay Mambaling as their terminal under the nose…

Something positive about Duterte’s media slur

Nestor Ramirez 06/14/2016

President-elect Rodrigo Duterte’s slur against the media should not be taken as entirely negative. The only thing that I did not agree about in his strong statement against the media is the part when he said that…

The national highway as habal-habal terminal

Nestor Ramirez 05/31/2016

For some months now, portions of the national highway in Barangay Mambaling, Cebu City has become a terminal for motorcycles-for-hire commonly called habal-habal. Not only occupying the portion below the Mambaling skywalk and near the corner going…

Ethics in election coverage

Nestor Ramirez 05/03/2016

Last week I received by email a copy of an April 22, 2016 memorandum issued by the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) setting guidelines on the May 9 election coverage of their officers and…

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