Under probe

Editorial 05/08/2018

Though President Rodrigo Duterte had been less emphatic about his commitment to eradicating corruption within government in favor of his daily diatribes against illegal drugs, there is no mistaking his abhorrence for corruption in public office and…

Hardheaded

Editorial 05/07/2018

While 50 percent may be a passing average for some, it’s still not good enough insofar as Cebu City Hall’s garbage collection and disposal efforts are concerned. This statistic is all the more important in light of…

Better barangay, better nation

Editorial 05/06/2018

Aweek from now, voters across the Philippines will choose the new set of barangay and barangay youth councilors. In the runup to the polls, it is incumbent upon candidates and voters to remember clearly the role of…

Unfortunate list

Editorial 05/04/2018

We wonder whose bright idea it was to release a list from the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) containing the names of barangay officials allegedly involved in illegal narcotics. Some may justify the publicizing of the list…

Initial victory

Editorial 05/03/2018

At best President Rodrigo Duterte’s Executive Order that regulates contractualization seeks to breach the middle ground between the demands of labor groups and the compromises offered by Big Business though it falls quite short of the ideal.…

A dangerous precedent

Editorial 05/01/2018

Though disappointing, it wasn’t unexpected that the government would eventually disclose a new list of suspected narcopoliticans including those running in this month’s barangay elections through its Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA). What is significant is that…

In need of safety nets

Editorial 04/30/2018

Barely a few months into his administration, President Rodrigo Duterte pledged to create a so-called Overseas Workers Bank that will supposedly be funded by remittances from Filipino overseas workers and mandated to provide them loans for businesses…

Our dolorous workers

Editorial 04/29/2018

Amid a row with Kuwait, President Rodrigo Duterte urged compatriots working in the Middle Eastern country to come home since there are now, as he claims, many jobs in the Philippines. The assertion brings us back to…

Lawyers, day, and night

Editorial 04/27/2018

At a time when the Philippine judiciary – in the words of former Chief Magistrate Hilario Davide Jr. – is suffering Calvary many times over, the words of the Cebu topnotchers in the 2017 bar examinations bring…

Hanging by a thread

Editorial 04/26/2018

The 10 day deadline given by the National Economic Development Authority-Investment Coordination Committee (NEDA-ICC) to the Department of Transportation (DOTR) to find an alternative solution to the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) may or may not be met…

Public sentiment

Editorial 04/25/2018

The latest Pulse Asia survey for the period of March 23 to 28 didn’t show anything new other than the obvious daily concerns by majority of the Filipinos as they inch closer to marking the second year…

Another law

Editorial 04/24/2018

Do we really need a law to protect the country’s tourist spots in light of what happened to Boracay Island? If only to remind us of our responsibility to care for our tourist attractions, then it is…

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