Low water supply

Editorial 04/09/2018

With the summer season in full swing, it is the Metro Cebu consumers who will feel the full brunt of the water shortage warned of by the Metro Cebu Water District (MCWD) last week. In issuing the…

Once more for easement zones

Editorial 04/08/2018

Cebu Vice Gov. Agnes Magpale expressed hope that other local governments throughout Cebu would imitate Oslob Mayor Jose Tumulak Jr. who announced a weeklong closure of the shores of Sumilon Island for cleanup purposes. The island will…

Unhappy term’s end

Editorial 04/06/2018

The most apt response from the Senate to the resignation — accepted by President Rodrigo Duterte — of Vitaliano Aguirre II as justice secretary came from Sen. Mary Llamanzares. “Whether the exit was graceful or unceremonious, one…

Traffic losses

Editorial 04/05/2018

A traffic study done by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (Jica) detailing how Metro Cebu sustained daily economic losses amounting to P1.1 billion due to poorly planned infrastructure projects may convince some Cebu City officials and the…

SC review on Tokhang

Editorial 04/04/2018

The Supreme Court’s order to the PNP to submit their report on the Oplan Tokhang operations in the country came amid a successful roundup of drug suspects by the Cebu police during the Holy Week observance. About…

Holistic tourism development

Editorial 04/03/2018

An urban planner’s opposition to plans by the government to set up a casino resort on Boracay Island should concern tourism stakeholders in both Cebu and Bohol which are competing for foreign tourism currency along with other…

Face mask ban in Lapu

Editorial 04/02/2018

We hope that Lapu-Lapu City will have better luck in enforcing their own ordinance to ban face masks and tinted helmets after they reactivated its enforcement yesterday. It’s interesting to note that Lapu-Lapu City enacted their ordinance…

Garbage culture

Editorial 04/01/2018

Holy Week has yet again seen a stinking trail of evidence that Filipinos have embraced neither the spirituality of ecological stewardship nor the principle of responsible tourism. From the beaches of Santa Fe municipality in the island…

Invasion of online privacy

Editorial 03/28/2018

The American public’s backlash despite Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg’s public apology for his company’s failure to prevent a US-based analytics firm from harvesting the personal data of its members can serve as additional useful reference points for…

Power plays over projects

Editorial 03/27/2018

When bureaucrats and elected officials argue over which projects should get implemented or not, it’s not them but the public whom they were supposed to serve that suffers the most from the fallout of their oftentimes unnecessary…

It’s not made up

Editorial 03/26/2018

There were 45 unsolved murders in Metro Cebu in one month but the Police Regional Office (PRO-7) isn’t too alarmed about it and they said neither should the public since it’s being blown out of proportion. “Perhaps,…

Life and death situation

Editorial 03/25/2018

After the Teacher from Galilee resurrected his beloved friend Lazarus — says the gospel according to John — Israel’s religious authorities got so alarmed they plotted to take Jesus’ life. “It is better for you that one…

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