Dole outs and livelihood

Editorial 11/13/2018

While beneficiaries of the Pamilyang Pantawid Pilipino Program (4Ps) will likely denounce Agriculture Secretary Manny Piñol’s position to abolish the program in favor of livelihood projects, not a few people would likely agree and even lobby for…

Closure and rehab plan

Editorial 11/12/2018

Cebu City residents can only hope that the proposed closure and rehabilitation plan for the Inayawan landfill to be presented tomorrow will pass the stringent requirements set by law, specifically Republic Act 9003 or the Ecological Solid…

Long journey to justice

Editorial 11/06/2018

Small coincidence or not, the scheduled filing of the P4.5-billion class suit by the families of the landslide victims in Barangay Tinaan, Naga City, coincides with the fifth anniversary of Super Typhoon Yolanda’s devastation of Cebu and…

Killings and abuses

Editorial 11/05/2018

Regardless of one’s skepticism about the long term benefits of a planned Senate inquiry into the extrajudicial killings in Cebu, it is hoped that the hearings will result in legislation that will require greater accountability and transparency…

Traffic: An election issue

Editorial 11/04/2018

Especially for metropolitan areas like Cebu, solving traffic woes should be central to the platforms of governance of candidates for election in May 2019. As we learned earlier this year, the country loses P3.5 billion daily to…

Paying for land to live in

Editorial 10/30/2018

We hope the national government through its Department of National Defense, certify immediately an agreement signed between Cebu City Hall and the Capitol that would allow 4,000 residents to continue living on land that surrounds Camp Lapu-Lapu…

Regulating tourist traffic

Editorial 10/29/2018

The re-opening of Boracay Island to tourists and the distribution of so-called “love letters” by the Department of Tourism (DOT) to several tourism destinations in the Visayas and Mindanao, including Oslob town in southern Cebu, highlighted anew…

Small investment

Editorial 10/23/2018

A P13 million budget to be allocated by Cebu City Hall to ensure the safety of business process outsourcing (BPO) workers may be substantial to some but it pales in comparison to the hundreds of millions of…

Plugging the holes in the election system

Editorial 10/22/2018

Regardless on which side of the political fence one sits in, the renewed call for the amendment of Republic Act No. 7941 or the Partylist System Act along with a proposed bill penalizing nuisance candidates should receive…

Impunity and lawlessness

Editorial 10/16/2018

At the current tally of 198 killings, 47 of which occurred during police operations and the rest committed by unknown assailants, the Cebu police leadership should at least not pretend that nothing is wrong as far as…

Narco-list

Editorial 10/15/2018

If anything, the so-called “narco-politicians” list to be submitted by the Department of Interior and Local Governments (DILG) to the Commission on Elections (Comelec) in time for tomorrow’s deadline for the filing of candidacies amounts to a…

Police visits

Editorial 10/10/2018

The recent visits of police officers and officials to several media outlets in Cebu and Bacolod is a matter of some concern, not necessarily alarm, in local media circles in light of the backdrop of statements issued…

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