Past a heritage of smallness

Editorial 01/28/2018

The firestorm of jokes and furor that greeted assistant secretary Margaux Uson’s erroneous location of Mount Mayon now needs to give way to attention to those who are enduring the consequences of the volcanic eruption. Uson apologized…

Unnecessary installment

Editorial 01/26/2018

The looming resumption of Operation Tokhang under the Philippine National Police should motivate advocates for the humane rehabilitation of persons recovering from substance abuse to strengthen their efforts. That Malacañang did not learn from the causes of…

Palliative traffic solutions

Editorial 01/25/2018

Two developments that should hopefully improve Metro Cebu’s traffic flow are being lobbied by local officials both in Congress and at the local level that deserve public support. It is no small coincidence that these two measures…

Asleep behind the wheel

Editorial 01/24/2018

Rather than simply investigating the fatal van crash that killed seven balikbayan medical practitioners in Alegria town last Saturday, the Cebu provincial government should crack down and shut down operators that don’t comply with basic safety requirements…

Sinulog security assessment

Editorial 01/23/2018

Now that three days have passed since the successful Sinulog celebration, a post evaluation of the event persuaded Cebu City Hall officials and law enforcement agencies to retain some of their security measures which would certainly make…

Holding the fort

Editorial 01/22/2018

With the Lower House charging full steam ahead in its campaign to amend or replace the 1987 Constitution, it’s time for Congress to set aside their collective ambition and differences and start to meet halfway at least…

A better Fiesta Señor

Editorial 01/21/2018

Though visited by overcast skies or rain, this year’s Fiesta Señor was successful and showed noticeable improvement on many fronts. Extensive social media use by Basilica Minore del Santo Niño staffers helped ensure that most church-going devotees…

Stupid love?

Editorial 01/19/2018

Nowhere is the cavalier demeanor and perhaps Machiavellianism of charter change proponents more pronounced than in their deletion of the word “love” in the preamble of a draft Constitution. According to the Lower House subcommittee on constitutional…

Deliberating on Charter change

Editorial 01/18/2018

As Congress moves to replace the 1987 Constitution, dissenting voices from two former chief justices should stoke the flames of debate and encourage the Filipino populace from all over the country and even beyond to discuss actively…

Tulisitation

Editorial 01/17/2018

Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña’s order to the Barangay Apas contingent requiring them to refund the business establishments that donated to them for their participation in the Sinulog Sa Barangay Sa Dakbayan is, to put it bluntly,…

MAO BA?

Editorial 01/17/2018

NATIVE GOWN RAVES Daanbantayan Festival Queen representitive Isabel Luche drew raves from netizens after her photo on Facebook went viral with her Filipino rural life-themed gown decked with designs of “bahay kubos” or Filipino native huts, coconut…

Crackdown

Editorial 01/16/2018

If only to rub salt on an open wound, Assistant Secretary Mocha Uson of the Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) “offered” Rappler founder Maria Ressa a job in her blog following the revocation by the Securities and…

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