Caught on camera

Editorial 11/21/2017

For far too often, we’ve heard of stories about abusive and neglectful doctors and medical staff in Cebu’s hospitals that we tend to forget that they are also human beings who cannot accommodate every complaint raised to…

Mao ba?

Editorial 11/21/2017

BACK ON THE DRIVER’S SEAT Netizens were split on President Rodrigo Duterte’s plan to reinstate the Philippine National Police to its lead role in his administration’s war on illegal drugs. A netizen named Efren Quijano wrote on…

Court of public opinion

Editorial 11/20/2017

Rather than face her accusers in the House justice committee — which is comprised of administration allies anyway — Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno’s decision to bring her case to the bar of public opinion is both…

MAO BA?

Editorial 11/19/2017

LARSIAN’S LOST APPEAL. Netizens, mostly Cebu-based, vented their complaints on the lack of sanitation at the Larsian barbecue area as well as the honesty of its vendors. Mike Jan Dacua lamented, ’’There are also incidents that the…

Intellectual pretense

Editorial 11/19/2017

House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez has engaged in linguistic contortion, peddling as only the “dissolution of marriage” the effects of a bill to legalize across the Philippines actions riddled with the hallmarks of divorce. Why the charade, your…

Consolidating support

Editorial 11/17/2017

Yesterday’s oath taking of local officials for inclusion into the administration PDP-Laban party held at the Plaza Independencia in Cebu City was an event that would eventually come and the only surprise was that it didn’t happen…

Health risks

Editorial 11/16/2017

The deaths of the two infants who were brought to the Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center (VSMMC) three days after they were administered vaccines at the Barangay Pajac health center in Lapu-Lapu City last week, however tragic,…

MAO BA?

Editorial 11/16/2017

TURNCOATS Netizens could only shake their heads at local officials affiliated with the Liberal Party (LP) who switched to President Rodrigo Duterte’s PDP-Laban party, describing them as ‘’balimbing’’ or a turncoat. Romeo Pilayo Vital commented that “ang…

Paid keyboard army

Editorial 11/15/2017

A US journalist’s piece on the supposed “keyboard army” employed by President Rodrigo Duterte to prop up his administration coincided with a confrontation by a pro-Duterte blogger against a BBC news correspondent on the sidelines of the…

MAO BA?

Editorial 11/14/2017

CELL PHONE SIGNAL BAN Netizens supported Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña’s decision to enforce a cell phone signal ban within the Sinulog parade route next year. A netizen named Patingo Elmero wrote, “Proven naman from the last…

The Asean stage

Editorial 11/13/2017

While domestic concerns will always be a priority, at least for this week the government is focusing on issues and problems besetting the Asian region as it hosts the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) summit in…

Humane, sacred feast

Editorial 11/12/2017

In Christian religious studies or theology, it is recognized that conversion is a lifetime rather than an instant process. We would be wise to make this a principle for engaging revelers who attend Cebu City’s Sinulog celebrations.…

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