Measured response

Editorial 10/31/2017

A proposal to allocate an additional P9,000 cash aid to fire victims in Cebu City met mixed reactions from officials who either saw it as too much or just right for the intended beneficiaries. In opposing the…

MAO BA?

Editorial 10/31/2017

LRT STUDY The Cebu City Council’s decision to authorize the mayor into signing an agreement for a pre-investment study on a proposed Light Rail Transit (LRT) project was met with skepticism from netizens. Dale Roach commented, “Sometimes…

New messenger

Editorial 10/30/2017

With the appointment of Kabayan party-list Rep. Harry Roque as presidential spokesperson, what can Filipinos expect in terms of conveying President Rodrigo Duterte’s messages on policies, issues and whatnot? It’s not only because Roque is a kababayan…

MAO BA?

Editorial 10/30/2017

BOLJOON FAULT LINE A clearing operation is now underway in the town of Boljoon after a landslide hit Sitio Sangi of Barangay Lower Becerril last week due to the movement of the fault line. The provincial disaster…

Vanquish cybersex, save our children

Editorial 10/29/2017

That mothers who used children in the cybersex trade were arrested in Cordova town and Talisay City tells us anew that previous police raids against such activity have had little deterrent effect. The long-term solution to the…

Travel advisory

Editorial 10/27/2017

While our government is hard-pressed to argue with foreign governments on their assessment of our country’s security, the latest travel advisory from Great Britain clashes with the glowing opinions of travelers who have stayed in our shores.…

MAO BA?

Editorial 10/27/2017

MOLESTER ARRESTED Sexual harassment is and will always be a sensitive case, especially to women. But many people are always ready to speak up against it. For instance, many netizens expressed disgust about the man who was…

Health and wealth

Editorial 10/26/2017

It’s a question that had bugged and had been openly admitted by the Provincial Health Office (PHO), so it’s better to mention it again if only to cast a spotlight on and show the irony in the…

Vidal’s farewell

Editorial 10/25/2017

Thanks to an official declaration from President Rodrigo Duterte, practically all roads today lead to the procession and burial of the beloved Cebu Archbishop Emeritus Ricardo Cardinal Vidal for the Catholic faithful who will number in the…

Budget cuts

Editorial 10/24/2017

What to make of the reduced funding for barangay officials and employees in next year’s Cebu City budget? Of course, opposition officials will complain that the administration is trying to pressure the former’s allied barangay officials to…

Provocation

Editorial 10/23/2017

If the account of the wife of road rage suspect Edward Erasmo is to be believed, there was sufficient provocation for Erasmo to fly into a rage and smash the window of the taxi unit driven by…

MAO BA?

Editorial 10/23/2017

HOLIDAY FOR VIDAL A lot of netizens were mixed in their reactions to Michael Dino, Presidential Assistant for the Visayas, lobbying for Malacañang to declare October 26 a holiday for the burial of the late Cebu Archbishop…

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