Distractions

Editorial 10/08/2018

What does public condemnation of a partylist lawmaker’s arrogant behavior at a screening area of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport terminal 2 and the exit of a controversial Cabinet official have in common? Other than being noisy…

Killing in law enforcement

Editorial 10/05/2018

We go back, yet again, to our call for authorities to crack down on the illegal suppliers of guns and ammunition across the country. It would be a strategic accomplishment, should it come to pass, because it…

A way out

Editorial 10/04/2018

It is understandable that those who pursued the case against the couple who were convicted by a court for prostituting their children through their home-based cybersex business in Cordova town, Mactan Island in Cebu last Tuesday were…

Displacing schoolchildren

Editorial 10/02/2018

Though it would be quite unpopular with the masses especially those displaced by natural and human inflicted calamities, the position taken by Education Secretary Leonor Briones that schools should not be used as evacuation centers anymore bears…

Bato’s lobby

Editorial 10/01/2018

That New Bilibid inmates in Muntinlupa City are responsible for the rampant drug distribution in Cebu province is a moot and obvious point made by Director General Rogelio “Bato” dela Rosa of the Bureau of Corrections (Bucor)…

Prudence and hope

Editorial 09/30/2018

At least 72 persons were confirmed dead over the weekend following the recent landslide in Naga City, Cebu while 11 more remained missing. It was only sensible that City Hall officials insisted on barring evacuees who had…

Source of livelihood

Editorial 09/25/2018

The uproar over the remarks made by Asst. Secretary Mark de Leon of the Department of Transportation (DOTr) that driving a passenger jeepney is not a livelihood but a public service won’t help government rationalize its plans…

Taking stock

Editorial 09/24/2018

Even with the loss of lives and property that ensued in the landslide’s wake in Barangay Tinaan, Naga City one has to ask the inevitable question: Should the national government totally ban mining activities? It’s not just…

Crushed

Editorial 09/21/2018

As we write, rescuers are digging for survivors and for bodies of persons who remained missing after they and their homes were gobbled up by part of the mountains of Naga City, Cebu, on Thursday. In upland…

Dark days

Editorial 09/20/2018

While those old enough to remember martial law as enforced during the 70s and early 80s will commemorate in one form or another Sept. 21, the date when it was declared by the late strongman Ferdinand Marcos, it…

The President’s challenge

Editorial 09/18/2018

It remains to be seen just how far President Rodrigo Duterte would push and challenge the military to remove him from office after he ordered the revocation of the amnesty given to Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV and…

Bayanihan spirit

Editorial 09/18/2018

It’s been barely two days since supertyphoon Ompong (international name Mangkhut) devastated northern Luzon but we’d like to think that the Filipino people responded just as strongly to the collective call for assistance to those who lost…

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