Spilled blood

Editorial 07/31/2018

Who between a barangay official’s bodyguard and a police officer instigated the shooting that led to the officer’s death near the barangay Tejero hall at past 8 am Monday? In charging the bodyguard of Barangay Tejero Councilman…

Saving face

Editorial 07/30/2018

It would be nearly a year now when the national government approved the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project for implementation and it is only next month when work on the long delayed mass transport system would start…

Round up the killers

Editorial 07/29/2018

Authorities are looking at several possible motives for the shooting and killing of anti-drug official Baby Earl Rallos. A recipient of several awards on account of his work as an officer of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency,…

Morales to Martires

Editorial 07/27/2018

The good news is that President Rodrigo Duterte’s longtime counsel, Edna Batacan has not succeeded Conchita Carpio-Morales at the helm of the Office of the Ombudsman. Batacan had sparked controversy when she confessed to being party to…

Security detail

Editorial 07/26/2018

She has yet to file her candidacy for the post of president of the Association of Barangay Captains/Councils in Cebu City at the time and yet Mabolo Barangay Captain Prisca Niña Mabatid had the good fortune/privilege of…

Updated retread

Editorial 07/25/2018

Yesterday’s editorial mentioned President Rodrigo Duterte’s State of the Nation Address (SONA) as backdrop for former president and now Pampanga Rep. Gloria Macapagal Arroyo’s sudden takeover of the Lower House. But this week won’t pass without mainstream…

Arroyo’s return to power

Editorial 07/24/2018

Last Monday’s State of the Nation Address (Sona) was yet another eventful chapter in President Rodrigo Duterte’s administration not only because of what he said but also what transpired in the leadup to his annual speaking engagement…

Delaying tactics

Editorial 07/23/2018

By the time this piece came out, President Rodrigo Duterte may or may not have mentioned about the fate of the Cebu Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project in his State of the Nation Address, prioritizing instead his…

State of chaos

Editorial 07/22/2018

We have no indication from the administration of President Rodrigo Duterte that it is seeking redemption. But if it is, it should start with nothing less than an honest report today about the state of the nation.…

Innisfree

Editorial 07/21/2018

While walking through Harajuku in Shibuya, I took a selfie of myself in front of a store named Innisfree. I love the poems of W. B. Yeats, the mention of whose name immediately evokes the short piece,…

Dismantle illegal arms networks

Editorial 07/20/2018

Police confiscated 15 illegal firearms in Pier 4, Cebu City on Thursday, July 19. The guns, concealed in a bus aboard a roll-on, roll-off vessel, were bound for Ormoc City. They were presented to the media by…

Alternative livelihood

Editorial 07/19/2018

While there is some relief promised by the national government for Metro Cebu’s transport woes, attention should also be given to the jeepney drivers and operators who may be displaced by the so-called Integrated Intermodal Transport System…

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