PISTON Cebu: Surge of fuel prices to possibly reach P20 by year-end

King Anthony Perez 10/02/2018

Transport group Pinagkaisang Samahan ng mga Tsuper at Operator Nationwide (PISTON) believe that increases in fuel prices will continue until year-end. Greg Perez, PISTON Cebu coordinator, said that fuel price increases could even reach as much as…

Perceptions, politics and the future

King Anthony Perez 09/04/2018

MARRIAGE WITHOUT RECOGNITION A recent Pew Research Center study showed that the Philippines ranked 10th among 17 countries in the world with a high level of public acceptance for homosexuals. But while this may be so, a…

Catholicism, Duterte and same-sex unions

King Anthony Perez 09/03/2018

MARRIAGE WITHOUT RECOGNITION After more than three years together, gay couple Michael Cano and Jay Lugo completely trust each other with their lives. But other than that, Michael and Jay believe that another key ingredient to their…

Marriage Equality

King Anthony Perez 09/02/2018

MARRIAGE WITHOUT RECOGNITION: SAME-SEX UNIONS INT HE PHILIPPINES Treating themselves as a married couple, Michael Cano and Jay Lugo live together at a rented apartment in one of Cebu City’s upland residential areas. After their symbolic wedding…

Legalizing same sex unions

King Anthony Perez 09/01/2018

  Part 2 MARRIAGE WITHOUT RECOGNITION It’s pretty much the same with the rest, I think,” was how Amanda Karina Escano described her kind of family. Amanda Karina or Kina to her closest friends, has been living…

A symbolic union

King Anthony Perez 08/31/2018

MARRIAGE WITHOUT RECOGNITION It all started with a chit chat in a busy barbeque stand along Escario St., Cebu City. Michael Cano, 31, and Jay Lugo, 34, met sometime in 2014 when they shared a conversation about…

Village councilman killed by unidentified assailants

Ador Vincent Mayol, King Anthony Perez, Nestle L. Semilla 07/10/2018

  Barangay Kalunasan Councilman Ruel Mabano was shot dead by unidentified assailants riding on board a motorcycle on Tuesday afternoon (July 10). Mabano, who attended a barangay council session prior to the incident, was killed when he…

RID-7 chief: “Medium-sized sachets of shabu were found in Dumpit’s possession”

Benjie B. Talisic, King Anthony Perez, Nestle L. Semilla 06/27/2018

Senior Supt Remus Medina, chief of Regional Intelligence Division in Central Visayas (RID-7), said that they had conducted a legitimate drug bust operation targeting SPO1 Adonis Dumpit. Dumpit was killed during the joint operation of RID-7 and National…

China: Adapting to new media

King Anthony Perez 06/26/2018

(Conclusion) Wei Xiao Hui, editor-in-chief of China.org.cn, a web portal, observed that circulation has been dropping fast as interest in online media rises. Wei also observed an increase in the price of paper, along with reductions in…

Media developments in modern-day China

King Anthony Perez 06/25/2018

(Part 1) With a pair of blue round eyes, Baby Cloud gleefully welcomed visitors while speaking in Mandarin. A mobile tablet in hand, the white-shaded life-sized robot of Jiangxi Daily Newspaper Group showed off its unusual skills.…

14-day seminar in Beijing ends today

King Anthony Perez 05/30/2018

The 14-day seminar for Philippine journalists and information officers in Beijing, China ends today (May 30). The seminar, which was sponsored by the China International Publishing Group (CIPG), started last May 17. The Philippine delegation is composed…

Philippine media practitioners in Beijing for seminar on New Media

King Anthony Perez 05/17/2018

More than 20 media practitioners and information officers from the Philippines participated the 2018 Seminar for Information Officers and Journalists from the Philippines in Beijing, China starting today (May 17). The 14-day seminar is sponsored by the…

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