Martial law Christmas

STEPHEN CAPILLAS 12/21/2017

Cagayan de Oro City—The last time I visited the City of Golden Friendship martial law was in effect but somehow, with the exception of the presence of mobile checkpoints, one could hardly feel any tension caused by…

Duterte’s ‘pangkurat’ and mass transport options

STEPHEN CAPILLAS 12/14/2017

Somehow, President Rodrigo Duterte’s assurance to the Malacañang Press Corps that he is “not their enemy” isn’t all that reassuring given the spate of developments over the past few months. Notably one such development, however minor it…

The Dengvaxia debacle

STEPHEN CAPILLAS 12/07/2017

One of the key points in the Dengvaxia debacle/fiasco that should be looked into here is that it’s not the vaccine — which is said to have a 90 percent efficacy against dengue that is defective, it’s…

Just rewards

STEPHEN CAPILLAS 11/30/2017

A civilian volunteer based in Lapu-Lapu City and a former beauty queen turned starlet both received their just rewards for displaying arrogant, abusive behavior towards their fellow Filipinos and it somehow restores a little bit of one’s…

The monorail prospect

STEPHEN CAPILLAS 11/23/2017

Upon first learning about a press conference on a proposed monorail project for Metro Cebu from yesterday’s piece of Cebu Daily News columnist Jobers Bersales, (“Moving Cebu’s monorail forward”) I was reminded anew, rightly or wrongly (wrongly…

Victim and violator

STEPHEN CAPILLAS 11/16/2017

There were two incidents that happened over Asean weekend at the country’s capital that provided yet another illustration of the huge and growing gap between the motorists, commuters and the mass transport system in the country. The…

Cash aid, ‘screaming hollow blocks’

STEPHEN CAPILLAS 11/02/2017

At the risk of sounding downright uncharitable and heartless, I have to question the wisdom of allocating an additional P9,000 as rental for displaced fire victims in Cebu City on top of the P20,000 cash aid and…

DOTr waffling on the BRT

STEPHEN CAPILLAS 10/26/2017

Though funding for the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project had been released, it looks like it’s not out of the woods yet as far as being dropped by the government is concerned if one uses as bases…

Vidal snapshots and jeepney phaseout

STEPHEN CAPILLAS 10/19/2017

Though many cannot deny that it was only a matter of time before he passed away due to his advanced age and deteriorating health, still, the death of Cebu Archbishop Emeritus Ricardo Cardinal Vidal at 7 am…

Raising taxi fare rates

STEPHEN CAPILLAS 10/05/2017

Don’t you just hate it when people try to exploit you after learning you had a windfall or a bonus, like they were sharks or some such predatory animal surrounding you after smelling blood oozing from your…

Keeping checkpoint cops honest

STEPHEN CAPILLAS 09/28/2017

Perhaps in order to discourage police or the military from committing any abusive behavior in mobile and stationary checkpoints, commuters and motorists should have some sort of camera in place–hidden perhaps–to record them as they conduct their…

Tattoos and bank accounts

STEPHEN CAPILLAS 09/07/2017

I only managed to catch the tailend of yesterday’s Senate blue ribbon committee hearing on the P6.4-billion shabu smuggling case, but I did console myself with the thought that I would catch the gist of the hearing…

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