Private sector behind athletic success

STEPHEN CAPILLAS 08/31/2017

A few months back, someone asked if I can write something about how the commercial ties of the national basketball team Gilas Pilipinas had affected the recruitment of better talent into the roster. At the time, I…

Road safety and due process

STEPHEN CAPILLAS 08/24/2017

A LITTLE promotion: Josh Eballe, with whom I’ve worked with for a time at Sun.Star Cagayan de Oro, wrote a play entitled “Si Chris, Claire ug Merci” that will be held in two venues: A Space Cebu…

Transparency on BRT, LRT

STEPHEN CAPILLAS 08/17/2017

The demand for transparency on the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project by Presidential Assistant to the Visayas Michael Dino goes both ways especially in relation to his proposed Cebu Light Rail Transit (LRT) subway project. Regardless of…

Body cameras for police

STEPHEN CAPILLAS 08/03/2017

Last Sunday dawn’s police raid at the home of Ozamiz City Mayor Reynaldo Parojinog that resulted in his death and the deaths of his wife and 13 others ran more like a by-the-numbers paramilitary operation than a…

Downtown consolation

STEPHEN CAPILLAS 07/27/2017

While there are some rumblings over Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña’s plan to ban private vehicles in the downtown area, which I think comprises Colon Street and its neighboring environs, the rationale behind it sounds feasible enough.…

Holding people hostage

STEPHEN CAPILLAS 07/20/2017

The bomb scares that victimized students of seven schools in Cebu City reminded me of that 2002 movie “Phone Booth” in which the film’s central character, a smarmy and arrogant publicist named Stuart Shepard, was held hostage…

Upgrading the jeepney

STEPHEN CAPILLAS 07/13/2017

I join the public in praying and hoping that the Energy Development Corp. (EDC) would finish their repairs of the geothermal plants that power up the Visayas Grid by next week so the provinces of Leyte, Samar…

The BRT’s viability

STEPHEN CAPILLAS 07/06/2017

As I wrote this piece, a quake disrupted what looked to be just another office day at the Cebu Daily News newsroom at past 4 p.m. yesterday; and the tremors, while thankfully not that strong, were more…

Fusing arts, science and technology

STEPHEN CAPILLAS 06/29/2017

An appeal by Cebu’s renowned furniture designer Kenneth Cobonpue during last week’s event sponsored by the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) in one of Cebu City’s hotels had me thinking about whether or not the Philippines…

Eat as you can

STEPHEN CAPILLAS 06/15/2017

At a time when the Marawi City siege by the Maute terrorist group resulted in the exodus of its more than 200,000 residents to cities and provinces across the country including Cebu, and both the police and…

Hoping for cooler weather ahead

STEPHEN CAPILLAS 06/08/2017

Yesterday’s rains would hopefully usher in an acceptably long, cooler rainy season for Cebu and the rest of the country. Thanks to global warming which US President Donald Trump ensured would be a recurrent problem due to…

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