The Ermita situation

Stephen D. Capillas 02/09/2017

Last week’s verbal clash between Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña and Presidential Assistant for the Visayas Michael Dino has brought to the fore the uncertain status of the city’s political opposition. While the mayor filed charges of…

Traffic aide blues

Stephen D. Capillas 02/02/2017

Buried among the headline stories of the week such as the Miss Universe pageant and the temporary withdrawal of the PNP from the government’s war on illegal drugs are two news stories of traffic aides who both…

Indignation against Trump and animal cruelty

Stephen D. Capillas 01/26/2017

Last Sunday’s march rally by women in the US and other parts of the world in response to the inauguration of US President Donald Trump may have made headlines; but sustaining that indignation, that anger towards the…

On Trump and the drunken party mob

Stephen D. Capillas 01/19/2017

On learning last November that American businessman Donald John Trump will become the 45th US president, I had a flashback about reading a Doonesbery comic strip panel published in the Philippine Daily Inquirer sometime in 1988. That…

Better kill switches on smartphones

Stephen D. Capillas 01/12/2017

I really hope the manufacturers of smartphones install a better kill switch on their units just so owners can inflict a real hurting on thieves and discourage their kind from committing any more snatching in the future.…

2016 end thoughts

Stephen D. Capillas 12/29/2016

I was hoping to have this space officially launched as a column by March 18 next year, the first anniversary that I began writing here, but there was a deadline for this month and orders are orders…

A sense of occasion

Stephen D. Capillas 12/22/2016

Last December 11, British celebrity chef Marco Pierre White marked his 55th birthday; and while I thought of writing something about him on that date, I figured I’d save it for this day, Dec. 23, or a…

Unsolicited entertainment

Stephen D. Capillas 12/15/2016

Even before Cebu City officials reminded residents not to give alms to vagrants and beggars especially now during the holiday season, not a few people were averse to this practice and it’s not hard to see why…

Breaking and bending the law

Stephen D. Capillas 12/08/2016

On hearing President Rodrigo Duterte talk about not allowing the Albuera police officers to land in jail for the death of Albuera Mayor Rolando Espinosa Sr., I was reminded about the confession scene in the 1989 action…

Right to road space

Stephen D. Capillas 12/01/2016

Yesterday kicked off the month-long observance of the annual Yuletide season or Christmas as the global Christian community calls it. While the prevalent atmosphere and mood on the streets is usually one of festivity and cheer, it’s…

The New York Times ‘apology’

Stephen D. Capillas 11/24/2016

I mentioned last Friday about US President-elect Donald Trump’s claim about the New York Times apologizing to him through “A Letter to the Readers” that the publication issued last Nov. 13. After reading about it on a…

Fail-safes on Uber

Stephen D. Capillas 11/17/2016

Was thinking about writing a piece on the “Letter to the Readers” made by the New York Times in which it admitted its shortcomings in its coverage of this year’s US elections and how this letter was…

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