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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…
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…
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…
AGRICULTURE CHALLENGE Based on a 2017 survey of the Department of Agriculture (DA), the average age of farmers in the Philippines today is 60 years old. For DA, the trend was worrisome as young generation of Filipinos…
Laughter and the cheers of children echoed through a playground in Danao City, keeping the place alive one late afternoon. Aptly called “Children’s Paradise”, the stretch of concrete dotted with pine trees and ornamental plants has become…
Myrna Bensi-Manayon was 28 years old when she was asked to be the first day care worker of Barangay Calawisan, Lapu-Lapu City. The work offered no pay; but she readily accepted the challenge. Manayon, or Ma’am Myrna…
LTFRB’s Montealto What makes the world go round? For newly-appointed Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board Central Visayas (LTFRB-7) director retired Col. Eduardo Montealto Jr., it is music. Montealto, a native of Davao City, said that music…
Despite the sweltering heat, Mary Rose Rodriguez was all smiles as officers of the Cebu City Jail placed a veil over her head and tightly secured it with a plastic tiara. “I’m so excited to get married…
Fifty-year-old Joseph Angtud felt his stomach rumbling as he began to walk to an area — away from the crowd — in the busy streets of Barangay Centro, Mandaue City. It was almost 7 p.m. and he…
Tartanilla (Conclusion) Boyo is a four year old horse that trots daily along Leon Kilat Street, Duljo-Fatima and Pasil, Cebu City. He is easily recognized by many coachmen and avid passengers of horse-drawn carriages called tartanilla for…
Jeepney drivers are unabashedly considered the “king of the road” as this unique Filipino mode of public transport has become a necessity for most commuters. However, about a century ago, the streets were ruled by coachmen on…
First of three parts Cars rushing by, the honking of horns trying to drown each other, and people running after fully-loaded jeepneys. These are early morning scenes along Leon Kilat Street, Cebu City as the noise from…
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