A crisis in public transportation

07/05/2016

Perhaps the most interesting news for traffic managers and motorists in Cebu last week (other than the heavy downpour that caused massive traffic here in the metropolis) was Senate Bill No. 11 filed by Sen. Franklin Drilon…

Why Duterte is unlikely to pursue socialism

06/30/2016

As Rodrigo Duterte begins his presidency, a growing number of Filipinos seem to believe—or want to believe—the claim that he is the Philippines’ first “socialist” President. Encouraged by his recent appointments to his Cabinet, some leftists have…

Dictator

06/21/2016

What IS the meaning of human life? This is the most important question that one will face in the course of one’s worldly existence. Interestingly, Albert Camus once said: “I have never seen anyone die for the…

Something positive about Duterte’s media slur

Nestor Ramirez 06/14/2016

President-elect Rodrigo Duterte’s slur against the media should not be taken as entirely negative. The only thing that I did not agree about in his strong statement against the media is the part when he said that…

President Pilandok

06/07/2016

It’s become a pattern since the campaign season began. Not a day passes without Rodrigo Duterte spewing some outrageous statement that makes one’s hair stand on end. Severe disquiet descended as Election Day ended with news of…

The national highway as habal-habal terminal

Nestor Ramirez 05/31/2016

For some months now, portions of the national highway in Barangay Mambaling, Cebu City has become a terminal for motorcycles-for-hire commonly called habal-habal. Not only occupying the portion below the Mambaling skywalk and near the corner going…

Giving the poor a voice

04/05/2015

by Fe N. Reyes How can we make sure that the poor have a voice in the International Eucharistic Congress (IEC) to be held in Cebu in January 2016?  This was the ultimate question set before us,…

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