Our dolorous workers

Editorial 04/29/2018

Amid a row with Kuwait, President Rodrigo Duterte urged compatriots working in the Middle Eastern country to come home since there are now, as he claims, many jobs in the Philippines. The assertion brings us back to…

The branch will not break

Simeon Dumdum Jr. 04/28/2018

James Wright’s poem, Two Hangovers, has two parts. The second part bears the title, I Try to Waken and Greet the World Once Again, and goes as follows: In a pine tree, A few yards away from…

Lawyers, day, and night

Editorial 04/27/2018

At a time when the Philippine judiciary – in the words of former Chief Magistrate Hilario Davide Jr. – is suffering Calvary many times over, the words of the Cebu topnotchers in the 2017 bar examinations bring…

Hanging by a thread

Editorial 04/26/2018

The 10 day deadline given by the National Economic Development Authority-Investment Coordination Committee (NEDA-ICC) to the Department of Transportation (DOTR) to find an alternative solution to the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) may or may not be met…

Public sentiment

Editorial 04/25/2018

The latest Pulse Asia survey for the period of March 23 to 28 didn’t show anything new other than the obvious daily concerns by majority of the Filipinos as they inch closer to marking the second year…

Another law

Editorial 04/24/2018

Do we really need a law to protect the country’s tourist spots in light of what happened to Boracay Island? If only to remind us of our responsibility to care for our tourist attractions, then it is…

Competing agendas

Editorial 04/23/2018

The anchor for the Regional Development Council’s (RDC) lukewarm reception—not a few would say outright rejection—of the tunnel proposal of Rep. Raul del Mar of Cebu City’s north district lies in a statement from businessman Glenn Soco,…

Idealism, caution, and despair

Editorial 04/22/2018

Lest the anti-dynasty provisions of the law covering village youth councils be watered down, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) and civic organizations must find ways to restore young people’s trust in the government. That should be the…

William Blake and the Good Shepherd

Simeon Dumdum Jr. 04/21/2018

In 1789, William Blake came out with “Songs of Innocence,” a collection of 19 poems, to which, five years later, he added a new set of poems and called the expanded collection, “Songs of Innocence and of…

Inhospitable to free thought

Editorial 04/20/2018

More than once, President Rodrigo Duterte has intimated that he does not embrace the term “dictator” as an apt self-description. Sadly, though he protests, conceding that he uses a dictatorial leadership tenor only so that things may…

Barangay, SK deadline

Editorial 04/19/2018

As the countdown to the deadline for the filing of candidacies for the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections ends today, we hope the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) keeps true to its word not to release…

Competing agenda

Editorial 04/18/2018

Based on initial details unveiled to the public, the Cebu Lightrail Transit (LRT) won’t in any way displace the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project already set aside for Cebu City years ago. In fact it would even…

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