Fact checkers

Editorial 04/17/2018

A threat and a call to action by diehard fanatics of President Rodrigo Duterte on their Facebook followers to boycott the social media site and transfer to a Russian social media site would have been laughable to…

Decongestion

Editorial 04/16/2018

Ever since President Rodrigo Duterte issued the closure order on Boracay after its residents and commercial businesses failed to solve the water pollution that they caused, local governments in Cebu have suddenly become proactive in cleaning up…

Intensify cleanup drive

Editorial 04/15/2018

The momentum that is growing towards making Cebu seashores and lands by the water clean and healthful needs to be sustained. In Lapu-Lapu City, Mayor Paz Radaza has planned the demolition of coastal shanties that to her…

Securing public schools

Editorial 04/12/2018

While graduation ceremonies in most schools in Cebu across the country have been delayed to this month for one reason or another, security should not at all be the least of the concerns of school officials in…

Sustained vigilance

Editorial 04/10/2018

Last Saturday’s simulated exercises staged by the military, the police, firefighters and other law enforcement and emergency rescue teams in Oslob town, southern Cebu isn’t a show of force by any stretch of the imagination. But neither…

Once more for easement zones

Editorial 04/08/2018

Cebu Vice Gov. Agnes Magpale expressed hope that other local governments throughout Cebu would imitate Oslob Mayor Jose Tumulak Jr. who announced a weeklong closure of the shores of Sumilon Island for cleanup purposes. The island will…

Traffic losses

Editorial 04/05/2018

A traffic study done by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (Jica) detailing how Metro Cebu sustained daily economic losses amounting to P1.1 billion due to poorly planned infrastructure projects may convince some Cebu City officials and the…

Holistic tourism development

Editorial 04/03/2018

An urban planner’s opposition to plans by the government to set up a casino resort on Boracay Island should concern tourism stakeholders in both Cebu and Bohol which are competing for foreign tourism currency along with other…

Garbage culture

Editorial 04/01/2018

Holy Week has yet again seen a stinking trail of evidence that Filipinos have embraced neither the spirituality of ecological stewardship nor the principle of responsible tourism. From the beaches of Santa Fe municipality in the island…

Power plays over projects

Editorial 03/27/2018

When bureaucrats and elected officials argue over which projects should get implemented or not, it’s not them but the public whom they were supposed to serve that suffers the most from the fallout of their oftentimes unnecessary…

Life and death situation

Editorial 03/25/2018

After the Teacher from Galilee resurrected his beloved friend Lazarus — says the gospel according to John — Israel’s religious authorities got so alarmed they plotted to take Jesus’ life. “It is better for you that one…

Putting the brakes on underpass projects

Editorial 03/20/2018

The clash between Cebu City Hall and the Regional Development Council (RDC-7) over the non-inclusion of three underpass projects worth P16 billion in next year’s list of projects by the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH)…

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