Lowering age of accountability

Editorial 04/04/2017

President Rodrigo Duterte may have had a point when he complained about Republic Act 9344 or the Juvenile Justice and Welfare Act, authored by Sen. Francis Pangilinan, which he blamed for the generations of youth offenders that…

Terminal dispute

Editorial 03/30/2017

Aside from noncompliance with a city ordinance, what other issues does Team Rama have to raise against the continued operation of the jeepney and van-for-hire (V-hire) terminal in Junquera Street, Barangay Kamagayan in Cebu City? In filing…

Protection from skimmers

Editorial 03/22/2017

While the three Romanians accused of skimming the ATM accounts of depositors and government employees at the Land Bank of the Philippines (Landbank) Metro Cebu branches languish in jail, it’s time for the local banking community to…

Special treatment

Editorial 03/21/2017

When businesswoman Janet Lim Napoles was brought to then president Benigno Aquino III to signify her surrender, thousands of netizens questioned whose strings she pulled to secure an audience with the highest official of the country. Regardless,…

A viable project

Editorial 03/15/2017

A proposal for a cable car system for Metro Cebu may seem yet another one of those “pie in the sky” pipe dreams being floated by some local officials eager to show off their technical knowledge to…

Inmates’ welfare

Editorial 03/14/2017

We don’t know when the regional Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG-7) will disclose the results of their inspection of the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center (CPDRC) and their recommendation to Interior Secretary Ismael Sueno.…

Corrective measures

Editorial 03/10/2017

A Congressional investigation into the strip search conducted on inmates of the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center (CPDRC) should go beyond just scoring political brownie points for its chief proponent, former Cebu governor and now Rep.…

Vigilance against trafficking

Editorial 03/07/2017

Coincidence or not, the arrest of nine South Koreans who participated in a sex tour in Cebu came in the days leading up to the annual observance of International Women’s Day. The arrest of these nine South…

Don’t dictate on commuters

Editorial 03/01/2017

It’s been four days since the transport strike and already some of the more militant transport groups warned that they will stage more transport holidays/strikes in the future until the government gives in to their demand to…

Deepening rift

Editorial 02/28/2017

Seeing loyalists of President Rodrigo Duterte and adherents of the first Edsa People Power Revolution stage their own separate rallies in Manila, Cebu and elsewhere around the country drove not a few netizens to voice their despair…

MAO BA?

Editorial 02/24/2017

PRO-LIFE As the debate on whether or not the death penalty shall be revived heats up, some Cebuanos await the stand of a lady lawmaker who has been popular for her “pro-life” stance in the past. Currently…

Regulating tricycle operators

Editorial 02/22/2017

If it were at all possible — and based on the current traffic congestion in Mandaue City’s streets, it’s not — then there won’t be a problem at all for the Mandaue City government to withdraw the…

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