Withdrawal

Editorial 02/21/2017

It’s harsh, no doubt, but take out the politics and on the surface, Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña’s decision to withdraw the allowances of the barangay tanods and garbage loaders is both practical and necessary if one…

Pointed threats

Editorial 02/16/2017

He may have the evidence to justify the closure of BDO’s Magallanes branch but exactly how far is Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña willing to take his feud with SM, Ayala and Filinvest? The court’s restraining order…

Resign but not surrender

Editorial 02/15/2017

In other countries like the US where officials resign due to public pressure or in Japan where elected officials or even company officials perform hara kiri or suicide after being publicly disgraced, the resignation of now former…

Help amid destruction

Editorial 02/14/2017

Unlike typhoons which can be tracked by weather satellites, earthquakes can occur at any place and any time, and it was unfortunate for the people of Surigao province that they were hit by a major quake late…

Reign of terror

Editorial 02/08/2017

The recent debate between the Catholic Church and the Duterte administration in the war against illegal drugs came amid two major developments: one, an Amnesty International report that accused the government of tolerating not only a culture…

Ermita leadership vacuum

Editorial 02/02/2017

There is some merit in the proposal to allow the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) to temporarily take over Barangay Ermita in Cebu City for six months. After all, it is the President who will…

MAO BA?

Editorial 02/02/2017

NOT OVER IT YET A Cebu City official told reporters that he was rooting for Maxine Medina to win the Miss Universe pageant, but after a few moments spent watching her, he changed his tune. ‘But she…

Return to Inayawan

Editorial 02/01/2017

By extending the contract for private garbage hauler Jomara Konstruct Corp., Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña drove home the message that the city’s garbage would go anywhere except the Consolacion landfill whose operator has yet to collect…

Timeout for PNP

Editorial 01/31/2017

Somehow, we don’t believe that the Duterte administration will drop the police from its war on illegal drugs despite the pronouncement of PNP Director General Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa. In fact, we suspect that the police will…

Deceptive predator

Editorial 01/30/2017

It had been said that a person can respond to personal tragedy in at least three ways; one, he or she will be scarred emotionally and psychologically to the point of incapacity, two he/she may lash out…

Aquino’s failure

Editorial 01/29/2017

There was nothing new with what President Rodrigo Duterte said about the second anniversary of the Mamasapano massacre but it didn’t dilute nor reduce the significance of what his message was as he centered it on those…

Blood at Bato’s doorsteps

Editorial 01/27/2017

It must have been awkward for PNP Director General Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa to sit between President Rodrigo Duterte and House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez during his 55th birthday celebration a few days after Alvarez called on him…

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