Party shopping

Jobers R. Bersales 10/22/2015

In one fell swoop, the decision of Rep. Ace Durano to campaign for Grace Poe and Chiz Escudero in the presidential and vice presidential race shows the political savvy of the Duranos and their reading of the…

You need ‘My Bus’

Jobers R. Bersales 10/15/2015

The unveiling this week of “My Bus” by a consortium led by SM Prime Holdings Inc. is the most recent sign that the private sector can no longer wait as government drags its feet, constantly mired in…

A movie about Leon Kilat

Jobers R. Bersales 10/08/2015

Before I proceed with the main gist of this column, I would like to invite everyone to “Pinturas Cuzqueñas: An Exhibit and Open Bid Auction of Original Cuzco (Peru) Paintings” by the Archdiocesan Museum of Cebu (AMC)…

Bongbong Marcos and martial law

Jobers R. Bersales 09/24/2015

The sins of the father should not visit upon the son, so they say. But when the son enters politics, everything is fair game. And with a father that ruled for 21 years, 14 of which were…

If Catholics were like INC

09/03/2015

I must hand it to the Iglesia ni Cristo (INC) leadership the way they mustered thousands of their members to march to the Department of Justice in Manila and then on to the EDSA Shrine in Mandaluyong.…

Turning 70

Jobers R. Bersales 08/27/2015

Tomorrow would have been a good day to launch the latest coffee table book I am working on for USC Press, but the sheer number of photographs to put into it plus the required fact-checking just won’t…

Cebu makes history

Jobers R. Bersales 08/20/2015

Cebu makes history, literally and figuratively. Yesterday 55 volumes comprising the history Cebu were finally launched at the Capitol Social Hall. What was expected to take only about two years during the second term of Gov. Gwendolyn…

Presidential anointing

Jobers R. Bersales 08/06/2015

Why do I have a nagging feeling that Mar Roxas will follow the fate that befell Jose de Venecia in the 1998 presidential elections? That election was won by popular movie star Joseph Estrada. De Venecia was…

Some thoughts on the Aquino presidency

Jobers R. Bersales 07/30/2015

In just a year from today, the six-year term of President Beningo “P-Noy” Aquino III shall have ended. The most palpable signal was his last State of the Nation Address (SONA) last Monday before both houses of…

Choking on road repair

Jobers R. Bersales 07/23/2015

The suggestion to implement color-coding or number-coding for vehicles plying the streets of Mandaue and Cebu cities to solve the traffic mess is blaming the victim. The simultaneous and sudden repair and widening of roads without any…

A homeowner’s mandate

Jobers R. Bersales 07/16/2015

I wish to congratulate the members of the new board of directors of the Sto. Niño Village Homeowners Association Inc. (SNVHAI). A total of 158 votes were cast on July 4, two Saturdays ago, between 10:00 a.m.…

Tracking senior high

Jobers R. Bersales 07/09/2015

My good friend Gil Maningo is holding a one-man show entitled, “Caricatura” from July 10 to 24 at the SM Art Center, SM City Cebu. The exhibition, which will be unveiled tomorrow at 6:30 p.m., will feature…

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