Remembering Guinsaugon

Jobers R. Bersales 02/19/2015

It was my first time to be in Guinsaugon five days ago, some two days before the anniversary of that unforgettable landslide that claimed thousands of lives in 2006. Sad and unfortunate it may be, the untimely…

Not worth dying for

Jobers R. Bersales 02/05/2015

A SAF trooper bravely hit the nail on the head when he bluntly told Interior and Local Government Secretary Mar Roxas: “This country is not worth dying for, sir, if our government cannot even protect its own…

A never-ending story called Mindanao

Jobers R. Bersales 01/29/2015

The recent massacre of police personnel in Maguindanao who never thought they would end up dead brings anew into sharper focus the problems besetting the search for peace and order in Mindanao. There is a good term…

Jap hopping

Jobers R. Bersales 01/22/2015

There are about six of these that I know of in Cebu and one in Lapulapu City. These are shops that bring in used household items from Japan, the biggest of these usually antique “tansu” (merchants chest)…

Cebu’s adopted sons

Jobers R. Bersales 01/15/2015

Cebu City’s population increased by at least one more person last Saturday with the conferment of the title “Adopted Son of Cebu City” on US-based historian Michael Cullinane. No less than hizzoner the mayor, Michael Rama, graced…

Siege of Sudlon and the fate of Bonifacio

Jobers R. Bersales 01/08/2015

I wish to welcome back to Cebu Dr. Michael Cullinane, a long-time Cebuanist, to coin a term, whose life has been without doubt tied directly to Cebu through its political history. Mike, who’s an associate director of…

Shared prosperity in 2015 and beyond

Jobers R. Bersales 12/31/2014

Sixteen steps, 10 agencies, 34 days and 17 percent of a Filipino’s average annual income. That is how much it costs to set up a business, big or small, in the Philippines. In Malaysia, it only takes…

The unending traffic story

Jobers R. Bersales 12/18/2014

Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama has now seen fit to put it upon himself to personally and officially address the chaotic traffic situation in Cebu. By taking over the operations of the Cebu Integrated Traffic Operations Management…

History, heritage and traffic

Jobers R. Bersales 12/11/2014

I received some reactions regarding the three latest topics I wrote about in this column that I would like to highlight here. The first is from Dr. Lawrence Liao all the way from Hisroshima University (HU) in…

Historical fiction passed off as fact

Jobers R. Bersales 12/04/2014

Posted on YouTube and Facebook is a video titled “The History of Cebu.”  On Facebook, it is posted under the name “I Am A Cebuano” and on YouTube, under the username “The Island Bookshelf”. Friends in the…

Historical fiction passed off as fact

12/04/2014

Posted on YouTube and Facebook is a video titled “The History of Cebu.”  On Facebook, it is posted under the name “I Am A Cebuano” and on YouTube, under the username “The Island Bookshelf”. Friends in the…

The department of progress without heritage, DPWH

Jobers R. Bersales 11/26/2014

The social media sites Facebook and YouTube have become the venue for heritage advocates and enthusiasts who are seething mad over the alleged pronouncement of Engr. Marlon Marollano, chief planning officer and project engineer of the Department…

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