COA got it wrong

Ricky Poca 07/19/2015

The administration of Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama was recently involved in a controversy over the Commission on Audit’s (COA) adverse report about purchases of alcohol and  oxytocin. The 2014 annual report of the COA was cited…

Terrible Mandaue traffic

Ricky Poca 07/12/2015

For several months now many people using the roads in Mandaue City have complained of  worsening traffic caused by  simultaneous road projects by the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH). Even the business community has given…

SRP windfall

Ricky Poca 07/05/2015

The people of Cebu City  happily  welcome the latest  sale of two lots in the South Road Properties (SRP) to  an SM-Ayala consortium and Filinvest who joined the June 30 public bidding. The SM-Ayala  consortium submitted a…

Getting in the way

Ricky Poca 06/30/2015

Think Bits I find  amusing the letter of the Regional Development Council (RDC) to Cebu City Mayor Mike Rama asking for his support and appealing that he not object to the number of road projects endorsed by…

Binay’s ratings

Ricky Poca 06/28/2015

Recently,  results of the surveys of the Social Weather Station and Pulse Asia showed that Sen. Grace Poe has dislodged Vice President Jejomar Binay with Poe getting 30 percent and Binay  22 percent ratings. Binay’s   decreasing score…

Questions and presidentiables

Ricky Poca 06/07/2015

The popularity of Senator Grace Poe and the way she answers questions raised against her, especially about her citizenship, is amazing. The interim president of the United Nationalist Alliance (UNA), Rep.  Toby Tiangco, had asserted that Poe…

Stormy talk over a tunnel

Ricky Poca 05/31/2015

The latest political issue between Cebu City Mayor Mike Rama and Congressman Bebot Abellanosa is the proposed construction of a road tunnel that would  double as storm water passage in the intersection of Natalio Bacalso Avenue  and…

Trillanes as loose cannon

Ricky Poca 04/18/2015

Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV  accused the camp of Mayor  Erwin “Junjun” Binay Jr. of bribing the justices of the Court of Appeals (CA) so that they could secure the decision  granting the petition of Binay for an…

Bigger priorities

Ricky Poca 04/14/2015

Now it is known that MILF leader Iqbal is using an alias in negotiating for peace with the government. Despite government efforts to find out, nobody knows Iqbal’s real name. His alias has been used in  hearings…

Shorter homilies, please

Ricky Poca 04/11/2015

Catholic Church leaders like ArchbBishop Jose Palma of Cebu are  again reminding priests to prepare  their homilies well. This is timely because some priests deliver long  homilies that   practically drive  parishioners away from  attending Mass, or  push…

Help prevent fires

Ricky Poca 03/08/2015

March is designated Fire Prevention Month but ironically  this is the month when  numerous fire incidents break  out in Metro Manila and Cebu, a pattern seen over the years. Of course there are varied  causes for the…

A better life for Mindanao

Ricky Poca 03/03/2015

There’s been so  much debate lately over whether to pass the  Bangsamoro Basic Law. Some   legislators are so discouraged to support it  because of the Mamasapano tragedy  that they describe as a betrayal by   Muslim rebels specifically…

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