Why bash the cardinal?

Ricky Poca 02/22/2015

In the social media His Eminence Ricardo Cardinal Vidal has lately been subjected to malicious bashing from some people for “asking for the resignation of the president.”  Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma already clarified the role of the…

What’s next?

Ricky Poca 02/17/2015

Initial results from the investigations by the Senate and House of Representatives into the Mamasapano tragedy clearly showed that President Aquino was well aware of the SAF mission there. However, in his national televised address, the President…

Much ado about city trash, SAF massacre

Ricky Poca 02/03/2015

I don’t know if a final agreement has been reached between the cities of Cebu and Talisay about transporting some of Cebu city’s trash to the dumpsite in Talisay. The proposal  became controversial when Talisay City councilors …

Orderly crowds for Francis

Ricky Poca 01/20/2015

Congratulations to  the holding of a  successful  Sinulog Grand Parade and the Sto. Niño solemn foot procession last weekend. From the reports I gathered, Sunday’s  Sinulog parade had a much larger crowd with more contingents participating. Crowd…

Pope, Ruby and DSWD

Ricky Poca 12/16/2014

The country is  busy preparing for two events:  the visit of  Pope Francis  in January  2015 and the International Eucharistic Congress in January of 2016.  The pope  is coming to comfort victims of typhoon Yolanda in Tacloban…

Give up on Purisima, not on Roxas

Ricky Poca 12/14/2014

Apparently, General Alan Purisima was hell-bent on clinging to his position as chief of the Philippine National Police. After the Office of the Ombudsman  suspended him, he  sought legal relief from  the Court of Appeals to try…

Prayers against Ruby

Ricky Poca 12/07/2014

This week, we face another challenge especially for us in the Visayas, with  the threat of typhoon Ruby. Needless to say, our people have learned lessons from the experience with last year’s supertyphoon Yolanda. This is why …

Lust for pork barrels

Ricky Poca 11/30/2014

Congress has become an incorrigible institution  madly in love or in lust with their wasteful pork barrel. Despite the Supreme Court decision declaring the PDAF or pork barrel unconstitutional, congress has once again inserted a provision for…

Police have to shape up

Ricky Poca 11/18/2014

Cebu  Mayor Michael Rama in a meeting with police officials  finally warned PNP leaders they needed to improve their performance following the string of  bold robberies in the city. Mayor Mike this time issued an ultimatum.  He…

Need for closure

Ricky Poca 11/16/2014

I’m back teaching Political Science at the University of San Carlos and assigned a teaching load at the downtown campus, thanks to our chairperson Grace C. Magalzo. Thank you, Lord, for my good health. As I started…

Yolanda that was

Ricky Poca 11/11/2014

Last week, our country remembered and celebrated the first  anniversary of  supertyphoon Yolanda  last year.  The  devastation  revealed the way our government had prepared for the calamity and its reaction to the aftermath. As early as a…

Flood solutions, please

Ricky Poca 11/09/2014

It is a welcome development that  mayors of different local units in Cebu met together early this week to discuss a common problem of urban flooding. The  summit took up  efforts to solve  flooding in Metro Cebu,…

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