October being national Co-operative Month, this corner would like to share significant updates to highlight the contribution of cooperatives in social and economic development. I had the privilege last Sunday of joining co-op stakeholders in the blessing…
October is Co-operative Month and cooperatives are stepping up to raise their visibility as a way of bringing attention to the human development work that some 20,000 cooperatives are doing through eight million members across the archipelago.…
Much has been said about fake news and ways to spot and debunk them that I thought mainstream media, online news reporters and editors would be familiar with the telltale signs of hoaxes and deliberate misinformation. Apparently…
“The marketplace of ideas still stands, but its foundations are under attack.” So goes the lead of the pooled editorial (“The real threat of fake news”) ran by Cebu’s English newspapers in observance of this year’s Press…
It’s a hectic week for some co-op leaders in Cebu as they rolled out yesterday the red carpet for visitors from Myanmar. The delegation is composed of officers and staff of co-ops from the country’s so-called Dry…
A musical revue featuring songs, dances, dramatic musical dialogues and visuals titled, “Gabii sa Sugbuanon: Paglantaw sa Ugma ug Kagahapon” capped the monthlong celebration of Cebu’s 448th founding anniversary last August 30. Beginning with a red carpet…
Disgrace has once again fallen on the Bureau of Customs after illegal narcotics worth P6.4 billion from China passed through the Manila International Container Port; but unlike other smuggling cases that rocked the BOC in the past,…
People opposed to extrajudicial killings seem to have had it with the murderous anti-illegal drugs war waged by the Philippine National Police after Caloocan City law enforcers killed a 17-year-old grade 11 student in a raid against…
Cooperatives in Cebu have found an ally in Gov. Hilario “Junjun” Davide III and Vice Gov. Agnes Magpale who both saw to it that self-help enterprises were given importance in the opening week of the 448th celebration…
When Cebuano businessman Peter Lim submits himself next week to the preliminary investigation relative to the case for conspiracy to commit illegal drug trading filed by the Philippine National Police Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (PNP–CIDG) in…
A few hours after it was established that last Sunday’s predawn raid in the properties owned by the family of slain Ozamiz City mayor Reynaldo Parojinog Jr. was led by local police Chief Superintendent Jovie Espenido together…
As expected, Metropolitan Bank and Trust Company are trying to downplay the injury caused by the internal fraud that has the bank reeling not just from huge losses but, more importantly, from the damage to the integrity…
