Co-op intervention needed in conflict zones

Malou Guanzon Apalisok 10/02/2017

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.…

Fake news and digital lifestyles 2

Malou Guanzon Apalisok 09/25/2017

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…

Fake news and digital lifestyles

Malou Guanzon Apalisok 09/18/2017

“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…

The Myanmar initiative

Malou Guanzon Apalisok 09/11/2017

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…

Takeaways from the 448th

Malou Guanzon Apalisok 09/04/2017

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…

Rotten to the core

Malou Guanzon Apalisok 08/28/2017

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,…

The Edsa option

Malou Guanzon Apalisok 08/21/2017

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…

Digong’s amor for co-ops

Malou Guanzon Apalisok 08/14/2017

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…

First time for Peter Lim

Malou Guanzon Apalisok 08/07/2017

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…

Fast and furious

Malou Guanzon Apalisok 07/31/2017

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…

Rogue bankers, rogue states

Malou Guanzon Apalisok 07/24/2017

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…

Journos in hot water

Malou Guanzon Apalisok 07/17/2017

The case of a lawyer-broadcaster accused of raping a 13-year-old girl in downtown Cebu City is said to have hit a snag purportedly because the victim’s mother failed to show up at the Parian Police Station to…

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