No ‘mystery girlfriend’ for Alden Richards

Apple Ta-as 12/31/2016

KAPUSO actor and host Alden Richards has broken his silence, clarifying a column about his rumored “mystery girlfriend.” In an interview with Nelson Canlas of GMA’s 24 Oras Thursday night, Alden said there is no truth to…

Leonardo’s unfinished painting

Simeon Dumdum Jr. 12/31/2016

In March 1481, the Augustinian monks of San Donato a Scopelo in Florence commissioned Leonardo da Vinci, then 29 years old, to make a painting for their altar. Leonardo began working on the Adoration of the Magi,…

Cebu Independence and my lolo’s birthday

Radel Paredes 12/31/2016

Last Thursday, December 29, was a special day for me as it was the birthday of my late grandfather, Tomas Gonzales Paredes. It was also the 118th anniversary of the Independence of Cebu from Spanish rule. And,…

Backward glance, forward look

Madrileña de la Cerna 12/31/2016

The year 2016 started with the 51st International Eucharistic Congress in January in Cebu City with the theme “Christ in us, Our Hope of Glory” that sent a strong message of hope for the faithful. The proclamation…

Tougher days for journalism ahead

Ryan Macasero 12/31/2016

In this year’s 2016 Career Cast report, newspaper reporter had been ranked the worst job in the United States, a consistent ranking for the profession in the job site’s annual anticipated report.  This is the 3rd time…

Laugh Lines

12/31/2016

HOW TO SPEND NEW YEAR How you elect to spend New Year’s Eve will depend on your: 1. age 2. remaining levels of optimism 3. threshold of pain OPTIMIST, PESSIMIST An optimist stays up until midnight to…

Street caroling

12/31/2016

Even if it has been days after Christmas, this man,  with his guitar on hand,  still serenades with Christmas carols the passengers of a jeepney that stopped along Osmeña Blvd. in Cebu City.…

Velasquez-Seno appointed as CDN chief sales and marketing officer

12/31/2016

Renato R. Reinoso, Chief Operating Officer of the Philippine Daily Inquirer and Inquirer Publications, Inc. (IPI), announced the appointment of Pia Jean Velasquez-Seno as Assistant Vice President and Chief Sales and Marketing Officer for Cebu Daily News…

Torregosa appointed as IPI chief corporate services officer

12/31/2016

Renato R. Reinoso, Chief Operating Officer of the Philippine Daily Inquirer and Inquirer Publications, Inc. (IPI), announced the appointment of Ma. Christine C. Torregosa as Vice President and Chief Corporate Services Officer of IPI effective January 1,…

Fewer passengers seen on New Year’s Eve

Victor Anthony V. Silva 12/31/2016

For five years now, 25-year-old Christine Fajardo has made it a habit to travel back to her hometown in Barili every time she can. With her partner Marlito Rosales, 28, and their 5-month-old Aspin Paopao by her…

Surrenderer shot dead in Toledo City

Rene F. Alima 12/31/2016

CEBU CITY-A drug user who surrendered to the police during Oplan Tokhang, was killed by one of the two men on board a motorcycle about 10 a.m. on New Year’s Eve in Toledo City, about 56.6 km…

Drug suspect falls in Balamban buy-bust

Aileen Garcia-Yap 12/31/2016

Cebu City–A suspected drug pusher was arrested in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Buanoy in Balamban town, 54.5 kilometers west of here, on Saturday. Jerry Decastro Macasi, 27, was arrested by Balamban police at 12:55 a.m. on…

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