“Paubaya” song for Noy

Doris Mondragon - Content Specialist 06/25/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Singer Moira Dela Torre sings a re-arranged version of her hit song “Paubaya” after the Mass for former President Benigno ‘Noynoy’ Aquino III on June 25, 2021. In her speech during the Requiem…

James Yap nakiramay sa pagpanaw ni Noynoy Aquino: Thank you for being nice to me…

Ervin Santiago 06/25/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — NAGPAABOT na rin ng pakikiramay ang dating asawa ni Kris Aquino na si James Yap pati na ang Italian partner nitong si Michela Cazzola sa pagkamatay ni dating Pangulong Benigno Simeon “Noynoy” Aquino…

Locsin grieves passing of ‘incorruptible’ ex-president Noynoy Aquino

Neil Arwin Mercado 06/24/2021

MANILA, Philippines — “He wasn’t fond of me but I could not bring myself not to admire him.” Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. had this to say Thursday, June 24, 2021, as he grieved the passing…

Former president Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III passes away

Christia Marie Ramos 06/24/2021

(Updated, 10:30 a.m.) MANILA, Philippines – Former President Benigno Simeon “Noynoy” Aquino III has passed away, former Malacañang officials said Thursday morning. He was 61. Aquino died at 4:30 a.m. on Thursday at the Capitol Medical Center…

Davide to NegOr: Welcome back

Intern 08/11/2017

CEBU Provincial Governor Hilario Davide III “warmly welcomed” the return of Negros Oriental province as part of the Central Visayas region after President Rodrigo Duterte issued an executive order last Wednesday for the dissolution of Negros Island…

Aquino’s jab

08/06/2017

It has been more than a year since he left office, yet former president Benigno Aquino III’s criticism of President Rodrigo Duterte’s war against illegal drugs as having changed “nothing” may be questioned and even debated on…

Aquino’s call of accountability

07/16/2017

If he wasn’t able to find time to fully explain his administration’s side on the January 25, 2015 Mamasapano massacre, then former president Benigno Aquino III now has all the time in the world to do so…

Special treatment

Editorial 03/21/2017

When businesswoman Janet Lim Napoles was brought to then president Benigno Aquino III to signify her surrender, thousands of netizens questioned whose strings she pulled to secure an audience with the highest official of the country. Regardless,…

New building to add 130 beds to VSMMC

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 12/09/2016

Cebu City residents, especially those coming from the city’s north district, will now have a place to stay at the Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center (VSMMC). Hospital officials and Rep. Raul del Mar of Cebu City’s north…

Robredo: Pregnancy rumor an ‘insult to women’

11/21/2016

MANILA — Vice President Leni Robredo said on Monday that the false news being spread on her “pregnancy” would sound funny if it were not an insult to women. “Nakakatawa siya pero at the same time, parang…

Aquino: Burial for Marcos a ‘desecration’ of Libingan

11/08/2016

Former President Benigno Aquino III on Sunday night described a burial among heroes for the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos as a “desecration” of the Libingan ng mga Bayani (LNMB). “The pro [burial] seems to be one group.…

Removing the liabilities

Editorial 08/28/2016

President Rodrigo Duterte’s recent order to relieve all appointees by former president Benigno Aquino III had drawn some flak here and there but hardly anyone can mount a serious legal challenge against it. It’s not like it…

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