Balangay and the Filipino seafaring heritage

ATTY. DENNIS R. GORECHO 09/03/2019

  Ten years ago this month , the very first balangay boat replica, Diwata ng Lahi (spirit of lineage) , sailed  on her maiden voyage from the CCP grounds. The Balangay is a plank boat adjoined by a carved-out…

A united Cebu City and Province

Jobers Reynes Bersales 09/02/2019

Oh the times are a-changin’! The recently concluded “Pasigarbo sa Sugbo Festival of Festivals,” which showcased nearly 50 town and city festivals of Cebu, was held for the first time in Cebu City. After a six-year hiatus…

A barefaced lie

Malou Guanzon Apalisok 09/01/2019

  “It is not a secret if it is known by three people,” is an Irish proverb that warns of the dangers of sharing secret stories but it also applies to the way top officials of the…

Julian “Teban” Daan Performing Arts 

Atty. Ruphil F. Bañoc 08/30/2019

  The plan of Talisay City Vice-Mayor Alan Bucao to name the City’s performing arts office after the late Councilor Julian Daan, to be known as Julian “Teban” Daan Performing Arts, is laudable. This is one way…

Towards a food-secure nation

Atty. Gloria Estenzo Ramos 08/29/2019

I have a friend working in a coastal community whose heart bleeds every time he sees the dire poverty of the residents. They are so poor they would not know where the next food will be coming…

What is Cebu proud of?

Fernando Fajardo 08/28/2019

When everything is said and done, development is all about giving everyone in our society the opportunity to work with enough income to meet not only the basic needs in life for food, clothing, shelter, education and…

Finding LOLA, the missing comfort woman statue

ATTY. DENNIS R. GORECHO 08/27/2019

There are “shadows forcing Lolas into silence.” “LOLA,” the   statue of  Filipino comfort women and those forced into sexual violence by Japanese invasion and occupation troops during World War II,  is now missing. Artist Jonas Roces was…

CTU’s hidden gem needs to be exposed again

Jobers Reynes Bersales 08/26/2019

The Cebu Technological University (CTU) traces its origins to the previous century, right at the beginnings of American colonial rule in Cebu. Trade schools, designed to teach domestic as well as commercially viable arts and crafts, were…

Vigilance and social media thwarted the early release of Antonio Sanchez

Malou Guanzon Apalisok 08/25/2019

When newspaper reporters received a disturbing information on the evening of August 20, 2019 that convicted rapist and murderer Antonio Sanchez will soon step out of the New Bilibid Prisons a free man, they immediately checked the…

Of Teban and What’s d’ Style

Cris Evert Lato-Ruffolo 08/24/2019

Everyone in my mother’s clan lived close to each other in Barangay Calawisan, Lapu-Lapu City so what happens in one house is known by the rest of the families in the entire compound.  So when Lola Mikay’s…

Adios Radyoman Julian “Teban” Daan

Atty. Ruphil F. Bañoc 08/23/2019

A great radio drama script writer, director, talent and comedian  — Julian Bacus Daan, who was well known by his radio name  “Esteban Escudero” or “Teban,” passed away at the age of 74. Daan died of heart…

A tribute to a fierce defender of Mother Earth

Atty. Gloria Estenzo Ramos 08/22/2019

We were stunned by a sad news last Monday. Former Environment Secretary Gina Lopez, the fierce eco-warrior who has the purest of love for Mother Nature and compassion for the most vulnerable of our people, passed on.…

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