NBI truly does its job on Atty. Juril Patino’s rape case

Atty. Ruphil F. Bañoc 07/26/2019

I would like to commend the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI-7) for religiously doing its job from start to finish within the sphere of its authority on the rape case against accused, Atty. Juril Patino. The NBI…

Protecting our Ocean

Atty. Gloria Estenzo Ramos 07/25/2019

The Second Quarter 2019 Social Weather Stations Survey, conducted from June 22-26, 2019, found 51 percent of adult Filipinos with little trust in China, for a net trust rating of -24, classified by SWS as poor.  In…

The state of Philippine poverty

Fernando Fajardo 07/24/2019

The most often used measure of development of any country is its gross domestic product (GDP) expressed in total or in per capita basis. The bigger is the size of its GDP or the higher the per…

Permanently disability and  Seafarer’s Record Book/ Identity Document 

ATTY. DENNIS R. GORECHO 07/23/2019

The issuance or renewal of the Seafarer’s Record Book (SRB) and Seafarer’s Identity Document (SID) is now dependent on medical fitness of a seafarer, specifically concerning permanently disabled seafarers. The Maritime Industry Authority (MARINA)  released Memorandum Circular No.MD-2019-01 Series…

Manandis and henpecked men

Jobers Reynes Bersales 07/22/2019

Andres Abellana is today a mere street leading to a section of Guadalupe from the Cebu Capitol. Very few know anything about him beyond this.  In his heyday, he was a Capitan Municipal of San Nicolas (and…

A classic Battle in Manila

Malou Guanzon Apalisok 07/21/2019

The truism“everybody loves a winner”comes to mind in the intense media attention accorded to the very popular Manila City Mayor Francisco Domagoso better known as Isko Moreno.   After trouncing former Manila City Mayor Alfredo Lim and…

Volunteers on National Children’s Book Day

Cris Evert B. Lato-Ruffolo 07/20/2019

  July is an exciting month for storytellers, book lovers and reading advocates as this is the month when we celebrate the National Children’s Book Day (NCBD). NCBD commemorates the date of the publication of Jose Rizal’s…

Corruption-prone processes at LTO

Atty. Ruphil F. Bañoc 07/19/2019

  Just last April of this year, I experienced two agonies when I processed my driver’s license renewal. First, the waiting area for the license applicants is uncomfortable because of the problem in the air-conditioning units in…

Wanted: More fearless defenders of our natural world

Atty. Gloria Estenzo Ramos 07/18/2019

There is a clamor for Nature to be accorded legal rights. “Rights of Nature is the recognition and honoring that Nature has rights.  It is the recognition that our ecosystems – including trees, oceans, animals, mountains –…

SONA 2019: The Philippine Economy in figures

Fernando Fajardo 07/17/2019

For this Monday’s state of the nation address of the President, I endeavor to present in a table the macroeconomic performance of the Philippine economy beginning with the last year of the former president in 2016 up…

Seafarer’s drunkenness while  off-duty

ATTY. DENNIS R. GORECHO 07/16/2019

A seafarer cannot be dismissed  on the ground of drunkenness or intoxication if he is off-duty. The Supreme Court clarified in the case of EVIC Human Resource Management Inc., v. Rogelio Panahon, (G.R. No. 206890, July 31, 2017)…

Finally, a home for the National Museum in Cebu

Jobers Reynes Bersales 07/15/2019

With the stroke of a pen last July 1, President Rodrigo Duterte finally gave the National Museum (NM) a permanent home in Cebu, thanks to the new NM Board Chair Luli Arroyo-Bernas who had shepherded the request…

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