Wanted: More green spaces

Atty. Gloria Estenzo Ramos 04/11/2019

A wonderful news to greet the day, Mexico time, that is, came with the announcement from our Supreme Court that it has made permanent the ban on tree-cutting and earth-balling for SM in Luneta Hill in Baguio…

The first station

Jason A. Baguia 04/10/2019

  In the first station, Pontius Pilate condemns Jesus to death. We are familiar with the condemnation episode. Saint John the Evangelist recorded it in writing for his own and for succeeding generations. We remember the encounter…

Fraudulent misrepresentation of pre-existing illnesses

ATTY. DENNIS GORECHO 04/09/2019

Honest mistakes on  a pre-existing illness during the pre-employment medical examination (PEME) will not deprive seafarers of their right over disability or death benefits. The POEA contract  bars the compensability of disability arising from a pre-existing illness when attended…

The Galleon trade and Cebu

Fernando Fajardo 04/07/2019

  Cebu was known to be a thriving entrepôt even before Magellan came in 1521. When he arrived in Cebu, the chieftain demanded tribute for his landing like what was done with other foreign vessels that came…

Mara Clara

Cris Evert B. Lato-Ruffolo 04/06/2019

I look back to the days of my early childhood with fondness and nostalgia. Everything was simple then. Our idea of fun was to make “cakes” out of fallen banana shrubs, “cooking oil” from mixing gumamela flower with…

STRAIGHT TO THE POINT: Why does Jim Paredes’ scandal go viral?

Atty. Ruphil Bañoc 04/05/2019

I would like to venture to say that ordinarily, no one is interested to watch a scandal involving a senior citizen. No one is engrossed to watch a 67-year-old doing masturbation in a recorded video. I guess…

MINDFULLY GREENIE: Getting real on the climate crisis

Atty. Gloria Estenzo Ramos 04/04/2019

Six local government units in Cebu have declared a state of calamity due to the adverse impacts of El Niňo. These are Carcar, Minglanilla, Sogod, Ginatilan, Samboan and Toledo City which recently adopted the province-wide state of…

FLOWERING OF THOUGHT: Surveys and endorsements

Jason A. Baguia 04/03/2019

A nationwide survey can tell you who are the leading candidates for elective government positions such as senator or congressman. Survey results also indicate how aware voters are of a person’s candidacy, and to a certain degree…

POST PRANDIUM: It is good to raise the SSS member’s contribution

Fernando Fajardo 03/31/2019

Beginning next week when April comes, SSS member’s contributions will increase by one percentage point to 12 percent of the credited salary, 8 percent to come from employers, and 4 percent from the employee. The maximum credited…

NANAY SAYS: Commuters of the North

Cris Evert Lato-Ruffolo 03/30/2019

Today is whine Saturday and our topic for today is the horrible traffic situation that begins at the national highway fronting SM Consolacion and goes all the way to Pacific Mall in Mandaue City. If you are…

STRAIGHT TO THE POINT: NBI and PNP should help each other in the Silawan case

Atty. Ruphil F. Bañoc 03/29/2019

The need of gathering additional evidences in bringing to justice the culprits in the barbaric murder of Christine Lee Silawan in lapu-lapu City should wake the NBI and PNP up to help each other to ensure that…

FLOWERING OF THOUGHT: The case for journalism as creative work

Jason A. Baguia 03/27/2019

Academia is one aspect of Philippine life in which United States influence remains strong. The rigid and as such tragic division the country’s universities have imposed between the arts and sciences is a legacy from American pedagogies.…

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