Beneficiaries of seafarer’s death compensation

ATTY. DENNIS R. GORECHO 02/05/2019

  The legal battle for death compensation of the deceased seafarer, in some instances, becomes a  “telenovela” case due to confusion as to the rightful recipients of the death benefits. Under an employment contract duly approved by…

Davide Should Learn from Serging

Jobers Reynes Bersales 02/04/2019

      Sergio Osmeña Jr., Serging to his generation, left his mark indelibly on the landscape of Cebu. He single-handedly expanded Cebu’s real estate with what has now come to be known as the North Reclamation…

Will the Philippines become a middle income class country?

Fernando Fajardo 02/03/2019

  To guide its work, the WB classifies countries into low income, lower middle income, upper middle income, and higher income. This started in 1962. In that year, it placed the Philippines at the lower middle-income class…

Close fight in the senate race

Atty. Ruphil F. Bañoc 02/01/2019

    In line with the Radio Mindanao Network’s (RMN) commitment to raise public awareness and voters’ participation in the 2019 elections, it is again conducting surveys among its listeners as to their preferred candidates if the…

Strengthening environment protection

Atty. Gloria Estenzo Ramos 01/31/2019

  Last Monday was extraordinary. It was the first time for me in decades to be part of the solemn flag-raising activity led by Cebu Provincial Administrator Mark Tolentino and at the Cebu Provincial Capitol at that.…

 Post-contract death and medical records on board the vessel 

ATTY. DENNIS R. GORECHO 01/30/2019

  A seafarer’s  illness which caused his post-repatriation death must be properly  documented  during the term of his contract in relation to death compensation benefits. As a general rule, the death of the seafarer  should occur during the effectivity of…

Bombs and fireworks 

Jason A. Baguia 01/29/2019

  Folly and terror and nothing more motivated the perpetrators of the recent bombing of the Cathedral of Jolo, and they have no business attaching their horrific deed to any political or religious cause, for violence upsets…

Conceiving a warehouse’s future

Jobers Reynes Bersales 01/28/2019

    Mixed-use commercial building, creative hub, food center, maritime museum, and night market. These are the five possible options presented by pairs of architecture students last Friday at the School of Architecture and Fine Arts (SAFAD)…

The porky national government budget and messy budgeting process

Fernando Fajardo 01/27/2019

In theory, budgeting starts with a plan that outlines where we want to be and how we arrive at it. That is why every president has his or her own Philippine Medium Term Philippine Development Plan (MTPDP).…

Bisaya 101

Cris Evert B. Lato-Ruffolo, r 01/26/2019

PILAR, SORSOGON — In the ferry from Masbate City to the port here, I met a 14-year-old girl, who was kind enough to give me a rubber band. The rubber band rescued my hair from total damnation…

Party drug and a teen’s untimely death 

Atty. Ruphil F. Bañoc 01/25/2019

    She studied in a prestigious school, fortunate to have very supportive parents, and she possessed a brilliant mind. She had what looked like a perfect formula for a bright future. A party ended it. Ashley…

‘There is no Planet B’

Atty. Gloria Estenzo Ramos 01/24/2019

  Education Secretary Leonor Magtolis Briones is bent on reforming the Basic Education Curriculum to increase awareness for teachers, learners and community on the effects and challenges of climate change. This is a big step in the…

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