MAO BA?

Editorial 11/29/2017

ASSAILANTS Netizens speculated that the killers of Elisa Badayos, Karapatan human rights group coordinator in Negros Oriental, and the Karapatan group as well, may be the communist New People’s Army (NPA). A netizen named Gel Bords commented,…

Too early

Sofia Aliño Logarta 11/29/2017

Recent updates on children’s concerns have highlighted the issue of teenage pregnancy. The Young Adult Fertility and Sexuality Study stressed that “The victims of teenage pregnancy are the girl herself, her child, her parents and relatives and…

Insulting the dead

Editorial 11/29/2017

It’s been a week since Barangay Ermita Captain Felicisimo Rupinta had been killed while heading home at Liloan town, yet Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña simply cannot restrain himself from insulting the memory of the barangay official…

Canceled talks

Editorial 11/28/2017

It was only a matter of time before the national government cancelled yet again the peace talks with the Communist Party of the Philippines-National Democratic Front-New People’s Army (CPP-NDF-NPA) and it won’t be the last time that…

Talking coffee

Rina Jimenez-David 11/28/2017

Coffee has a rich heritage in the Philippines. The first coffee tree was introduced in Lipa, Batangas in the 1740s by Spanish Franciscan monks, and so enthusiastically did farmers take up the challenge that the province soon…

A dark uncertain path

Raymund Fernandez 11/28/2017

If the rumour circulating turns out to be true, this might be the last Kinutil for a while. I am talking, of course, about the rumour of an impending declaration of a revolutionary government in our country.…

Nalutsan sa mga kuwestiyonable ang PDP- Laban?

Lloyd Suarez 11/19/2017

Unsa may garantiya nga modaug g’yud ang mga politiko atol unya sa eleksiyon niining ilang pagtapon sa administration party nga mao ang Partido Demokratiko Pilipino – Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban)? Gibugo-an nalang g’yud ang mga politiko sa…

Sa Mocha

Gerard Pareja 11/19/2017

Nyor Gamay (NG): Unsay imong ikasulti aning Mocha, Nyor? Nyor Daku (ND): Mas ganahan kos Americano, Nyor. Kay maurag kape ra g’yud ug way sagol. NG: Dili kape akong gipasabot, Nyor. Si Mocha Uson ba. ND: Aw,…

Intellectual pretense

Editorial 11/19/2017

House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez has engaged in linguistic contortion, peddling as only the “dissolution of marriage” the effects of a bill to legalize across the Philippines actions riddled with the hallmarks of divorce. Why the charade, your…

Tomas to ‘tolerate’ Angkas operations

Doris Mae C. Mondragon 11/14/2017

The arrest of Angkas and other motorcycle-for-hire drivers will not be a priority of the Cebu City government. Mayor Tomas Osmeña said that while he respects the decision of the Land Transportation Franchise and Regulatory Board (LTFRB)…

Chance for redemption

Editorial 10/03/2017

Last Monday’s riot or noise barrage at the Operation Second Chance Center (OSCC) facility coincided remarkably with the shooting to death of three brothers at the Cebu International Convention Center by Mandaue City police. Unrelated though they…

Bullets for profit

07/09/2015

With the filing of candidacies in October, Lapu-Lapu City residents should monitor how Mayor Paz Radaza deals with two barangay chairmen who were arrested along with three barangay councilmen by the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) on…

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