From Pugapo to Lapu-lapu

Louella Eslao- Alix 09/01/2019

  After going through the debacle  of re-naming the international airport in Mactan to honor Lapu-lapu, the stalwart local chief who vanquished the conquistador Fernando Magallanes, there is now a bill in Congress renaming the Lapu-lapu fish…

Reading adventure

Cris Evert Lato-Ruffolo 08/31/2019

August ends today as if it never started.  It looks like the world is in a hurry to get to the ‘ber’ months. Tomorrow, September 1, Christmas “begins” in the Philippines.  At home, the letters for Santa…

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…

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…

Pedestrianization: Challenge and possibility 

Jobers Reynes Bersales 08/19/2019

Is it possible to pedestrianize the streets surrounding the Basilica Minore del Santo Niño and, if so, how would it affect stakeholders, especially public utility vehicles that will be affected? This was, in gist, the main focus…

Reverie at 33

Cris Evert B. Lato-Ruffolo 08/17/2019

When my siblings and I saw the rice fields of Barangay San Juan, Ormoc City, we cheered with the passion and noise similar to football fans when their team scores a goal. It was our first time…

A change of guard in the Agriculture Department

Atty. Gloria Estenzo Ramos 08/15/2019

It is not everyday that one, not in the public sector,  witnesses the changing of guards in one of the most important cabinet portfolio – the Department of Agriculture.  This columnist is honored to be invited during…

Buhisan Tunnels, Gochan Hill and the time to remember

Jobers Reynes Bersales 08/12/2019

Errata: Before I proceed with the gist of this article, let me make two corrections to my column last week. First, I failed to include the San Guillermo de Aquitania Parish Church of Dalaguete from the National…

CDIG-7 crackdown on illegal gambling, for real?

Malou Guanzon Apalisok 08/11/2019

Thinking that President Rodrigo Roa Duterte’s order to shut down all PCSO gaming operations was meant to sweep off all forms of legal and illegal gambling throughout the country, a priest told mass goers in his homily…

Ate Kuya

Cris Evert Lato-Ruffolo 08/10/2019

Every month, I go on four dates with my children. The first date is with Nicholas; the second with Antoinette; the third with Jeff Jr.; and the fourth with all three of them. The sequence is not…

Sabung

Atty. Ruphil F. Bañoc 08/09/2019

Almost 400 undoubtedly fighting cock lovers were held like chickens in a poultry after the police raided and padlocked a cockpit arena in Mandaue City for illegally operating the facility on weekdays.  The Criminal Investigation and Detection…

The name of the game

Malou Guanzon Apalisok 08/04/2019

  Corruption in the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) is nothing new.   In August 04, 2016 or exactly three years ago today, President Rodrigo Roa Duterte pronounced during an environmental summit in Davao City that the…

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