Does Mayor Quisumbing’s family grudge affect his political career?

Atty. Ruphil F. Bañoc 05/03/2019

     Mandaue City Mayor Luigi Quisumbing’s statement in response to his grandfather, Norberto Quisumbing Jr.’s press release is carefully calculated and well written. As a background, the older Quisumbing said that he now puts his vote…

Republic of Plastic

Atty. Gloria Estenzo Ramos 05/02/2019

It is modern-day scourge and has brought so much suffering to the natural world and to living things. Its effects are affecting the present and future generations’ capacity to survive. I am referring to the ubiquitous plastic,…

Public Private Partnership: The Case of UV-Dalaguete

Fernando Fajardo 05/01/2019

  In the 2000 Census, the Municipality Dalaguete in the province of Cebu had a total household population of 49,113 aged five years old or higher. Of these, only 5,895 or 12.01 percent had post-secondary or higher…

The party-list system and the seafarers’ votes

ATTY. DENNIS R. GORECHO 04/30/2019

  The votes of the  Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs), both landbased and seabased, are now being courted by groups aiming political seats through the party-list representation. Around 134 groups will vie for 59 seats allotted for the…

Two raids before the Battle of Mactan

Jobers Reynes Bersales 04/29/2019

  The burning of two settlements (attended by looting and rape of women) purported to also be on Mactan Island, may have precipitated the victory that we have come to celebrate annually on April 27 in the…

Divine Mercy, Santo Niño’s heart: Easter presents for our young

Jason A. Baguia 04/28/2019

  The writer of the fourth gospel, Saint John, was, according to many biblical scholars, the youngest of the Christ’s twelve apostles. This, they said, was the reason he was not a threatening presence to the mob…

Drama Queen

Cris Evert B. Lato-Ruffolo 04/27/2019

Whenever an academic year ends, parents often breathe a sigh of relief as this would mean a break from school expenses. My household knows this too well with three children who have joined the school force. They…

Spreading the good news in the digital age: A challenge to the youth

Atty. Ruphil Bañoc 04/26/2019

It is very timely that Cebu has been chosen as the place where the National Youth Day (NYD) is held as the Philippine Catholic Church will be celebrating the 500 years of the arrival of Christianity in…

Local government fiscal performance: the case of Dalaguete, Cebu

Fernando Fajardo 04/24/2019

Fiscal prudence requires that government, whether local or national, is constraint to raising taxes, expenditures, deficits, debts, and other liabilities only within affordable and sustainable limits. Fiscal prudence goes with the responsibility of the local government units…

Semana Santa

Cris Evert B. Lato-Ruffolo 04/20/2019

My childhood and adolescent years were spent in villages in Cebu and Leyte, where our neighbors are our relatives and our relatives are our neighbors. In Leyte, that meant going to the chapel above the hill every…

ANGKLA’s bill in delaying payment of  award resurrected in  Magna Carta

ATTY. DENNIS GORECHO 04/16/2019

  “Aanhin pa ang damo kung patay na ang kabayo.” The manning agencies resurrected in the proposed Magna Carta for Filipino Seafarers a bill earlier filed by ANGKLA Partylist wherein the proceeds of execution shall be deposited in…

How about a Homo cebuensis?

Jobers Reynes Bersales 04/15/2019

  The announcement last week that what archaeologists for nearly a decade have called the ‘Callao Man’ has now been determined to be a separate species called ‘Homo luzonensis’ has put the Philippines once again on the…

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