I’m back teaching Political Science at the University of San Carlos and assigned a teaching load at the downtown campus, thanks to our chairperson Grace C. Magalzo. Thank you, Lord, for my good health. As I started…
Amid a firestorm of corruption allegations, hundreds of supporters lined the streets as Vice President Jejomar Binay walked through the public markets “to meet the people” yesterday morning. The activity appeared like a campaign sortie as Binay…
Graft charges were filed in the Sandiganbayan against Arturo Radaza, former mayor and congressman of Lapu-Lapu City, and 19 others for the 2005 purchase of computers for public high schools. The 470 units delivered by Kein Enterprises…
Five tricycle drivers in Mandaue City accused a supply officer of the Land Transportation Office (LTO) Mandaue Licensing Center of refusing to release their certificates of registration. The National Confederation of Tricycle Drivers and Operators Association in…
Instead of waiting for an arrest warrant to be served, Lapu-Lapu City Mayor Paz Radaza flew to Manila last week to post bail of P140,000 in the Sandiganbayan. She said she was shocked to learn that she…
While regular programming in all major television networks were preempted to give way to President Aquino’s speech where he explained his side on the Disbursement Acceleration Program (DAP) controversy, some officials of Cebu City were busy attending…
The Cebu City Council has another fiscalizing task at hand with Mayor Michael Rama’s submission of the proposed Supplemental Budget 2 for this year. The councilors should have learned by now to properly assess the proposal, instead…
One bit of good news that came like a bit of fresh air but did not quite get rid of the collective resentment over the pork barrel, Malampaya fund scam and the Disbursement Acceleration Program (DAP), is…
AFFECTED by adverse public opinion, three Cebu City councilors returned the P20,000 calamity assistance each received from City Hall last December. “Sakit kaayo ang public opinion,” said Councilor Roberto Cabarrubias after hearing and reading media commentaries about…
A FORMER market collector in Talisay City is facing trial for reportedly falsifying 620 official receipts of stall rentals and pocketing over P2.3 million in government money. The Office of the Ombudsman-Visayas found probable cause to indict…
Cebu Gov. Hilario Davide III yesterday said he maintains “full trust and confidence” in Provincial Legal Officer Orvi Ortega who is doing “his best” with no hanky panky in the bids and awards committee. “Sa akong pagtuo,…
“An epidemic.” This was how Fr. Carmelo Diola, executive director of the Dilaab Foundation Inc., described the perennial problem of vote-buying in the Philippines. Diola spoke during a meeting yesterday to representatives from various sectors of the…
