Turning a blind eye to extrajudicial killings

08/02/2016

No one claims to support the killing of the innocent, but it seems that many are willing to leave the judgment of innocence to the police and the vigilantes. Even worse, many are seeing death itself as…

Cuenco, Yapha charged with graft for 2004 project

Izobelle T. Pulgo 07/14/2016

FORMER congressmen Antonio Cuenco of Cebu City’s second district and Antonio Yapha Jr. of Cebu’s 3rd district were indicted for violation of the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act (RA 3019) by the Ombudsman. The Ombudsman found probable…

Duterte’s ascension

Editorial 06/29/2016

In formally assuming the country’s presidency today, President Rodrigo Roa Duterte had set both his administration’s tone and goals which may appear modest to the country’s intellectual elite but which have long been sought for and actually…

Duterte eyes ‘anti-corruption’ hotline

Carmel Loise Matus 06/26/2016

CEBU CITY–President-elect Rodrigo Duterte has plans to put-up a hotline where the public can directly report to him corrupt practices of government employees and officials. Government employees, who know about their bosses’ involvement in corruption, can also…

Duterte’s media rant

Editorial 06/05/2016

It’s not yet even the honeymoon period—that traditional grace period given by the media and, to some extent, the detractors of any incoming president just as he or she assumes the reins of office and yet President-elect…

‘Corruption free’

05/03/2016

Whoever hanged that yellow streamer that bears the phrase “Corruption-Free Institution” atop the Capitol building had better back it up with solid facts, lest that claim be disproved in court. Unlike the yellow streamer that was hung…

Ex-Customs clerk convicted of defrauding gov’t of P1.2 M in taxes

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 11/21/2015

A FORMER clerk of the Bureau of Customs in Lapu-Lapu City was convicted by the court on charges of malversation of funds for pocketing P1.2 million in government funds two decades ago. Crispiniano Ligan, a former collection…

CICC as a billboard

Editorial 11/19/2015

Now that the group called the Cebuanos for Good Governance and Development (CGGD) has claimed responsibility for mounting  the “Never Again” billboard in front of the Cebu International Convention Center (CICC), is the controversy  over the 60-foot-wide …

BFAR 7, Coast Guard to work together to combat corruption

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 11/04/2015

THE Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) in Central Visayas and the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR-7) assured  they would  prevent corruption with higher fines and penalties under  Republic Act 10654 or the Act to Prevent, Deter…

Grabe’ng gaba kung pagkaon maoy kurakoton

Lloyd Suarez 08/31/2015

Pila man gyud ang budget sa pagkaon sa matag pulis per day nga  nag-secure karon  sa mga delegado sa APEC summit? Tag P500.00 or  tag P300.00? Pilay porsiento paingon sa corruption? Kung tag P100.00 kada kaon,  duna…

A GOOD START

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag, Victor Anthony V. Silva 08/23/2015

APEC Cebu meetings open with call to fight corruption Delegates in business suits filled meeting rooms of a  hilltop Cebu  hotel in yesterday’s opening of a series of gatherings of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)  Third…

Evaluating the presidential wannabes

Ricky Poca 06/09/2015

There are politicians who have declared their intentions to run for the presidency  this early in the game. Some of them are  involved in  controversies or are trying to sow controversies to grab public attention and enhance…

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