22 Bohol officials suspended, indicted for graft, corruption

Izobelle T. Pulgo 02/26/2017

There seems to be no let up in the campaign of the Office of the Ombudsman against alleged erring government officials in the region. This time, officials from Bohol province are the ones under fire. At least…

Two thousand seventeen

Raymund Fernandez 01/03/2017

It was absolutely reflective of the times that this writer was drunk, hungover and otherwise mostly stayed in bed from the evening of the 30th of last year’s December until New Year’s Day, 2017. He was up…

Blood cries for Guadalupe

Jason A. Baguia 12/16/2016

The body count in the Philippine government’s war on drugs rose to 5,927 on Monday, the twelfth of December, while Catholics across the archipelago celebrated the fiesta of the Blessed Virgin Mary, “Our Lady of Guadalupe.” This…

TRAGEDY IN DULJO

Nestle L. Semilla 12/02/2016

What was supposed to be the first day of the happiest month of the year turned into a tragedy as close to 3,000 people were left homeless, scrambling to make sense of how they will get through…

Gifts, decor, houseware sector gears up for spike in demand

Victor Anthony V. Silva 11/29/2016

CONSUMER spending in the coming holiday season this December is expected to boost demand for gifts, decor and houseware (GDH). Venus Genson, president of the GDH sector in Cebu, said this demand would be further bolstered by…

Kasadya sa SRP seen to earn P2.6M revenue

Nestle L. Semilla 10/15/2016

The annual Kasadya will still be held at the South Road Properties (SRP) in December this year with the city government expecting to earn P2.6 million in amusement taxes for the event. Acting Cebu City Administrator Jovy…

EMERGENCY POWER BY CHRISTMAS

Victor Anthony V. Silva 10/08/2016

President Rodrigo Duterte is expected to receive from Congress emergency powers to solve the traffic crisis across Metro Manila and other highly urbanized areas like Metro Cebu by Christmas this year or before 2016 ends. The demand…

Fierce ‘Pegasus’ made in Cebu

Aileen Garcia-Yap 01/03/2016

Pegasus , the winged horse of Greek mythology, is young, bold and fierce in a a deadwood sculpture  that draws  awed stares in the driveway of SM Seaside City’s Mountain Wing entrance. The stallion, which looks like…

FEAST OF 76 LECHONS

Victor Anthony V. Silva 12/27/2015

Jail inmates ‘save’ their meat rations for a Christmas meal with visiting family Family visits mean precious time for detention prisoners, especially during Christmas. Even behind bars, inmates in the Cebu provincial jail savor the reunions in…

Sleepless December

Raymund Fernandez 12/16/2015

One ought expect that Christmas month would be 31 days of easy relaxation and fun. But not so for us in professions where work always picks up rather than ease off with the coming of Christmas. For…

December

Simeon Dumdum Jr. 12/06/2015

December – how quickly we have moved into the month, and so imperceptibly that it makes no sense now to say, from there to here. We saw no thresholds, we made no entrances. Except that we had…

Christmas consolation

Editorial 12/05/2015

Both the Rama administration and his critics in the City Council want to bring  yuletide cheer  to Cebu City Hall employees, ideally  before their Dec. 18 Christmas Party. This explains the timing of  Supplemental Budget 2. At…

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