SEND MARCOS BACK TO ILOCOS

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag, Morexette Erram, Victor Anthony V. Silva 11/19/2016

The furor over the “surprise” burial of strongman Ferdinand Marcos at the Libingan ng mga Bayani is far from over. Youth, anti-Marcos groups and Martial Law survivors in Cebu yesterday vowed that Friday’s protests were not going…

Marcos’ burial at Libingnan ng mga Bayani caught ex-detainees in Cebu by surprise

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 11/18/2016

CEBU CITY–Three prominent martial law detainees in Cebu were taken aback when they learned about the surprise burial of the late President Ferdinand Marcos at the Libingan ng mga Bayani on Friday noon. “I am devastated by…

Militant groups to hold protest over Marcos’ burial in LMB

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 11/18/2016

Sanlakas and other militant groups in Cebu City are staging a protest against the burial of the late dictator and former president Ferdinand Marcos. Teody Navea, secretary general of Sanlakas-Cebu, says there will be a noise barrage…

Students join anti-Marcos rally, call for free education

Morexette Erram 11/17/2016

AFTER some 500 anti-Marcos protesters buried an effigy of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos at the Inayawan landfill last Tuesday, about 20 students held their own protest rally at Fuente Osmeña yesterday. Carrying placards with statements such…

Palma echoes CBCP objections to Marcos burial at the Libingan

Izobelle T. Pulgo 11/13/2016

IN solidarity with his fellow bishops, Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma echoed the objection of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines, through CBCP president Archbishop Socrates Villegas, to the burial of ousted president Ferdinand Marcos at the Libingan…

Nights in our days

Jason A. Baguia 11/11/2016

On Katipunan Street in Barangay Tisa, Cebu City, close to where the street intersects with F. Llamas and Cabarrubias streets, there is a little marker to a lost missionary. He is Father Rosaleo Romano, a member of…

OLD WOUNDS

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Izobelle T. Pulgo, Jhunnex Napallacan, Jose Santino S. Bunachita, Nestle L. Semilla 11/08/2016

Supreme Court decision triggers waves of anger, dissent The hammer has fallen on the decades-old issue of whether or not Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos can be buried a hero at the Libingan ng mga Bayani (LNMB). In…

Balikas pa more

Gerard Pareja 09/11/2016

Ten years ago dihang milukat og driver’s license ang akong igsuon, may namatngunan siyang gapila nga wala makalukat sa ilang lisensya kay wala sila makapasar sa drug test. Wala siya magdahom nga ingon na diay ka daghan…

‘Uphill battle’ against Marcos burial

Carmel Loise Matus 08/29/2016

While militant and civil society groups held yet another rally to protest the burial of the late president Ferdinand Marcos in the Libingan ng mga Bayani, two Cebu-based martial law era activists believe the Supreme Court may…

Dictator

06/21/2016

What IS the meaning of human life? This is the most important question that one will face in the course of one’s worldly existence. Interestingly, Albert Camus once said: “I have never seen anyone die for the…

Looming dictatorship

Editorial 06/15/2016

President Benigno Aquino III’s final Independence Day speech may draw derision, an angry outburst or a tempered response from his successor, President-elect Rodrigo Duterte, but it still bears watching a few weeks from now when Aquino steps…

Aquino gives final plea against dictatorship

06/13/2016

President Benigno Aquino III on Independence Day gave a strongly-worded speech, possibly his last as head of state, against dictatorship and the demise of democracy. Aquino, addressing hundreds of diplomats and government officials, warned that freedom may…

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