Triumph of the will

Radel Paredes 11/19/2016

It was in August this year when I last joined a protest rally. Back in college, joining a rally or “mob” (short for mobilization) as we called it, was part of our regular schedule being student activists.…

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…

The Amboy is disgusted

Jobers R. Bersales 11/02/2016

During my student activism, there were three Filipinos we feared — and hated — the most: the dictator Ferdinand Marcos, followed by his Defense secretary Juan Ponce Enrile and then his Integrated National Police chief Fidel V.…

Print Media for Memento

Gerard Pareja 10/30/2016

Dihang misulod ako sa usa ka 7-eleven sa Maguikay Mandaue, nakit-an ko ang front page sa Inquirer diin daw torre ang higanting si Yao Ming nga midungo sa pundok sa iyang mga kaubang Insik nga mialirong kang…

On BRT cancellation fears

10/24/2016

WHILE Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña is visibly predisposed about his plans to fix traffic in his city, we regret that our own officials in Mandaue are not as emphatic with our traffic and transportation woes. So…

The rank and file

Raymund Fernandez 10/11/2016

Presidents come and go. The government will still be there and it will be moving on the basis of work done mostly by people going by a somewhat in-distinguishing term — the rank and file. They are…

A Waze to Heaven

Francis B. Ongkingco 05/13/2016

Vignettes In our country that daily suffers the common virus of traffic congestion, it would be impossible to meet someone who has never heard about Waze and its awesome traffic guiding and avoiding features. Although Waze is…

The more things change, the more they stay the same

Fernando Fajardo 05/12/2016

The more things change, the more they stay the same, said Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr in French. This is perhaps really true in life. Seemingly, nothing really changes. I was a child, now I am a man. I…

Change is a sacred word

Raymund Fernandez 04/16/2016

Kinutil Perfect is not what things are. But they are not even half as bad as how things were in 1986 when we gathered in the streets to put a final end to Marcos’ martial law. It…

The return of pre-Martial Law politics

Jobers R. Bersales 03/09/2016

Before I proceed with the main gist of this column today, let me congratulate University of San Carlos’ president, Pres. Dionisio M. Miranda, SVD, Prof. Frank Largo, Dr. Elizabeth Remedio, Dr. Cora Anzano, Dr. Connie Gultiano, Dr…

Martial law coops

Malou Guanzon Apalisok 03/02/2016

The 30th anniversary observance of the EDSA People Power revolution has come and gone and as a media practitioner for almost four decades, I can say that this year’s political verbiage in remembrance of the 1986 bloodless…

The failures of EDSA

Jobers R. Bersales 03/02/2016

We rail at why Bongbong Marcos is inching closer to the top slot for Vice-President as shown in the surveys. We find it revolting that the son of a dictator that our generation abhorred and resisted so…

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