Memories of Martial Law

Radel Paredes 02/27/2016

Crosshatching The sky roared as F5E jets belonging to the Philippine Air Force aerobatic group Blue Diamonds had a fly by over our small hometown in Mindanao. It was the birthday of President Ferdinand Marcos, my father…

Aquino: Marcos regime not ‘golden age’

02/26/2016

President Benigno Aquino III yesterday did not mince words as he recalled the horrors of martial law and criticized the late dictator’s son. Aquino, whose parents were symbols of resistance against the dictatorship of the late Ferdinand…

‘NO TO BONGBONG’

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Juli Ann M. Sibi, Mike Laurence V. Lumen 02/26/2016

Former Martial Law detainees and at least 15 activist groups in Cebu convened yesterday to speak with one voice and urge voters to repudiate the vice presidential aspiration of Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. Worried about the recent…

Cebu was Edsa, too

Jobers R. Bersales 02/25/2016

I WAS awoken from a much-needed sleep that early evening of Tuesday, Feb. 22, 1986,  by my boardmates who told me something big was happening in Manila. As president of the Supreme Student Government (SSG) at the…

Edsa’s legacy

Editorial 02/24/2016

The 30th anniversary commemoration of the first Edsa People Power Revolution may have lost its significance to the millennials  or those born after the ‘80s, but people of a certain age, including those who managed to survive…

The day the Carmelite nuns hid Cory

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 02/21/2016

This story was first published on February 21, 2016.  In the face of uncertainty, a monastery in Cebu City sheltered a woman in danger from her government. She hid behind the cloistered walls of the Carmelite Monastery…

Cebu chocolate firm plans overseas expansion

Vanessa Claire Lucero 11/18/2015

HOMEGROWN chocolate company Ralfe Gourmet, Inc. is gearing for overseas expansion under its famous commercial brand The Chocolate Chamber (TCC), starting with a boutique in Guam early next year. “We are currently working on licensing (for The…

Afraid of the INC but…

Malou Guanzon Apalisok 09/03/2015

Everybody is still weighing in on the controversy sparked by the mass demonstration staged by members of the Iglesia Ni Cristo for four days in a row in Shaw Boulevard along EDSA.  As a constant visitor to…

Netizen vigilance

06/26/2015

The footage showing members of the so-called “Laglag Barya (Drop Loose Change)” gang doing their modus operandi inside a passenger jeepney and victimizing a female passenger is yet another perfect example of how social media is a…

1986 People Power: A global inspiration; forgotten at home

Peter L. Romanillos 02/26/2014

An American national expressed his disappointment over the number of people who joined yesterday’s ceremonies for the 28th anniversary of the Edsa People Power Revolution despite its historical importance. James Rhodes, who hails from Virginia, USA, said…

Cebu rites symbolic of Filipino struggle

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 02/26/2014

For the first time in 28 years, Cebu took the center stage of the anniversary of the People Power uprising in Metro Manila’s main thoroughfare Epifanio Delos Santos Avenue (Edsa). Asked in a press conference after the…

‘People Power is no longer about Edsa’

Carine M. Asutilla, Inquirer, Jose Santino S. Bunachita, Peter L. Romanillos 02/26/2014

President Aquino yesterday said the commemoration of the People Power revolution is no longer just about Edsa. “Narito po ako ngayon dahil higit pa sa pagbaklas ng diktadurya ang diwa ng petsang ito. Lagpas pa sa pagtitipon…

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