Duterte mulls postponement of barangay elections anew

Izobelle T. Pulgo, Jose Santino S. Bunachita 03/15/2017

President Rodrigo Duterte wants the barangay elections postponed again. In a speech before the first general assembly of the League of Municipalities of the Philippines (LMP) at the Manila Hotel on Tuesday, the President said he did…

CCCI prexy gets fresh mandate, aims to bring business ‘to the next level’

Victor Anthony V. Silva 03/01/2017

THE Cebu Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCCI) has committed to uphold its mission of bringing business to the next level as it recently welcomed a new set of Board of Trustees (BOT) and officers. Reelected CCCI…

Davide, Magpale grace inauguration of Malabuyoc govt. projects

Izobelle T. Pulgo 01/27/2017

Five southern barangays were graced by Governor Hilario Davide III and Vice Governor Agnes Magpale on Friday as they led the respective inauguration ceremonies of each of the barangays’ newly-minted covered courts and perimeter fences. Barangays Tolosa,…

Game change in higher education?

Jobers R. Bersales 12/21/2016

The recent decision of the government to ensure free tuition among state colleges and universities is a noble step. But it does not answer the core problem of public higher education in the Philippines: that there are…

Rama claims: There is sufficient basis for success of his poll protest

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 12/11/2016

AMID suggestions that a petition for recall may be the more expedient way of protesting against the victory of Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña, defeated mayoral candidate Michael Rama said he is not considering a recall election…

Tom O remains confident of victory during recount

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 12/05/2016

CEBU City Mayor Tomas Osmeña said he remains confident he will still emerge victorious even if there will be a recount of the votes cast for him and defeated mayoral candidate Michael Rama. He even challenged Rama’s…

The dream of a benevolent dictator

Raymund Fernandez 11/29/2016

There is a reason why a superhero like Batman or Spiderman don’t run for president. They know: “With great power comes great responsibility.” And political offices like the presidency of any country, even ours, would simply not…

Fail-safes on Uber

Stephen D. Capillas 11/17/2016

Was thinking about writing a piece on the “Letter to the Readers” made by the New York Times in which it admitted its shortcomings in its coverage of this year’s US elections and how this letter was…

Trump’s shocking victory

Ricky Poca 11/14/2016

THE election victory of businessman Donald Trump is something unexpected and not just because a few days before election day all surveys showed Democrat standard-bearer Hillary Clinton leading the way. In the last day of the campaign…

Trump and the US elections

Ricky Poca 11/07/2016

Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña in the latest news reports said he would dump the garbage of the city in the SRP (South Road Properties), at the City Hall’s legislative building or at Plaza Independencia if the…

Different moves for Trump, Clinton as election nears

11/06/2016

PEMBROKE PINES, Fla. — Donald Trump is promising to take his campaign into traditional Democratic territory as a sign that he’s not giving up on appealing to people outside the Republican Party. Hillary Clinton is focusing her…

Cebu officials welcome deferment of barangay polls

Margarette Managaytay, Nestle L. Semilla 09/14/2016

IT was a development in the country’s political landscape that people awaited, and when it finally came, Cebu election officials and village chiefs expressed joy, if not relief, that they now had more time to do the…

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