Should people support Du30’s appointment of village officials?

Atty. Ruphil F. Bañoc 03/30/2017

The recent plan of President Rodrigo Duterte in postponing again the baranggay election and suggesting that he himself would instead appoint baranggay officials drew mixed reactions. There are those who totally agree with the President. Others are…

Anti-drug chief not agreeable to suspending polls

Izobelle T. Pulgo 03/29/2017

The provincial government’s anti-drug chief isn’t keen about President Rodrigo Duterte’s plan to postpone the barangay elections and appoint barangay officials on his own. “I am not totally agreeable in terms of the appointment of barangay officials.…

Unprecedented control

03/29/2017

The Duterte administration has only until August this year to enact and approve a law that will suspend this year’s barangay elections for an undetermined period and allow the President to appoint barangay officials, but this early,…

Exec says law required to postpone brgy polls

Inna Mejia, Izobelle T. Pulgo 03/16/2017

Talks about possible postponement of the barangay elections scheduled in October this year will have no bearing in the Commission on Elections (Comelec) until a law will be enacted declaring its postponement. Lawyer Lionel Castillano, Comelec Cebu…

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…

On Trump and the drunken party mob

Stephen D. Capillas 01/19/2017

On learning last November that American businessman Donald John Trump will become the 45th US president, I had a flashback about reading a Doonesbery comic strip panel published in the Philippine Daily Inquirer sometime in 1988. That…

Debating Cebu City

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 01/05/2017

(PART 1) The year 2016 saw several changes in the City of Cebu — the biggest of which was the changing of guards at City Hall. After being dealt his first ever political loss in the 2013…

Provincial Capitol: Of fresh mandates and new chapters

Izobelle T. Pulgo 01/02/2017

(Part 1) In true Cebuano fashion, the year 2016 kicked off with the Sinulog festivities; but for the Cebu provincial government, last year’s events had a different twist in light of Cebu’s hosting of the 51st International…

Rama’s public challenges

Editorial 12/20/2016

If anything, former Cebu City mayor Michael Rama should just make good on his plans to clear his name by lobbying to the Supreme Court and by not having to engage Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña in…

Mike vents ire anew; accepts Tommy’s lie detector test dare

Edison Delos Angeles, Jose Santino S. Bunachita 12/18/2016

Former Cebu City mayor Michael Rama vented his ire anew on accusations by Mayor Tomas Osmeña that he received P10 million in drug money from Jeffrey “Jaguar” Diaz. “I want to make this clear. I am not…

Photographer Joseph Pascual slams Mocha Uson for bashing VP Leni Robredo

Apple Ta-as 11/30/2016

BACKED up by her millions of followers Mocha Uson has repeatedly bashed Vice-President Leni Robredo. Recently her negative remarks fired towards VP Leni’s magazine covers, particularly Esquire’s December issue, has been trending online and getting thousands of…

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…

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