“Irreverent” Santo Niño post draws netizens’ ire

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 07/23/2016

When does vehement political opposition cross the line between pure freedom of expression and plain profanity? An edited online photo of the Sto. Niño de Cebu whose face was altered to that of President Rodrigo Duterte has…

Mandaue traffic aide lauded for helping jeepney amid rain

Julit C. Jainar 07/04/2016

DESPITE the downpour, traffic enforcer Francisco Nodado Jr. still managed to help a passenger jeepney that got stranded near a mall due to floodwater last Friday. A photo of Nadodo helping a jeepney went viral after netizen…

Real world

Jason A. Baguia 07/01/2016

From a distance, courtesy of Facebook, I witnessed your graduation amid the soccer field, or what used to be one when I was an undergraduate student like you were. The bluegrass, I imagine, must have been turning…

Taxi driver arrested for lasciviousness act

Norman V. Mendoza 06/22/2016

A taxi driver was arrested by police after a woman passenger caught him masturbating while the cab was travelling towards her destination Tuesday afternoon in Lapu-Lapu City. Myrna, not her real name, a resident of Barangay Pajo…

Tomas threatened, bashed on FB; add’l security sought

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Apple Ta-as, Edison Delos Angeles, Nestle L. Semilla 06/20/2016

Cebu City Mayor-elect Tomas Osmeña admitted that death threats on Facebook are beginning to concern him and members of his family following the killing of Jeffrey “Jaguar” Diaz, tagged as a high-ranking drug operator. But Osmeña said…

Photos of mom tending sick son saddens netizens

06/16/2016

A mother’s love is always unconditional. Heartbreaking portraits of a 101-year-old mother taking care of her 63-year-old ill son made netizens whimper in sorrow. Facebook page Digos Good Vibes posted the poignant photos of the mother and…

Tempest

Raymund Fernandez 06/07/2016

I wish President-Elect Rodrigo Duterte well. The last thing I wish for is that this country becomes ungovernable. It would be a waste if we went from hereon into a period of instability. And yet, the forces…

Before you ‘unfriend’ …

06/02/2016

THE 2016 electoral process has come to a close and the canvassing of votes has ended. Yet, the fallout of a particularly vitriolic political season continues. The popularity of social media as a platform for both discussion…

Surviving Facebook

Raymund Fernandez 04/23/2016

Take nothing seriously. What you see in the social networks has the value of literature. They suggest  reality but one must understand: They have as much value as fantasy. Otherwise, we end up feeling distraught when, in…

Is it enforceable?

02/14/2016

A Commission on Elections (Comelec) directive that prohibits government employees from campaigning for their favored candidates online is regrettably about as enforceable as the law against premature campaigning. The resolution issued was initially perceived as banning both…

Online campaigning

02/12/2016

When Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama returned to work last Monday, there was a grand welcome waiting for him at City Hall as employees were reminded to bring their families as they celebrated Family Day. The timing…

Violent reactions

Editorial 02/04/2016

Such is the power of social media that seemingly ordinary incidents that may escape the attention of the public at large can be magnified, blown out of proportion and draw a flurry of online reactions both benign…

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