Mandaue fire leaves 450 families homeless on first day of 2017

Edison Delos Angeles 01/01/2017

CEBU CITY—It was a heartbreaking New Year for at least 450 families who were left homeless after fire hit two densely populated villages in Mandaue City, Cebu past midnight on Sunday. Lighted firecrackers might have triggered the…

A different kind of surrender

Cris Evert Lato-Ruffolo 12/29/2016

CONCLUSION (A four-part series on why there is hope for drug users and pushers) Katherine (not her real name) started using shabu (methamphetamine hydrochloride) last February. She was only 14 years old and wanted to get the…

Learning from Jose Rizal

Sofia Aliño Logarta 12/28/2016

I am looking forward to our studying nationalist movements because I am eager to share with my grade 7 students in Our Lady of Joy Learning Center the very interesting life of Jose Rizal. Although he lived…

A wife’s lament: He was too serious with his job

Nestle L. Semilla 12/27/2016

“DAY nag-ilis nako. Padulog nako lakaw (My lady, I’m already dressed. I’m on my way)” These were the last words of slain Catmon police chief Senior Insp. Alexander Nuñez to his wife before he was killed by…

MAO BA?

Editorial 12/19/2016

PRICE GAFFE A woman sorting through the grocery shelves saw two bottles of hand soap marked with a “buy 1, take 1” tag and priced at P99. The woman decided to buy them but on check out…

Away from home this Christmas

Apple Ta-as 12/14/2016

THE BEST gifts don’t usually come wrapped in boxes with fancy ribbons, nicely tucked under the Christmas tree. They come in the form of warm hugs and huge smiles or a parent’s “thank you” for making it…

Miracles and peace with earth

Atty. Gloria Estenzo Ramos 12/11/2016

On a long-haul flight, one’s choices of living the moment range from a combination of sleeping, eating, reading, meditating, thinking, tinkering with a computer or iPod and, with it, of course, a menu of not just one…

Kaye Abad and Paul Jake Castillo wed in Cebu

Apple Ta-as 12/10/2016

ACTRESS Kaye Abad tied the knot with her Cebuano fiancé, the former “PBB” housemate Paul Jake Castillo, in a wedding ceremony held at the Chapel of San Pedro Calungsod last Friday, Dec. 9. The two Kapamilya stars…

MAO BA?

Editorial 12/05/2016

PICKING THE TAB In keeping with his administration’s pledge of austerity, a mayor told reporters that his family spent for the catering services to guests who attended a special event last week. This was confirmed by one…

A town in grief Hundreds join funeral rites for Espinosa Sr.

Joey Gabieta 12/04/2016

ALBUERA, Leyte- Around 1,500 supporters, family and relatives formed a kilometer-long funeral procession that brought the remains of mayor Rolando Espinosa Sr. to his final resting place at the Catholic Cemetery yesterday afternoon. A poignant aura pervaded…

TRAGEDY IN DULJO

Nestle L. Semilla 12/02/2016

What was supposed to be the first day of the happiest month of the year turned into a tragedy as close to 3,000 people were left homeless, scrambling to make sense of how they will get through…

Davide considers family holiday visits for inmates

Izobelle T. Pulgo 11/28/2016

CEBU Gov. Hilario Davide III said he may consider allowing the families of the inmates of the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center to visit on Christmas Day. Vice Gov. Agnes Magpale said she agreed with Davide…

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