Ordinary folks bear brunt of latest oil price increase

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 10/02/2018

Jeepney drivers, eateries and households — these are just some of the most affected sectors with the continued increase in oil prices. On its eighth straight week, oil companies have increased prices for diesel, gasoline, kerosene, and…

More rural folks to benefit in bid to expand online jobs program

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 05/03/2018

EQUIPPED with a bigger budget, the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) aims to expand its Rural Impact Sourcing (RIS) program to link more people in far-flung areas to online jobs and employment opportunities. DICT Undersecretary…

Awe and acquisition: When in Guam

Mimi M. Lijauco 11/03/2017

WHAT a way to go! Being in Guam just when North Korean leader Kim Jong Un threatens to fire missiles towards the western Pacific US territory. Even as I worried, it was a trip too good to…

Mandaue fire displaces 440 folks

Norman V. Mendoza 08/23/2017

Four men said to have set on fire the home of slain drug suspects At least 100 families were displaced when their homes at the relocation site in Barangay Pakna-an, Mandaue City, were destroyed by fire at…

Not just the bells: Balangiga folks sound off on Yolanda rehab mess

Inquirer.net 07/25/2017

For all of President Rodrigo Duterte’s talk on the Balangiga bells in his second State of the Nation Address (Sona), residents of Balangiga town in Eastern Samar actually have a more pressing demand: for the national government…

Dispose wood chips, Guizo folks ask City Hall

Cris Ligan, Norman V. Mendoza 07/11/2017

About 600 residents of Barangay Guizo, Mandaue City, signed a petition asking for the disposal of 2,500 tons of wood chips stored at a warehouse, saying it poses a fire hazard and is a source of pollution…

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