Mandaue, 3 agencies fail anti-red tape test

Carmel Loise Matus 05/24/2016

THREE government offices and one local government unit in Central Visayas failed the anti-red tape test last year, according to the Civil Service Commission (CSC). Those that failed, however, underwent Service Delivery Excellence Program of the commission…

The LP exodus

Editorial 05/24/2016

Amid reports that Congress is supposedly scheduled to proclaim presumptive President Rodrigo Duterte as the country’s 16th president today, the exodus of Liberal Party (LP) members into the fold of the PDP-Laban is to be expected since…

Hypocrite Nation

Raymund Fernandez 05/24/2016

It is the measure of how low we have come in the political discourse when would-be leaders declare how bad they are and then accuse everyone else, especially their opponents, of being hypocrites. It would seem innocuous.…

Whatever works

05/24/2016

COMMENTARY THE elections are over. The Filipino people have decided. According to the unofficial count, Rodrigo Duterte won the presidential race by an overwhelming number, and Leni Robredo won over Ferdinand Marcos Jr. in the vice presidential…

French govt seeks to allow divorce by mutual consent

05/17/2016

PARIS — The French government plans to allow divorce by mutual consent to proceed without a judge, to simplify and accelerate the process. Details are to be discussed Tuesday in the lower house of parliament during debate…

Seize the hour! Seize the day for federalism!

Jobers R. Bersales 05/11/2016

President-Elect Rody Duterte will have 100 days of a honeymoon period starting July 1 before the mass media begin to be critical with his administration, as is always the tendency in this country. Immediately crucial will be…

Dealing with streetkids

09/18/2015

Last Friday’s roundup or “rescue” of 45 streetchildren, many of them sniffing rugby and  loitering under bridges in barangays Mabolo and Banilad was in the headlines, but it wasn’t rare sight in Cebu City. One just has…

Who is Delute?

09/08/2015

Reymelio Delute first entered politics during the 1980s when he served as barangay councilman in Basak San Nicolas for one term. Then he ran for a seat in the City Council but lost. In the 1990s, he…

Capitol seals lot donation to Napolcom

Melissa Q. Cabahug 09/07/2015

The Cebu provincial government sealed its donation of a 1,000-square-meter lot in Sudlon, barangay Lahug, Cebu City to the National Police Commission (Napolcom) last Friday. Cebu Gov. Hilario Davide III and Napolcom vice chairman and executive officer…

Solon lobbies P8K for teachers on poll duty

09/06/2015

THE Commission on Elections (Comelec) yesterday said it would look into the proposal of Buhay Partylist Rep. Lito Atienza to increase or double the allowance of teachers who would render service in the May 2016 polls. “We…

Chiong cites Naga cityhood, P1-billion assets in last SOCA

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 09/06/2015

On his third and final term in office, Naga City Mayor Valdemar Chiong said he steered the city to growth amid uncertainties over legal challenges to its cityhood. His daughter Kristine, a lawyer, was later introduced by …

Overstepping the right to assemble

09/04/2015

Whether there was a deal or not between the national government and the Iglesia ni Cristo that ended the five-day picket at Edsa last Monday, one thing is crystal clear: the religious group won’t win any public…

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