My mother’s tongue

Aureen Kyle Mandap - @inquirerdotnet 09/19/2022

I’m the first woman in four generations on my mother’s side who has a diploma. Growing up, I prided myself in my achievements. If I were asked to count the number of awards I have, I wouldn’t…

Truth, insult and letting go

07/28/2018

It felt like it was the beginning of the end, like how they show you the ending of the story in movies before they unfold the events that led to that moment. The legendary opening sequence of…

Taxi driver in trouble

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 12/29/2016

For allegedly insulting a couple, who are persons with disability (PWDs), a taxi driver is in trouble after the couple filed a complaint against him at the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board in Central Visayas (LTFRB-7)…

Davide: Marcos burial an insult to victims

Nestle L. Semilla 11/21/2016

CEBU Gov. Hilario Davide III said last Friday’s burial of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos at the Libingan ng mga Bayani (LNMB) was “very insulting” to martial law victims since a motion for reconsideration is still pending…

Robredo: Pregnancy rumor an ‘insult to women’

11/21/2016

MANILA — Vice President Leni Robredo said on Monday that the false news being spread on her “pregnancy” would sound funny if it were not an insult to women. “Nakakatawa siya pero at the same time, parang…

A final insult

Editorial 11/18/2016

Even in death, the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos or specifically his family and their political allies pulled a fast one over the Filipino people by managing to hold his burial behind closed gates and away from the…

Woman sued for libel for posting insult in FB

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 07/30/2014

Another woman in Cebu City is in trouble for posting insults against a woman in her Facebook account a year ago. Libel charges were filed against Anne Grace Lacaron Nagy before the Regional Trial Court in Cebu…

Priest apologizes for ‘cruel words’

Eileen G. Mangubat 07/08/2014

“I am deeply sorry.” In a written apology, Redemptorist priest Romeo Obach asked for forgiveness from a 17-year-old unwed mother whom he berated during a baptismal ceremony of her son two days earlier in Mandaue City. “The…

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