Police arrested a woman for allegedly making a bomb joke on Saturday

Jessa Mae O. Sotto 07/28/2018

Carmelinda Caballero Dumagpi, a resident of Barangay Ermita, Cebu City, was traced by operatives as the source of the message sent to the Facebook page of the Cebu City Health Department early morning on Saturday. Operatives of…

Jet ski joke aside, is Duterte a traitor?

John Nery 12/19/2017

NewsstandAssociate Justice Francis Jardeleza used last week’s House justice committee hearing on the impeachment complaint filed against Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno to deliver a counteraccusation three years in the making: He asserted that it was Sereno,…

‘GAWA-GAWA LANG’

Editorial 10/06/2017

Even if television host Joey de Leon has apologized for saying that having a depression was just “gawa-gawa lang” or made up by persons suffering from it, a number of netizens still continued to criticize the noontime…

Chelsea Clinton calls Duterte ‘murderous thug,’ slams rape joke

Inquirer.net 05/27/2017

“Duterte is a murderous thug with no regard for human rights. It’s important to keep pointing that out (and) that rape is never a joke,” Chelsea said, reacting to a news report on Duterte’s statement, over her…

MAO BA?

Editorial 01/13/2017

SEE YOU AT THE BIG CROSS Mixed reactions came from the netizens after authorities announced there will be “zero signal” for mobile phones and other wireless gadgets in Cebu City during today’s fluvial and foot processions and…

Tumulak urges public to stop spreading hoaxes, bomb jokes during Sinulog

Inna Mejia 01/05/2017

With the celebration of the Sinulog Festival only a few days away, Cebu City Councilor Dave Tumulak urged the public to refrain from creating and spreading fake news , make bomb jokes and hoaxes that can adversely…

LAUGH LINES

12/10/2016

A CHEWY RIDDLE Q: What goes in hard and pink but comes out soft and mushy? A: Bubblegum — and you should be ashamed of yourself. A LAWYER’S IDEAL WEIGHT Q: What is the ideal weight of…

MAO BA?

Editorial 12/09/2016

SAY NO TO ‘KOMEDYA’ During a forum between policemen and journalists, a police station chief raised an issue over one or two “media men” who solicit money from them. He said he was forced to give money,…

Angels, sex videos and truth

Jason A. Baguia 10/07/2016

An inside joke among some biblical scholars holds that the reason most appearing angels greet humans with the line “Be not afraid” is their frightening appearance. The anthropomorphic renditions of angels in art, basically as winged babies…

Bomb joke

Editorial 09/11/2016

Poor Jasmin Sala, the long weekend has upturned her life for the worse. After telling the security guard of an uptown mall that a bomb was inside her bag — “Naa ra ba ni bomba” — Sala…

Australian Embassy: Rape should never be joked about

04/19/2016

THE Australian Embassy in the Philippines has issued a brief statement following a recent controversial remark of leading presidential candidate Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte about the rape of an Australian missionary in a 1989 hostage crisis,…

Camiguin native in jail for joking about bomb in port terminal

Chito O. Aragon 08/06/2014

No one laughed when a 40-year-old woman joked about the presence of a bomb inside the Cebu City port terminal. Instead of going to Mindanao, Charito Abao landed in detention where police authorities brought her Tuesday evening.…

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