Martial law talk anew

Editorial 12/28/2016

President Duterte’s recent statements regarding his plans to shortcut the declaration of martial law was his way of courting controversy anew right after he justified the Marcos legacy by allowing the burial of the late strongman in…

Cebu lawyers call for justice

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 12/28/2016

Lawyers in Cebu gathered on Wednesday morning to show support to their fallen comrades in the profession and denounce their killings. A solidarity mass, officiated by Fr. Dan Delos Angeles, was held at the Integrated Bar of…

Mandaue to strictly enforce Anti-Mendicancy ordinance

Dominic D. Yasay 12/20/2016

The City Council of Mandaue has approved a resolution seeking to strictly implement the Anti-Mendicancy Ordinance of Mandaue in light of the Christmas season. The resolution particularly intends to categorize street carolers under mendicants and to police…

Twenty years of legal alternatives for women center

Sofia Aliño Logarta 12/07/2016

Law Center Inc. last Monday, December 5, had its general assembly. Clients, members and partners (Kaabag, Zonta, Sidlak, Kahupayan) actively celebrated its 20th year of growing and learning with women: listening to women, providing legal services, linking…

Ex-patrol group chief, 13 others cleared by Ombud

Izobelle T. Pulgo 12/03/2016

A FORMER chief of the regional Highway Patrol Group (HPG-7) and 13 police officers were cleared of charges of falsification and dishonesty by the Ombudsman-Visayas. In a resolution, graft investigation and prosecution officer Myra dela Rama-Gargaceran dismissed…

NO STRINGS ATTACHED

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 11/27/2016

There should be no conditions attached to the release of the shares of the barangays in the real property taxes (RPT) of the Cebu City government, the Department of Interior and Local Government Central Visayas (DILG 7)…

Man runs amok, kills wife and sister

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 11/25/2016

In the sleepy town of Dalaguete, 90.9 kilometers south of Cebu City, residents of a mountain village were painfully jolted at dawn when a drug-crazed man suddenly slashed his wife’s throat, stabbed his sister and injured his…

Gov’t orders shutdown of all firecracker establishments

11/25/2016

MANILA — The Department of Labor and Employment issued, on Thursday, an order stopping all work in establishments manufacturing and selling pyrotechnics and firecrackers nationwide. “Pursuant to Rule 1012.02 of the Occupational Safety and Health Standards in…

Supreme Court Associate Justice belies exam leakage

Izobelle T. Pulgo 11/24/2016

With unverified reports making the rounds online regarding alleged leakage in the Bar examinations in recent days, 2016 Bar Examinations Chairperson Presbitero Velasco Jr. has released a statement to belie the report. In his statement, Velasco said…

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…

SEND MARCOS BACK TO ILOCOS

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag, Morexette Erram, Victor Anthony V. Silva 11/19/2016

The furor over the “surprise” burial of strongman Ferdinand Marcos at the Libingan ng mga Bayani is far from over. Youth, anti-Marcos groups and Martial Law survivors in Cebu yesterday vowed that Friday’s protests were not going…

A stupid proposition

Editorial 11/17/2016

The Cebu City police’s order to its personnel to arrest five drug suspects a day isn’t news when considering President Rodrigo Duterte’s standing order for the police to be relentless in its war on drugs to the…

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