Some joke

Editorial 08/31/2016

To be exact, President Rodrigo Duterte didn’t say outright that the country was leaving the United Nations (UN) immediately or in the near future. He was said to have been ticked off by an American reporter who…

Limpiyo na ang pangan ni Mike Rama?

Lloyd Suarez 08/28/2016

Wa nako matingala sa atong mga politiko nga namalhin ngadto sa administration party sa kang Presidente Duterte. Ang unang rason, mao man gyud ang personal interest ug political survival. Ikaduha na na’ng rason nga aron kahatagan og…

De Lima’s dilemma

Jobers R. Bersales 08/24/2016

If President Rodrigo Duterte will have his way in this first-ever relentless fight to end the drug menace in this country, its casualties will not just be billionaire drug lords and their protectors but one female senator…

Down and dirty

Editorial 08/21/2016

When President Rodrigo Duterte said the war on illegal drugs would be “sustained and relentless,” he also mentioned that it would be “dirty” and he showed just how dirty it was when he made some serious allegations…

Si De Lima ra kaha sa LP?

Lloyd Suarez 08/21/2016

Nagkagubot ug nagkagidlay niadtong Sabado ang distribution sa financial assistance alang sa mga senior citizens dinhi sa dakbayan sa Sugbo. Tiaw muna daghang mga tiguwang ang wa kakobra sa ilang tag 2 mil pesos kay naglibog sa…

Women’s group defends De Lima on ‘lover’ issue

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 08/19/2016

A Cebu-based women’s group came to the defense of embattled lady senator Leila De Lima, the latest victim of President Rodrigo Duterte’s tirade or what others would call as his “shame campaign” against public officials allegedly involved…

Duterte blasts female senator: She’s ‘immoral’, an ‘adulterer’

08/18/2016

President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday dropped a bombshell when he called out in his speech a senator for being an “immoral woman” for having an affair with her driver who allegedly collected money for her during the…

De Lima on Duterte ‘name and shame’: Produce evidence

08/08/2016

MANILA, Philippines — While admiring President Duterte’s political will in the campaign against drugs, Sen. Leila de Lima on Sunday emphasized the need for evidence and due process in bringing drug suspects to justice, or else the…

Going against the tide

07/10/2016

With the war on crime, specifically against illegal drugs, in full on mode by the Duterte administration, someone in the national government was bound to speak out against the escalation and talk about dialing it down —…

Delima, Pacquiao skip Senate orientation

06/28/2016

Only three of five neophyte senators and their respective staff attended an orientation at the Senate on Monday, three days before they officially assume office on June 30. Present were Senators-elect Risa Hontiveros, Sherwin Gatchalian and Joel…

Campaign entertainment

Editorial 12/23/2015

Though she’s a newbie in the electoral campaign scene, former justice secretary and now Liberal Party (LP) senatorial bet Leila de Lima, who visited the Cebu Daily News editorial office recently, is familiar with the unspoken “song…

De Lima relents, but still against allowances to fiscals

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 12/20/2015

FORMER Justice secretary Leila de Lima softened her stance against prosecutors accepting allowances from local government units (LGUs) after they registered their vocal opposition to her policy. But it doesn’t mean de Lima, who’s running for the…

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