Veering away from Edsa

Editorial 02/24/2017

This year’s observance of the 1986 People Power Revolution in Edsa is unlike anything in the past decade or so when past presidents, especially the latest, professed a commitment to the ideals and aspirations set by the…

Senate starts death penalty talks today

Inquirer.net 02/06/2017

At least eight of 24 senators have openly expressed their opposition to the proposed revival of the death penalty in the country even before a joint panel in the Senate starts its deliberations on Tuesday. Six were…

THUMBS UP FOR DIGONG

Jose Santino S. Bunachita, Nestle L. Semilla 10/09/2016

His only problem is his mouth. This pretty much summed up the opinions of local officials in Cebu who continue to hold the foul-mouthed President Rodrigo Duterte in high regard after 100 days in office despite the…

DIGONG GETS A PASSING GRADE

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 10/07/2016

FROM ARCHBISHOP PALMA TO GOVERNOR DAVIDE Amid the rising death toll in the war against illegal drugs, Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma gave President Rodrigo Duterte a passing rate based on the latter’s overall performance in his first…

Ipatigbabaw ang kagawasan, ibagsak ang martial law

Lloyd Suarez 09/18/2016

Subo kaayong palandungon kay samtang nag-obserbar kami karong mga panahuna sa Cebu Press Freedom Week, nagkadiyutay intawon ang among puwersa sa print and broadcast media. Ang mga hinungdan basi sa akong mga pangagpas tungod kay gawas nga…

Laban

Sofia Aliño Logarta 08/24/2016

What will I share with my students about Ninoy? Early in his life, Ninoy struggled and won over his fears. At the age of 17, he dared to cover the Korean War for the Manila Times. For…

A spineless party

Malou Guanzon Apalisok 07/25/2016

With President Rodrigo “Digong” Duterte setting a record 91% trust rating according to a recent survey conducted by Pulse Asia, all attempts or even posturings of a “vigorous” opposition in Congress by members of the former ruling…

Gullas defends Digong from criticisms on exposés

Carmel Loise Matus 07/23/2016

A former ally of the Liberal Party, now allied with President Rodrigo Duterte’s Partido ng Demokratikong Pilipino–Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban) has come to the President’s defense amid criticisms that the President’s series of pronouncements linking certain people…

Comelec’s loose ends

Editorial 07/01/2016

This year’s elections may be over, but there are still loose ends to tie up such as the ongoing dispute between Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman Andres Bautista and his fellow commissioners that has boiled over to…

Sonny O. : I don’t believe in balimbing

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 06/30/2016

IT IS the season of political butterflies but reelected Toledo City Mayor John Henry “Sonny” Osmeña expressed no plans to jump on the bandwagon of the new administration party even as he remains a close personal friend…

SC uphold Comelec decision to extend SOCE deadline

06/29/2016

The Supreme Court (SC) on Tuesday dismissed a petition that sought to nullify the Commission on Elections (Comelec) decision extending the deadline for the filing of the statement of contributions and expenditures (SOCE) upon the request of…

Cebu legislators: Strange bedfellows

Jose Santino S. Bunachita, Julit C. Jainar 06/15/2016

As the jump on the Duterte bandwagon continues, new oaths of allegiance for the winning party are expected from local politicians. But what can be expected now that political nemesis find themselves under the same umbrella of…

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