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The sins of the father should not visit upon the son, so they say. But when the son enters politics, everything is fair game. And with a father that ruled for 21 years, 14 of which were…
Exactly three decades ago yesterday, Fr. Rudy Romano, a Redemptorist priest, was abducted by armed men in barangay Tisa, Cebu City. He was never seen again. The 1985 disappearance of the militant priest was remembered by friends,…
An oil portrait of a younger Ribomapil “Dodong” Holganza Sr. behind prison bars in the 1980s sits beside his ossuary in the family mausoleum in the Cebu Memorial Park. The words “freedom fighter and hero” are carved…
GOODBYE, DODONG Ribomapil “Dodong” Holganza Sr. – one of the leading lights of Cebu’s opposition forces that resisted the Marcos dictatorship – passed away yesterday morning due to complications after he suffered a stroke a week…
Cebuano martial law detainee Ribomapil “Dodong” Holganza Sr. passed away due to cardiac arrest Sunday. Holganza, former secretary general of the Pilipino Democratic Party – Laban and a staunch critic of the late president Ferdinand Marcos who…
by Nick Joaquin Let me show you fear in a handful of dust—or rather of press releases. A PEN (Poets, Playwrights, Essayists, Novelists) member took a handful of press releases to the newspaper offices. The press releases…
By Fr. Benjamin E. Alforque As I begin this narrative, I must confess the fear and trepidation creeping through me again. I had to convince myself of my will to be free, that nothing evil would happen…
For the first time in 28 years, Cebu took the center stage of the anniversary of the People Power uprising in Metro Manila’s main thoroughfare Epifanio Delos Santos Avenue (Edsa). Asked in a press conference after the…
President Aquino yesterday said the commemoration of the People Power revolution is no longer just about Edsa. “Narito po ako ngayon dahil higit pa sa pagbaklas ng diktadurya ang diwa ng petsang ito. Lagpas pa sa pagtitipon…
It was a walk down memory lane. Around 3,000 civilians wearing yellow shirts as well as 800 military personnel and policemen marched towards the Cebu provincial capitol to commemorate the 28th anniversary of the People Power Revolution…
At least 35,000 Cebuanos joined the celebration of the 28th anniversary of the first Edsa People Power revolution held for the first time in Cebu where Pres. Benigno Aquino’s mother, former president Corazon Aquino took refuge during…
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