Chinese and Muslim settlements in pre-colonial Cebu?

Jobers R. Bersales 06/14/2017

The recent soft opening of the Rosita Rodriguez Arcenas Gallery of Chinese and Southeast Asian Ceramics at the University of San Carlos Museum occasioned a rekindling of questions whether there was a thriving Chinese settlement in Cebu…

Pope Francis calls for a minute of prayer

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 06/07/2017

AT 1 p.m. today, Thursday, Pope Francis is inviting everyone to stop their daily activities and dedicate a minute to reflect and pray for peace according to one’s own religious tradition. The Pope also calls on everyone…

Alarming evidence

Editorial 06/07/2017

A video clip and the discovery of P79 million in cash and checks from a house in Marawi City may bolster the Duterte administration’s position to extend its martial law over Mindanao at the Supreme Court. The…

Will there be peace in Mindanao?

Jobers R. Bersales 06/07/2017

So much has been written about the pros and cons of martial law in Mindanao, most especially why it is mostly people in Luzon who are complaining while those in the south are not. I was with…

Military to hold dialogues with Muslim leaders

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 06/06/2017

  THE Armed Forces’ Central Command will hold a series of dialogues with the public aimed at fostering understanding on Islam for non-Muslims as part of their peace initiatives to counter terrorist violence. Col. Medel Aguilar, asst.…

Muslim teachers based in Cebu stranded in Marawi

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 05/27/2017

  A Cebu-based Muslim teacher went home to Marawi to spend the Ramadan there. She had just given birth. It turned out that it was not a good time to be home. Marawi became the scene of…

DepEd official: Zapatera Muslim teachers could be among those stranded in Marawi

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 05/26/2017

Two regular Muslim teachers assigned in Zapatera Elementary School may be among the affected individuals stranded in Marawi City due to the on going siege. Bianito Dagatan, schools division superintendent of Cebu City, confirmed in a phone…

Nobleza-Dongon couple married in Muslim rites

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 04/26/2017

  Supt. Maria Cristina Nobleza and suspected Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) member Renierlo Lou Dongon are not just lovers but are actually husband and wife. Chief Supt. Noli Taliño, director of the Police Regional Office in Central…

Nobleza, Dongon were married under Muslim rites – Taliño

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 04/26/2017

  CEBU CITY–Supt. Maria Cristina Nobleza and suspected Abu Sayyaf member Renierlo Lou Dongon are not just plain lovers. They are married after they tied the knot under the Muslim rites several years ago, said Chief Supt.…

Slain Sayaff bandits to be buried in Bohol

Leo Udtohan 04/23/2017

CLARIN, Bohol—The three Abu Sayyaf members killed during the ongoing clash in this 5th class municipality would be buried at a public cemetery here. But the remains of Joselito Melloria would be claimed by their relatives in…

ARMED MEN SPOTTED ON OLANGO?

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Benjie Talisic, Izobelle T. Pulgo 04/20/2017

Government troops have surrounded a coastal village on Olango Island, 6.4 kilometers from Lapu-Lapu City on Mactan Island, after a resident claimed to have seen two armed men in the area past 2 p.m. on Thursday. When…

“Suspicious-looking” men held by police in Oslob

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 04/20/2017

CEBU CITY–Police have held for questioning six “suspicious-looking” men on board a van in Barangay Tan-awan, Oslob town, 121 kilometers south of Cebu City. Five of them are Muslims from Lanao del Norte while one is a…

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