MORE BEAUTIFUL A BROADCASTER known for his wily sense of humor was wistful when he commented on the feud between two presidential allies that worsened when the official’s common-law partner blamed the dispute on a spat she…
Tomas O to resto: Explain why you should not be closed A costumer’s complaint of finding cockroaches on their meal at a Cebu City restaurant posted on Mayor Tomas Osmeña’s Facebook account prompted the mayor to order…
IN AID OF LEGISLATION THERE are newly elected officials who are unaware about the extent of their authority. A councilor who called for a press conference mentioned that he wanted the media to call the attention of…
AS political nemesis Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña and former mayor Michael Rama engaged anew in a word war, Cebuano netizens showed exasperation by calling them “bitches,” “crazy” and “brats” who both need to move on. Rama…
FREEDOM of speech does not mean to smear reputation and ruin credibility, nor does it mean the freedom to be irresponsible and to defame. This became the focus of a discussion yesterday as media leaders in Cebu…
The Aldub phenomenon could still be lording it in global Twitterland as garnering the most tweets, more than 40 million at its peak. But with the laglag-bala (bullet-planting) controversies hogging almost daily national and local headlines including…
Right to privacy, Internet accessibility, digital surveillance and freedom of expression were among the issues discussed at length in yesterday’s opening of the Global Voices Citizen Media Summit at the Cebu Provincial Capitol. The summit, attended by…
