Laugh Lines

12/31/2016

HOW TO SPEND NEW YEAR How you elect to spend New Year’s Eve will depend on your: 1. age 2. remaining levels of optimism 3. threshold of pain OPTIMIST, PESSIMIST An optimist stays up until midnight to…

Street caroling

12/31/2016

Even if it has been days after Christmas, this man,  with his guitar on hand,  still serenades with Christmas carols the passengers of a jeepney that stopped along Osmeña Blvd. in Cebu City.…

Fewer passengers seen on New Year’s Eve

Victor Anthony V. Silva 12/31/2016

For five years now, 25-year-old Christine Fajardo has made it a habit to travel back to her hometown in Barili every time she can. With her partner Marlito Rosales, 28, and their 5-month-old Aspin Paopao by her…

A CYCLE OF TRASH

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag, Morexette Erram 12/30/2016

By the first day of the New Year, there is a big chance that the South Road Properties (SRP) has not yet been completely cleared of trash as earlier promised by the Cebu City government. This much…

Cracker prices up; fruits no change

Nestle L. Semilla 12/30/2016

Prices of some types of firecrackers at the firecracker zone at the South Road Properties (SRP) slightly increased as the vendors expect a surge of customers today while prices of fruits sold in Colon St., Cebu City,…

Security concerns cut parade time

Morexette Erram 12/30/2016

CITING security reasons after Wednesday’s bombing in Hilongos, Leyte, which left 32 persons injured, organizers of Sinulog 2017 decided to end the Grand Parade earlier on Sunday, January 15. Instead of the usual program that would last…

Pagasa: It will be a wet New Year’s Day

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 12/30/2016

It will be a wet New Year’s Day as the weather bureau has forecast rains on the first day of 2017. Romeo Aguirre, weather specialist for Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services (Pagasa) Mactan, said on Friday…

Fount of novelty

Jason A. Baguia 12/30/2016

This ship has circled the sun once more. Tomorrow shall be the first of another 365 days. But for today, the last of the year, priests across the globe turn again to the evangelist John, to his…

Happy New Dash!

Francis B. Ongkingco 12/30/2016

“Happy New Dash!” Wouldn’t this be a great catchy greeting for the New Year? I bet it could easily start a cyber-trend gaining a few hundred (maybe a thousand!!!) hits and likes? Nah!!! I don’t think so.…

Cops on vacation recalled for New Year’s eve duties

Norman V. Mendoza 12/28/2016

POLICE on vacation will be required to spend a day of their vacation on duty at a police station on New Year’s eve as the police are on heightened alert. Senior Supt. Lyndon Lawas, Police Regional Office…

MAO BA?

Editorial 12/28/2016

NEW SONG, PLEASE A street caroler approached two women queuing for a cab ride outside a mall. Upon hearing the first line of the Christmas song, one of the ladies disrupted him, saying, “Wa ka’y laing kanta…

Frustrated gun owners tagged as likely culprits

Edison Delos Angeles, Nestle L. Semilla 12/27/2016

Bato: No mercy for those who indiscriminately fire guns in New Year Frustrated gun owners, who possess unlicensed guns, are most likely to fire their weapons during celebrations or the holidays. Supt. Arnel Banzon, Regional Operations and…

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