Ermita officials start serving 6-month preventive suspension

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 01/31/2017

CEBU CITY—The signing of documents has been withheld in a village in Cebu City following the suspension of all its officials pending investigation on the allegation that they didn’t cooperate during a raid on a “shabu tiangge.”…

MAO BA?

Editorial 01/26/2017

CABBIE CONFESSIONAL During a long trip, a taxi driver and his passenger began talking about their relationships. The passenger asked the driver whether there were times when drivers pursued female passengers. The driver said yes, although he…

Torregosa appointed as IPI chief corporate services officer

12/31/2016

Renato R. Reinoso, Chief Operating Officer of the Philippine Daily Inquirer and Inquirer Publications, Inc. (IPI), announced the appointment of Ma. Christine C. Torregosa as Vice President and Chief Corporate Services Officer of IPI effective January 1,…

Tom on vacation, Vice Mayor Labella acting mayor

Inna Mejia 12/27/2016

Cebu City Vice Mayor Edgardo Labella will be the acting mayor until Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña returns from his vacation from Japan on January 2. Osmeña said that his wife, Councilor Margot, and son Miguel were…

MAO BA?

Editorial 12/09/2016

SAY NO TO ‘KOMEDYA’ During a forum between policemen and journalists, a police station chief raised an issue over one or two “media men” who solicit money from them. He said he was forced to give money,…

MAO BA?

Editorial 12/05/2016

PICKING THE TAB In keeping with his administration’s pledge of austerity, a mayor told reporters that his family spent for the catering services to guests who attended a special event last week. This was confirmed by one…

MAO BA?

Editorial 11/24/2016

FAKE PEOPLE Netizens lauded the initiative of Facebook and Google to ban fake news on social media platforms. One netizen, however, wondered whether the two tech giants can do more. “Maybe they can extend the ban to…

MAO BA? TIRESOME BEGGING

Editorial 11/21/2016

TIRESOME BEGGING A CHILD beggar sang to jeepney passengers as they headed towards one of Cebu City’s malls, hoping they would take pity and give him money. While some gave him coins, others were either talking to…

Double-checking the drug tests

Editorial 11/03/2016

Should the case of Busay barangay chairman Amilo Lopez be used as a cautionary tale or a justification to stop the random drug tests conducted on local officials or private citizens for that matter? Lopez’s test results…

‘The Congested Mindset’

Francis B. Ongkingco 10/28/2016

There was an uproar when a public official was misquoted by the media for stating that the bad traffic situation of our mega and metro cities are “simply” a consequence of our mindset. “Traffic caused by our…

Can an elected official sit in post sans SOCE?

Carmel Loise Matus 06/23/2016

WHILE the elected officials at the Cebu Capitol have submitted their Statement of Contributions and Expenditures (SOCEs), not all elected officials of the different towns in the province have complied with this Commission on Elections (Comelec) requirement.…

95% student turnout in Cebu City – official

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag, Nestle L. Semilla 06/13/2016

Only 95 percent of the 170,000 public school students from kindergarten to high school in Cebu City showed up on the opening of classes yesterday. Bianito Dagatan, Cebu City Schools Division superintendent, gave the estimate that at…

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