Fake news

Editorial 06/15/2017

A proposed bill by Sen. Joel Villanueva to penalize those spreading fake news on social media and the web may already be covered under existing laws that, at the time they were crafted, had not yet even…

MAO BA?

Editorial 06/15/2017

NO COVER-UP While search efforts to recover the remains of Bien Unido Mayor Gisela Boniel may end next week, netizens were critical of her husband Bohol Provincial Board Member Niño Boniel for covering his face during the…

MAO BA?

Editorial 06/06/2017

REROUTING PAINS Cebuanos were told to leave their houses early to avoid being late, since a two-day rerouting scheme for passenger jeepneys took effect starting yesterday for the construction of the P683-million underpass project at the intersection…

MAO BA?

Editorial 05/29/2017

CYBER PORN MENACE A mother of two was arrested for allegedly engaging in cyberpornography involving her 15-year-old daughter, who was caught doing a sex show for foreigners online in exchange for money. A netizen named Cindy Valera…

‘Way dalaw ug way corruption, way lusot!’

Lloyd Suarez 03/05/2017

Ang labing epektibo nga himion ni Governor Junjun Davide sa Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center (CPDRC) ug mga warden sa lainlaing mga jail facilities aron epektibo ang kampanya sa illegal drugs mao nga wa nay itugot…

The poem as objet trouveé

Simeon Dumdum Jr. 02/25/2017

There’s no money in poetry, but there’s no poetry in money, either,” said Robert Graves. It’s a charming chiasmus, which someone like Graves was bound to weave sooner or later — sooner, it turned out. Still one…

Politically charged events

Stephen D. Capillas 02/23/2017

Probably the first transport strike of the year for Metro Cebu public transport operators will be held next Monday, but there are reports that the transport group here may join transport groups in Manila for tomorrow’s protest…

Community vigilance

Editorial 02/20/2017

There is something to be said about community vigilance being key to preserving the environment as seen in two separate cases in the cities of Mandaue and Cebu recently. In Mandaue City, residents living near a private…

Beyond the Wednesday novena

Malou Guanzon Apalisok 02/20/2017

The “Walk for Life” rally held in Luneta Park in the capital region last Saturday drew a large crowd that has Church officials feeling upbeat. The turnout, estimated at more than 10,000 was meant to be a…

Choose to love

Ryan Macasero 02/18/2017

If we cannot love each other yet, let us not hate each other too much.” This was the message delivered at the State of the Nation Address 2016. Last Valentine’s Day, I remembered these words and reflected…

Valentine postscript

Jason A. Baguia 02/17/2017

Midnight of the thirteenth of February 2017, workers in an uptown Cebu City hotel decked the walls outside their foyer with artificial red roses as large as basins. On the sidewalk nearby, heart-shaped crimson-and-silver balloons on plastic…

Green spaces 

Cris Evert Lato-Ruffolo 02/17/2017

I am working on a personal inventory of “green spaces” in Cebu. By green spaces, I mean playground and parks where I can take my children on our regular “Nanay-Nicholas/ Nanay-Antoinette/ Nanay-Jeff Jr.” weekly dates to a…

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