FBI raids offices of Trump’s personal lawyer

AFP 04/10/2018

WASHINGTON, United States — A furious Donald Trump blasted the investigation led by special counsel Robert Mueller as a “disgrace” and a “witch hunt” Monday after FBI agents raided the New York offices of the president’s longtime…

Fujian up close and personal

Jobers R. Bersales 03/14/2018

In the thick of finishing a chapter on Chinese demographics and commercial history in Cebu during the American colonial and early post-war periods for an upcoming book, the opportunity to visit their places of origin in China…

Getting personal with Archbishop Jose Palma

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 01/27/2018

Jose Serofia Palma did not aspire to become a priest, much less getting appointed as the archbishop of Cebu. But destiny simply has its own way. Palma is now on his 42nd year as priest and on…

On heritage mapping

NESTOR B. RAMIREZ 10/31/2017

For many bustling cities like Cebu, the terms “heritage” and “development” are almost always taken in the context of being a protagonist and antagonist, always clashing with another when development is supposed to consider in all its…

Broadcasting hate

Radel Paredes 10/21/2017

While hanging out with fellow writers in a café and talking about a certain controversy that was feasted upon by local radio commentators who took it as yet another opportunity to show off their “hard-hitting” ranting, a…

Man’s personal space

Rob Gonzales 07/25/2017

Let’s call it what it is—the arrival of the gentleman’s grooming space is probably a significant local opening for 2017. Of course, there’s the hole-in-the-wall or at the mall for an instant buzzcut. And there’s 22 Thatcher…

Personal tragedy

Editorial 07/13/2017

By now, everyone who’s learned about the suicide of Kiane Shannon Sophia Cañares, a tourism student of the University of San Carlos, may have researched on similar suicides on Google and somewhere along the way, came across…

Village execs: Vehicle used on ‘official business’

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Jose Santino S. Bunachita 05/16/2017

  OFFICIALS of Barangay Babag, Cebu City reiterated yesterday that a service vehicle issued to them wasn’t used for personal and family affairs. They issued the clarification after photos of the Toyota Hilux service vehicle with its…

WHO’S NAUGHTY, WHO’S NICE

Jude Bacalso 12/20/2016

I HAVEN’T written you in a while. Not because I felt I had nothing to say that was both intimate enough to be interesting (intimacies are always a point of interest, no?) and yet universal in a…

IOUs are personal, not a condition for RPT share

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 11/28/2016

Executing promissory notes by barangay officials for their incentives disallowed by the Commission on Audit is an undertaking for their personal obligations, and not as representative of the barangay. Cebu City Accountant Arlene Rentuza clarified there was…

DIY

Francis B. Ongkingco 11/25/2016

In our fast-paced and changing world, do-it-yourself resources are almost indispensable. They fill up bookstores, and the Internet abounds with self-help and do-it-yourself kits, manuals and video tutorials. The range of topics these DIY sources cover is…

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