Electric co-op up against powerful political forces

Malou Guanzon Apalisok 05/28/2018

I got word yesterday that members of the Davao del Norte Electric Cooperative DANECO camped out near the Malacañang Palace to get President Rodrigo Duterte to resolve the war of attrition between the forces that want to…

Political intramurals and transport alternatives

STEPHEN CAPILLAS 05/24/2018

Though it appeared that he didn’t make a big deal out of it, Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña’s statement that being snubbed and excluded from the meeting with President Rodrigo Duterte and other local officials was a…

Cayetano: OFW rescue video not a political move

Inquirer.net 05/03/2018

Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano denied yesterday that he was using the rescue missions of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) for overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) to boost his bid for the presidency in 2022. “Bakit,…

Mayor Osmeña hits Barug Team Rama over political factions

Inna Gian D. Mejia 02/21/2018

CEBU City Mayor Tomas Osmeña questioned the integrity of the members of Barug Team Rama over the issue on two local factions of Partido Demokratikong Pilipino-Laban (PDP-Laban). Osmeña said Vice Mayor Edgardo Labella deceived the public into…

Philexport exec on trade perk: Political noise won’t affect it

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 02/15/2018

Optimistic exec: GSP+, gift given to PH without any political influence Local exporters remain optimistic that trade relations between the Philippines and Europe will continue to flourish. According to PhilExport Cebu executive director Federico Escalona, they do…

‘Ricky’: The man with several hats

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 12/26/2017

Roderic “Ricky” Rama-Poca was many things to many people whose lives he had touched. For his former students at the University of San Carlos (USC), where he taught under the Department of Political Science from 1993 to…

Diamante granted TRO

Morexette Marie B. Erram 11/21/2017

  Incumbent Tuburan Mayor Democrito Diamante will continue to occupy his position after being granted a temporary restraining order (TRO) by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) 2nd Division. But the legal battle between him and his political…

‘Away bakla’ and political squabbles

Stephen D. Capillas 10/12/2017

Just when one thought that the pro-Duterte bloggers led by their queen, Communications Asst. Secretary Mocha Uson, have gotten the better of their critics in the opposition in the recent Senate public information committee hearing, lo and…

Duterte has political will – Mayor Tommy

Inna Gian Mejia, Jose Santino S. Bunachita, Morexette B. Erram, Norman V. Mendoza 07/24/2017

Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña said President Rodrigo Duterte is exceptional in his efforts in maintaining peace and order in the country. He said nobody comes close to Duterte when it comes to the latter’s fight against…

Ka Tino

Radel Paredes 07/15/2017

Lawyers occupy a special position in the Philippines. As we are supposed to be a “society of laws,” we always go to lawyers for all sorts of problems. Their opinion is sought on almost every issue, as…

Philippine political economy

Fernando Fajardo 07/06/2017

Development used to be measured in terms of the size of the country’s national output or Gross Domestic Product and its per capita equivalent. Now the preferred measure of development is seen in terms of the reduction…

Impeachment again

Editorial 03/24/2017

President Rodrigo Duterte publicly opposed it, but what does one make of House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez’s threat to initiate impeachment proceedings against Vice President Leni Robredo? The President’s critics find it hard to believe that the House…

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