Politician’s bodyguard fires gun inside bar

POLICE arrested a drunk bodyguard of a Tuburan town politician for firing his gun inside a bar in Barangay Kasambagan, Cebu City, and pointing it at several customers early yesterday morning. PO2 Renato Baldo identified the suspect…

PDP BARS NARCO-POLS

PDP–LABAN REJECTS POLITICIANS WITH DRUG LINKS If your name is still on the list of narco-politicians, you are not allowed to join the Partido Demokratiko Pilipino–Lakas ng Bayan (PDP–Laban), the party of President Rodrigo Duterte. This was…

POLICE TO BJMP-7: Investigate ‘special treatment’ given to 2 local politicians

THE Police Regional Office in Central Visayas (PRO-7) has urged the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP-7) to look into reports that politicians detained in two jails in the region are enjoying special treatment. PRO-7 director…

CALLS MOUNT TO PROBE HITMAN CLAIM

The confession of Barangay Captain Jinnefer Mercader of Lugo, Borbon, that he was a hitman for some politicians in Cebu has rekindled interests into the unsolved deaths of over a hundred victims of extrajudicial killings (EJKs) in…

Politicians and emotions of the masses

I am really amazed at how politicians play with the emotions of the people especially when they side with the “emotions of the masses” on the government’s proposed tax reform program which includes imposing taxes on sweetened…

Game change in higher education?

The recent decision of the government to ensure free tuition among state colleges and universities is a noble step. But it does not answer the core problem of public higher education in the Philippines: that there are…

PALMA WANTS ANSWERS

Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma has joined the growing call for an impartial investigation into the death of Albuera, Leyte Mayor Rolando Espinosa Sr. which a number of senators have described to be a premeditated killing by a…

The courts

Except for this tragic decision to bury Marcos at the Libingan ng mga Bayani, it seems rarely now that the courts are called upon to determine the contentious truth of things important. And that’s a big shame…

Purisima richest, Luistro poorest in Aquino cabinet

Finance Secretary Cesar Purisima is now the richest member of President Benigno Aquino III’s Cabinet following the early resignation of former Foreign Affairs secretary Albert del Rosario. The 2015 statement of assets, liabilities and net worth (SALN)…

Political foes talk on traffic woes

  Talisay City is notorious for its traffic problems and local candidates of that third income class component city in the province of Cebu agree that something ought to be done about it. In a candidates forum…

High level lang unta nga pangampanya

Dili  unta gubat  ug  gubot  apan  gugma  maoy mopatigbabaw niining  padayong  pangampanya sa  atong  mga local  ug  national candidates. Maayo unta  nga  kuhaan  og  panag-ingnan  sa atong  mga   kandidato  ang mga nindot  nga  mga  mensahe niadtong 51st…

I’M hoping that the third and final presidential debate will tackle more substantive issues like the Spratlys dispute between the Philippines and China, the economy and peace and order in Mindanao. I think the debate should focus…