Should people support Du30’s appointment of village officials?

Atty. Ruphil F. Bañoc 03/30/2017

The recent plan of President Rodrigo Duterte in postponing again the baranggay election and suggesting that he himself would instead appoint baranggay officials drew mixed reactions. There are those who totally agree with the President. Others are…

Politics is personal

Jobers R. Bersales 03/29/2017

We all lament all these deaths and turn emotional at photographs of poor people getting killed or caught in the crossfire of the continuing and relentless drug war in our midst. But I heard neither sigh nor…

Tumulak expresses interest to join BO-PK

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 03/27/2017

Cebu City Councilor Dave Tumulak has officially expressed his intent to join the Bando Osmeña-Pundok Kauswaga (BO-PK) party. In an interview on Monday morning, Tumulak set the record straight and clarified that he no longer wants to…

SHIFTING ALLIANCE

Doris C. Bongcac, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag, Nestle L. Semilla 03/25/2017

They did not know what hit them. Cebu City’s Team Rama lost one of their members to the administration camp yesterday morning while most of them were in Manila attending a lawyers’ convention. The recent development will…

Duterte mulls postponement of barangay elections anew

Izobelle T. Pulgo, Jose Santino S. Bunachita 03/15/2017

President Rodrigo Duterte wants the barangay elections postponed again. In a speech before the first general assembly of the League of Municipalities of the Philippines (LMP) at the Manila Hotel on Tuesday, the President said he did…

7 Cebu City barangay officials face criminal raps

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 03/08/2017

Seven Cebu City barangay officials were formally charged before the Metropolitan Trial Court in Cities (MTCC) for violation of Article 221 of the RPC or the failure to make delivery of public funds or property. In a…

MAO BA?

Editorial 03/07/2017

MAO BA The city councilors who were rumored to leave their once dominant party for the administration party resorted to joking about it to reporters. At one event, one of these councilors went inside the session hall…

Both accused of heinous crimes

02/28/2017

President Duterte and Sen. Leila de Lima are both accused of heinous crimes — crimes that would merit the death penalty if Congress were to pass that odious measure. Both claim innocence, dismissing the accusations as attempts…

Edu Rama calls on Osmeña for discrediting Don Vicente

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 02/28/2017

Cebu City Councilor Eduardo Rama Jr. called on Mayor Tomas Osmeña for discrediting his great grandfather, Don Vicente Rama’s efforts in the city’s charter. In a privilege speech during the council’s regular session on Tuesday afternoon, Rama…

Withdrawal

Editorial 02/21/2017

It’s harsh, no doubt, but take out the politics and on the surface, Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña’s decision to withdraw the allowances of the barangay tanods and garbage loaders is both practical and necessary if one…

Political will in Mandaue

Jobers R. Bersales 02/15/2017

Let me digress from the series of articles on the towns of Cebu in the late Spanish period to congratulate Mayor Luigi Quisumbing for his zeal in strictly enforcing traffic laws and ordinances in Mandaue City. In…

Zafra still with Team Rama but open to talking with Tomas

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 02/08/2017

LAST month’s meeting between Councilor Philip Zafra and Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña and his allies fueled talks that the councilor may bolt Team Rama to join Bando Osmeña-Pundok Kauswagan (BO-PK). Zafra, president of the Association of…

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