Debating Cebu City

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 01/05/2017

(PART 1) The year 2016 saw several changes in the City of Cebu — the biggest of which was the changing of guards at City Hall. After being dealt his first ever political loss in the 2013…

Politics and El Niño: The heat rises

Izobelle T. Pulgo 01/03/2017

(PART 2) Following months of heated political bickering, One Cebu gubernatorial candidate Winston Garcia conceded defeat to re-elected governor, Hilario Davide III a day after the May 9 elections. Results later showed that Davide garnered 616,381 votes…

Supporters rally behind their leaders

Jose Santino S. Bunachita, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 12/15/2016

As allies of former mayor Michael Rama came to his defense amid accusations by Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña that he received P10 million in drug money from slain drug lord Jeffrey “Jaguar” Diaz, the incumbent mayor…

MAO BA?

Editorial 12/14/2016

SNACKS TO ALLIES This city councilor is known to bring goodies like chocolates, biscuits and other snacks to her fellow councilors during their session. Before, she would bring goodies to everyone even if they’re not political allies.…

Council restores P7.2B budget, but keeps reduced items

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 12/13/2016

AFTER initially reducing next year’s budget to P6.1 billion, the Cebu City Council’s committee on budget and finance decided to restore the amount to the original proposal of P7.2 billion. But all the items slashed and reduced…

Police state

Raymund Fernandez 12/13/2016

A friend was espousing the relative benefits of having a police state here in our country. He did not want to say it outright, obviously out of deference to what he guessed were my thoughts on the…

Public shaming

Editorial 11/29/2016

Last Thursday’s congressional interrogation of Ronnie Dayan, while somewhat instructive, is known more for its attempts by lawmakers to ferret out the salacious details of his seven-year affair with Sen. Leila de Lima rather than verifying whether…

The dream of a benevolent dictator

Raymund Fernandez 11/29/2016

There is a reason why a superhero like Batman or Spiderman don’t run for president. They know: “With great power comes great responsibility.” And political offices like the presidency of any country, even ours, would simply not…

Leloy Claudio: The real deal breaker

Clint Holton Potestas 11/27/2016

LISANDRO Claudio arrived in Cebu two days after the Internet broke with netizens making fun of what was perceived as sexy actress Jessy Mendiola’s grammar slip in response to a reporter who asked her about her boyfriend…

Cheers greet exoneration of Leyte officials

Joey Gabieta 11/24/2016

TACLOBAN CITY — While Leyte officials applauded Kerwin Espinosa for clearing their names of any involvement in his drug trade, a police general was left shocked that the drug lord would accuse him of receiving payola. Chief…

The New York Times ‘apology’

Stephen D. Capillas 11/24/2016

I mentioned last Friday about US President-elect Donald Trump’s claim about the New York Times apologizing to him through “A Letter to the Readers” that the publication issued last Nov. 13. After reading about it on a…

Free medicines

Editorial 11/14/2016

On the surface, the plan to hire 600 job order workers to distribute medicines to Cebu City beneficiaries under the Osmeña administration’s Long Life Medical Assistance program looks to be redundant as argued by the Team Rama…

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