WITHOUT MIKE

Carmel Loise Matus, Margarette Managaytay, Nestle L. Semilla 08/26/2016

Team Rama signs up with PDP-Laban The decision has been made. They are leaving their “father” behind. Councilors and village officials belonging to Team Rama, about 65 of them, have agreed to join the ruling Partido Demokratiko…

4 wage board members, DOT-7 chief leave posts

Dominic Yasay, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 08/26/2016

Labor leader fears resignations will cause delay in wage petitions Four members of the regional wage board in Central Visayas and the regional director of tourism have resigned from their posts less than a week after President…

Police checking reports of Peter Lim leaving PH

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 08/26/2016

THE Police Regional Office in Central Visayas (PRO-7) is validating reports that Cebuano businessman Peter Lim has left the country. Chief Supt. Noli Taliño, PRO-7 director, said they so far have no idea about Lim’s whereabouts. “I’m…

LMP Cebu head asks fellow mayors to back Digong

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 08/26/2016

Despite their different political affiliations, Tuburan Mayor Democrito Diamante asked his fellow Cebu mayors to support the programs of President Rodrigo “Digong” Duterte, especially against illegal drugs. Diamante, who received a fresh mandate as president of the…

‘Duterte doing house cleaning’

Carmel Loise Matus 08/24/2016

PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte is well within his authority to do some “house cleaning” when he ordered presidential appointees in government to resign within one week. Msgr. Joseph Tan, spokesperson of the Archdiocese of Cebu, said the president…

De Lima’s dilemma

Jobers R. Bersales 08/24/2016

If President Rodrigo Duterte will have his way in this first-ever relentless fight to end the drug menace in this country, its casualties will not just be billionaire drug lords and their protectors but one female senator…

KILL TOLL GOING UP

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Carmel Loise Matus, Norman V. Mendoza, Rabboni Centino Borbon, Rene Alima 08/23/2016

Taliño: No letup in anti-drug drive While rape, robberies, gambling and cases of physical injuries went down, murder and homicide cases related to illegal drugs went up in Central Visayas, the Police Regional Office (PRO-7) said yesterday.…

Gov’t agencies: ‘Business as usual’ as Duterte orders courtesy resignation

Carmel Loise Matus, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 08/23/2016

Malacañang last night gave all presidential appointees, except those designated by President Rodrigo Duterte, seven days to submit their courtesy resignation. In a memorandum circular signed by Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea, those who would refuse to comply…

YOU’RE FIRED!

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 08/21/2016

President Rodrigo Duterte sent shock waves to all presidential appointees across the country on Sunday when he fired all of them by declaring their posts vacant. Citing continuing corruption in government “especially in the regulatory agencies,” Duterte…

Down and dirty

Editorial 08/21/2016

When President Rodrigo Duterte said the war on illegal drugs would be “sustained and relentless,” he also mentioned that it would be “dirty” and he showed just how dirty it was when he made some serious allegations…

Basta driver . . .

Gerard Pareja 08/21/2016

Ania ang Beatles sa ilang “Drive My Car:” “Asked a girl what she wanted to be / She said baby, can’t you see / I want to be famous, a star on the screen / But you…

Duterte restores ceasefire with communists rebels

08/21/2016

President Rodrigo Duterte has restored the government’s unilateral ceasefire with communist rebels ahead of the peace negotiations with the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) in Oslo, Norway, next week. Presidential Adviser for the Peace Process…

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