Duterte and the ghosts of Plaza Miranda

09/08/2016

Forty-five years ago, on Aug. 21, 1971, three grenades were tossed at the speaker’s podium in Manila’s Plaza Miranda, where thousands had gathered for an opposition rally. Nine people were killed and at least 100 wounded in…

Cebu to enjoy long weekend holidays

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 09/06/2016

A long weekend is up ahead for the City of Cebu and Cebu province, along with its component cities, after President Rodrigo Duterte declared September 12, Monday, a national holiday in observance of Eid’l Adha. September 9,…

Bishop urges faithful to be more prayerful

Izobelle T. Pulgo 09/04/2016

CEBU Archdiocese Auxiliary Bishop Oscar Jaime Florencio urged the faithful to be more prayerful as he condemned the loss of innocent lives in the Davao bombing. “Dili na maayo kanang mag-pinatyanay,” he said. “It’s not good because…

Andam ba ang Sugbo sa terror attack?

Lloyd Suarez 09/04/2016

Simbako labngon og pito ka lawod mahitabo dinhi sa Sugbo ang pagpamomba didto sa dakbayan sa Davao niadtong Biyernes sa dayong lawom na’ng gabii diin 14 ka mga kinabuhi ang nakalas ug dunay 67 ang nanga-angol. Kung…

Cops add embalmer to hearse tactic

Rabboni Centino Borbon 09/02/2016

The Guadalupe police added a twist in their “hearse scare strategy” otherwise known as the “Oplan Bandilyo” campaign. They brought along police officers playing the role of an embalmer and two other officers wearing masks of President…

Political survival

Editorial 09/01/2016

When former Cebu City mayor Michael Rama disclosed during a press conference that Team Rama was switching from the United Nationalist Alliance (UNA) to the PDP-Laban, he may have anticipated that he won’t be able to join…

Some joke

Editorial 08/31/2016

To be exact, President Rodrigo Duterte didn’t say outright that the country was leaving the United Nations (UN) immediately or in the near future. He was said to have been ticked off by an American reporter who…

‘Uphill battle’ against Marcos burial

Carmel Loise Matus 08/29/2016

While militant and civil society groups held yet another rally to protest the burial of the late president Ferdinand Marcos in the Libingan ng mga Bayani, two Cebu-based martial law era activists believe the Supreme Court may…

ALVAREZ READIES DRAFT EO FOR CONCOM

Carmel Loise Matus 08/29/2016

Cebu’s Antonio Cuenco is considered a possible commission member The name of at least one prominent Cebuano legislator has been floated as a possible member of a Constitutional Commission (Concom) that is expected to be formed within…

Rama willing to join PDP-Laban in due time

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 08/29/2016

About a month before he figured in a presidential drug list, former Cebu City mayor Michael Rama was offered to join the administration party by no less than the party’s stalwarts in Manila. But the schedule of…

Removing the liabilities

Editorial 08/28/2016

President Rodrigo Duterte’s recent order to relieve all appointees by former president Benigno Aquino III had drawn some flak here and there but hardly anyone can mount a serious legal challenge against it. It’s not like it…

Limpiyo na ang pangan ni Mike Rama?

Lloyd Suarez 08/28/2016

Wa nako matingala sa atong mga politiko nga namalhin ngadto sa administration party sa kang Presidente Duterte. Ang unang rason, mao man gyud ang personal interest ug political survival. Ikaduha na na’ng rason nga aron kahatagan og…

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