A premature surrender?

Rina Jimenez-David 07/15/2016

Does anyone have a jet ski to spare? Remember the campaign boast of President Rody that the way to solve the Spratlys dispute with China was for him to take a jet ski to the nearest shoreline…

Duterte mulls bilateral talks with China

07/15/2016

President Rodrigo Duterte is willing to engage in bilateral talks with China after the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) favored the Philippines over China in their maritime dispute. “Ang sabi niya (Duterte said), ‘Let’s see. We’ll start…

BIR suspends tax probe on Loot and Lim assets

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 07/14/2016

TWO days after announcing that it would start to validate the tax returns of controversial retired general Vicente Loot and all those with the name of “Peter Lim” in Cebu to check on their possible undeclared properties…

Will the real Peter Lim please stand up?

Stephen D. Capillas 07/14/2016

The column title gets its inspiration from a 2000 hit song “The Real Slim Shady” by rapper Marshall Mathers aka Eminem which Wikipedia said was a “critique” of the pop songs and the singers and celebrities that…

Startups, SMEs need tax breaks to grow: Aquino

Stephen D. Capillas 07/14/2016

THE government should support rather than make it difficult for startups and small businesses to grow by giving them tax breaks in their first two years of operation, Sen. Paolo Benigno “Bam” Aquino IV said Thursday. During…

Moving towards federalizing PH

07/13/2016

Even before he became president, then Davao City mayor Rodrigo Duterte was crisscrossing the country to promote federalism as an alternative to solving the Bangsamoro people’s plight rather than the Bangsamoro Basic Law lobbied by his predecessor,…

Philippines – 1; China – 0

Jobers R. Bersales 07/13/2016

Not that it was unexpected but the victory was still nonetheless most welcome for our country and all others that really could do nothing more than watch as the People’s Republic China was systematically occupying and expanding…

TAX PROBE ON LOOT, ‘PETER LIM’

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 07/11/2016

Retired police general and now Mayor Vicente Loot of the town of Daanbantayan in Cebu, who was among the five police generals accused by President Rodrigo Duterte of allegedly coddling drug lords, will face another challenge: a…

Drastic measures

Ricky Poca 07/11/2016

Last week President Rodrigo Duterte made good on his promise to name the five police officials allegedly acting as protectors of drug lords. Named were retired PNP officials Marcelo Garbo and Vic Loot (now Daanbantayan mayor) and…

On why we are losing the war on drugs

Malou Guanzon Apalisok 07/11/2016

He is retired from politics since 2012 but former Cebu City congressman Antonio “Tony” Cuenco appears to be back in harness, this time sharing insights on the conduct and outcome of the 2001 congressional hearing as it…

CAUGHT!

Carmel Loise Matus 07/10/2016

Bogo cop nabbed in an anti-drug raid, the first to fall since President Duterte took office Anti-drug policemen and civilian agents were hoping to catch as many shabu users as possible when they raided a suspected drug…

Ipapatay gyud ang 5 PNP generals?

Lloyd Suarez 07/10/2016

Usa ka dakong kadaugan namo sa Radyo GMA kay kami karon ang number 1 sa latest survey sa AC Nielsen Research. Gawas nga nangharos ang among AM station DYSS sa tanang AM stations sa Sugbo, nagpabiling numero…

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