Protest to mark Human Rights Day in Cebu City

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 12/01/2016

A protest action will mark the celebration of Human Rights Day on December 10 in Cebu City and will highlight extrajudicial killings in the country. “We will denounce the extrajudicial killings in the country,” said Noel Tabasa…

SHOW OF FORCE

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Jose Santino S. Bunachita 11/30/2016

The crowd of just over a thousand Cebuano protesters may not be as big as those in Metro Manila, but the message was the same: Marcos is not a hero and has no place in the Libingan…

Pro-Duterte holds rally to support decision on Marcos’ burial at LNMB

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 11/30/2016

About a thousand men on board their motorcycles arrive at Plaza Independencia to express support to President Rodrigo Duterte’s decision to bury the late President Ferdinand Marcos at the Libingan ng Mga Bayani (LNMB). Lawyer Ervin Estandarte…

CEBU HONORS YOU

Jose Santino S. Bunachita, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 11/29/2016

It will be a different way of remembering Gat Andres Bonifacio as seven Cebuanos will be honored today as heroes and martyrs of the martial law regime at the Plaza Independencia. In an event organized by the…

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…

Anti-Marcos group to hold rally today

Dominic D. Yasay 11/24/2016

A militant group is holding a rally in downtown Cebu City to denounce the sneaky burial of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos at the Libingan ng mga Bayani (LNMB) from 9 a.m. to noon today. The Anakbayan…

‘SNEAKY’ BURIAL

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 11/18/2016

To his last moment above the ground, the deposed strongman settled his affairs in secrecy. Behind shut gates and away from public view, Ferdinand Marcos was buried with military honors at the Libingan ng mga Bayani (LNMB)…

Marcos burial opens old wounds and fresh debates on ‘moving on’

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Izobelle T. Pulgo 11/18/2016

A well of emotions ranging from surprise to relief, anger to apathy, disgust to delight, frustration to indignation met the stealthy hero’s burial held for Ferdinand Marcos at the Libingan ng mga Bayani (LNMB) on Friday. Social…

Groups stage protests in uptown, downtown Cebu

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag, Morexette Erram 11/18/2016

WHILE the remains of Ferdinand Marcos were being laid to rest at the Libingan ng mga Bayani (LNMB), anti-Marcos organizers converged in at least two different parts of Cebu City. A group of students affiliated with party-lists…

Militant groups to hold protest over Marcos’ burial in LMB

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 11/18/2016

Sanlakas and other militant groups in Cebu City are staging a protest against the burial of the late dictator and former president Ferdinand Marcos. Teody Navea, secretary general of Sanlakas-Cebu, says there will be a noise barrage…

Senate resolution vs Marcos burial fails approval

11/15/2016

A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate against the burial of the late strongman Ferdinand Marcos at the Libingan ng mga Bayani has failed to get the approval of the chamber after only eight senators voted…

‘Libingan ng mga Basura is perfect place for Marcos’

Izobelle T. Pulgo, Jose Santino S. Bunachita 11/14/2016

Tom O to join rally to bury late dictator’s effigy at Inayawan landfill today About 1,000 protesters including Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña, are expected to join today’s burial of the coffin containing an effigy of the…

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