Militant student groups question return service policy in state schools

Rosalie O. Abatayo 08/13/2018

Cebu-based militant student groups held a picket at the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) regional office to question the return service policy reportedly implemented by state universities and colleges. “When you say free education, that should be…

Rallos family questions discovery of shabu inside car

Nestle Semilla 08/02/2018

The family of slain Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA-7) official Baby “Earl” Rallos questioned the discovery of illegal drugs inside his car, saying it was not on the official report sent to them by the Scene of…

Opposition dads question mayor’s plan to offer free use of SRP lot

Morexette B. Erram 07/27/2018

Barug Team Rama-PDP Laban Councilors Joel Garganera and Raymond Alvin Garcia cautioned Mayor Tomas Osmeña in offering free use of a 60-hectare lot for the Call Center City project in South Road Properties (SRP). While they welcomed…

Groups question labor-only contracting practices

Futch A. Inso 07/19/2018

  Cebu labor groups held a protest against labor-only contracting practices in some companies on Thursday morning (July 19). Jaime Paglinawan, coordinator of Alyansa sa mga Mamumuo sa Sugbo -Kilusang Mayo Uno (AMA-KMU), more than a thousand…

Can Cleveland recover from 0-3 hole?

AP, JONAS PANERIO, Mars G. Alison 06/07/2018

We ask local basketball personalities if Cavs still have a chance in this Finals series Nothing’s going in Cleveland’s way, so far, in the 2018 NBA Finals. The Eastern Conference champion Cavaliers find themselves in a deep…

EMB-7: Mactan, Panglao seas “drastically improve” but safety still a question; Notices of Violation sent to resorts for failing to have water waste treatment facilities

Jose Santino S. Bun-achita, Norman V. Mendoza, Rosalie O. Abatayo 05/30/2018

The quality of the sea water off the islands of Mactan and Panglao has “drastically improve” compared to last year. However, EMB-7 Regional Director William Cuñado said he could not yet say that the sea is already…

Barug councilors question Cebu City’s capability to implement BRT; Osmeña says it can be done

Rosalie O. Abatayo 05/27/2018

Mister Mayor, don’t chew more than you can swallow.” That was the message of Cebu City Councilor Joel Garganera to Mayor Tomas Osmeña after the latter expressed willingness to takeover the implementation of the Bus Rapid Transit…

Voters question extra ballot box in Punta Engaño

Futch Anthony Inso 05/14/2018

Voters in Barangay Punta Engaño, Lapu-Lapu City complain after an extra ballot box was found under the table of a classroom precinct at Punta Engaño Elementary School. It was Milagros Flores who first discovered the extra ballot…

A question of connection

Editorial 02/11/2018

What is saddening about the weekend report on the boy Loloy and his drug involvement is that others of his age share his reality though researchers alerted Filipinos to juvenile drug dependency years ago. Within the last…

TNVS drivers rally, question slots for Cebu

Cris Evert Lato-Ruffolo 02/02/2018

HOPE springs eternal for transport network vehicle service drivers in Cebu (TNVS Cebu), who are concerned about the 500 TNVS slots allotted for Cebu. Ahmed Cuizon, regional director of Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board Central Visayas…

Pieta

Raymund Fernandez 10/31/2017

A lecture inside a workshop, a photoshoot I need to be in. The rush of life, an appointed time and place, time growing shorter by the second. The place, still far away. Traffic grinds to a halt.…

My Cardinal story

Cris Evert Lato-Ruffolo 10/20/2017

Tanah Rata, Malaysia — The road was getting narrower with each turn, and the bus driver’s eyes were fixed on the road 45 minutes after we left the main city of Kuala Lumpur. I gazed at the…

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