MAO BA?

Editorial 11/24/2016

FAKE PEOPLE Netizens lauded the initiative of Facebook and Google to ban fake news on social media platforms. One netizen, however, wondered whether the two tech giants can do more. “Maybe they can extend the ban to…

MAO BA?

Editorial 11/22/2016

FACEBOOK INTENSIVE An advertising executive surprised those in attendance at the seminar when he said he spends at least seven hours a day on Facebook. The moderator was shocked, saying that he thinks it was such a…

House visits to Grabcar, Uber operators

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 11/14/2016

The regional Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB-7) will do their own version of “Oplan TokHang (toktok hangyo or knock and plead) to operators and drivers of Grabcar or Uber. Regional LTFRB Director Ahmed Cuizon said…

MAO BA? ‘Libingan’ Etc.

Editorial 11/11/2016

‘LIBINGAN’ ETC. The Supreme Court’s decision allowing the burial of the late president Ferdinand Marcos at the Libingan ng mga Bayani (LNMB) drew mixed reactions from Filipinos on social networking sites. After the viral photo that renamed…

Rumormongering

Editorial 11/10/2016

While freedom of speech is a guaranteed right in every country that prides itself as a democracy, the old expression “One’s freedom ends when he or she infringes on another person’s rights” rings true in the case…

The courts

Raymund Fernandez 11/08/2016

Except for this tragic decision to bury Marcos at the Libingan ng mga Bayani, it seems rarely now that the courts are called upon to determine the contentious truth of things important. And that’s a big shame…

Print Media for Memento

Gerard Pareja 10/30/2016

Dihang misulod ako sa usa ka 7-eleven sa Maguikay Mandaue, nakit-an ko ang front page sa Inquirer diin daw torre ang higanting si Yao Ming nga midungo sa pundok sa iyang mga kaubang Insik nga mialirong kang…

Silencing media to submission

Editorial 10/09/2016

Just as the Duterte administration continues to soak up on the warmth of its high survey ratings and the adulation of its followers, the national and local media find themselves in the crosshairs of the President’s apologists,…

‘To help banish or manage all disease’

Rina Jimenez-David 09/23/2016

In the movie “The Social Network,” which tells of the beginnings of what would be Facebook and the legal tussle over its ownership and management, FB founder and chief executive Mark Zuckerberg, played by Jesse Eisenberg, is…

CDN bags major awards for print, online

Margarette Managaytay 09/22/2016

IT was a combination of glitz and honor for Cebu Daily News last night as its entries to the prestigious Globe Media Excellence Awards (GMEA) bagged almost all major awards for the Print category and one for…

Social media wars

09/22/2016

The introduction of Web 2.0 has provided a platform for the instant interface of millions of people. But it has also created a new kind of culture — the culture of hate. Most cybercitizens are prejudiced against…

Netizen sued by lawyer backtracks, to apologize

Izobelle T. Pulgo 07/27/2016

The netizen who was sued by a lawyer over his derogatory comment on Facebook is now willing to offer an olive branch to put the matter behind them and put the issue to rest. Anrey Jay Nebres,…

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