Radaza firm on stand to rename Cebu airport

Jessa Mae O. Sotto 11/10/2018

Lapu-Lapu City Mayor Paz Radaza maintained that the Cebu airport be renamed to Lapu-Lapu International Airport. She responded to Presidential Adviser Adelino Sitoy who claimed that the airport’s name be retained. Sitoy said it’s selfish to identify…

Obon: Security personnel on standby for Sto. Visit to Olango Island

Futch A. Inso 08/19/2018

More than a thousand personnel from the Philippine National Police, the Philippine Coast Guard, Philippine Navy, and the Regional Public Safety Battalion in Central Visayas (RPSB-7) were deployed to secure the visit of the miraculous image of…

Mabatid takes witness stand today vs quo warranto

Rosalie O. Abatayo 07/23/2018

MABOLO Barangay Captain Prisca Niña Mabatid will take the witness stand today to defend her seat from the quo warranto petition filed against her in court. Mabatid said she will be ready to belie in court the…

Wage hearing: Labor, management sectors explain stand on wage hike petitions

Futch Anthony Inso 05/09/2018

Wage increase petitioners from the labor sector cited the impact on workers of the Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion (Train) Law and the introduction of the Public Utility Vehicles modernization program as among the factors to…

Bishop Villarojo: Divorce contravenes God’s word

Ador Vincent Mayol 03/24/2018

Like San Pedro Calungsod, be ready to teach about the Christian faith amid threats to marriage and family. This was the message of Cebu Auxiliary Bishop Dennis Villarojo as Cebuanos on Saturday marked the feast of Saint…

Bishops urged to stand up for truth

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 01/27/2018

  Bishops should stand up for the truth no matter what it entails. Archbishop Gabriele Giordano Caccia, the Apostolic Nuncio to the Philippines or Pope Francis’ representative in the country, made this call to the 85 bishops…

Taking a determined stand for human rights

Atty. Gloria Estenzo Ramos 12/10/2017

Human rights should never be trivialized. One of the greatest Filipino leaders who ever lived, Senator Jose ‘Ka Pepe’ Diokno, aptly said “No cause is more worthy than the cause of human rights … they are what…

APRIEL SMITH: Queenly and Confident

Mich Padayhag, Niza Mariñas, Rob Gonzales 11/11/2017

YOU glance at your watch and stand by for  the arrival of the  queen. Since  it’s Apriel Smith, you don’t mind. It’s like the infinite wait at the terminal and finally you are ready to board. She was…

Osmeña firm on stand not to use SRP funds for city’s infra projects

Inna Gian Mejia 11/06/2017

CEBU City Mayor Tomas Osmeña is standing pat on his decision not to use P9.8 billion of the city’s funds received from giant developers, Ayala Land, Cebu Holdings Inc., SM Prime Holdings, and Filinvest Land Inc. as…

Not a minor concern

Editorial 08/11/2017

First it was the ban on the sale of liquor after 10 p.m., followed by the firecracker ban and then the smoking ban in public places. These orders reflect the local government sensibilities of the Duterte administration,…

United we stand against terrorism

Atty. Ruphil F. Bañoc 05/27/2017

Recently, there are two horrifying man-made calamities that could shake the heads of every normal human being: the bombing of the concert of Ariana Grande in Manchester England and the terror attacks in Marawi City in Mindanao.…

Duterte calls on Filipinos to stand up against corruption

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 03/02/2017

CEBU CITY–Assert yourselves. Hoping to eradicate or lessen corruption, President Rodrigo Duterte called on Filipinos not to remain silent and to instead stand up against irregularities in government. “The thing about corruption is that Filipinos are not…

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