Palma echoes CBCP objections to Marcos burial at the Libingan

Izobelle T. Pulgo 11/13/2016

IN solidarity with his fellow bishops, Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma echoed the objection of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines, through CBCP president Archbishop Socrates Villegas, to the burial of ousted president Ferdinand Marcos at the Libingan…

Nights in our days

Jason A. Baguia 11/11/2016

On Katipunan Street in Barangay Tisa, Cebu City, close to where the street intersects with F. Llamas and Cabarrubias streets, there is a little marker to a lost missionary. He is Father Rosaleo Romano, a member of…

‘Libingan ng mga Bayani at Isang Magnanakaw’

11/09/2016

A day after the Supreme Court gave the green light for the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos to be buried at the Libingan ng mga Bayani, the name of the heroes’ cemetery in Taguig was briefly changed on…

OLD WOUNDS

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Izobelle T. Pulgo, Jhunnex Napallacan, Jose Santino S. Bunachita, Nestle L. Semilla 11/08/2016

Supreme Court decision triggers waves of anger, dissent The hammer has fallen on the decades-old issue of whether or not Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos can be buried a hero at the Libingan ng mga Bayani (LNMB). In…

SC extends Status Quo Ante on Marcos burial

Morexette Erram 10/18/2016

Students in Cebu gathered at the University of the Philippines – Cebu Oblation Square reiterating their call to the Supreme Court to stop the burial of former president Ferdinand Marcos at the Libingan ng mga Bayani. The…

Tom proposes P7.2B budget for next year

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 10/17/2016

CEBU City Mayor Tomas Osmeña is proposing a P7.2 billion “skin and bone” annual budget for next year. Several new items were included in the budget proposal. The biggest of these new items is the P600 million…

Exec: SC ruling reinforces firm’s stand on Naga case

Victor Anthony V. Silva 10/16/2016

The Supreme Court decision to reinstate the awarding of the 153.1-Megawatt (MW) Naga Power Plant Complex in Cebu to Therma Power Visayas Inc. (TVPI), a subsidiary of Aboitiz group’s energy arm, reinforced the company’s stand that the…

SC orders Cebu City gov’t to pay P57M to bizman

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 10/10/2016

THE Supreme Court has ordered the Cebu City government to pay P57 million as compensation to a businessman who claimed that his property was affected by the South Road Properties (SRP) project. The amount is almost equal…

Cebu City owes P57M to trader

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 10/10/2016

Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña said the Supreme Court ordered the city government to pay P57 million to businessman Roque Ting who claimed that his private lot was affected by the South Reclamation Project several years back.…

Tom: Only SC can make city pay P32M

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 10/04/2016

It will take a court order from the Supreme Court (SC) before the Cebu City government pays the P32 million it owes to the private landfill in Consolacion town, Mayor Tomas Osmeña said. He said a representative…

Speech and the written word

Randy David 09/11/2016

In everyday life, we tend to assign less weight to oral speech than to the written word. The spoken is presumed to be “ephemeral,” liable to be misheard, reinterpreted, or denied. The written word, in contrast, is…

SC affirms disbarment of Cebu City judge

Izobelle T. Pulgo 08/31/2016

THE Supreme Court reaffirmed the disbarment of a former Cebu City judge for grave misconduct. In a press conference held last Tuesday in Manila, Supreme Court spokesperson Theodore Te confirmed the disbarment of Rosabella Tormis, former judge…

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