WHERE’S THE WARRANT?

Nestle L. Semilla and Ador Vincent S. Mayol 08/15/2018

The police have been itching to serve the arrest warrant against Cebu businessman Peter Lim. In fact, a special team had been formed to do it. But as of Wednesday evening, law enforcement units in Cebu have…

Nanay Lucy’s bananas feed the soul

USJ-R Journalism Intern 08/08/2018

As early as seven in the morning, 51-year-old Lucy Alcontin can be seen peeling bananas on the sidewalks of P. Lopez Street in Cebu City. The bananas would soon be sizzling in a pan smothered with flour…

THE KILLING CONTINUES

MAO BA? 07/20/2018

Netizens were alarmed after two separate shooting incidents happened in Talisay City on Friday morning, which resulted to the death of four persons including a graduating college student. A netizen named James Benedict Florido commented, “EXTRAJUDICIAL MURDERS…

ALL THE BEST FEELINGS

Cris Evert B. Lato-Ruffolo 07/20/2018

THE SEDA EXPERIENCE It was Spanish night at the Straight Up Roof Deck Bar of Seda BGC (Bonifacio Global City) in Taguig City and the all-female delegation from Cebu was enthralled by the charm of Mr. AndreaMastellone,…

Mabatid admits being the person in hotel CCTV video

Morexette Marie B. Erram 07/10/2018

‘I WAS PROVOKED’ MABOLO Barangay Captain Niña Mabatid admitted yesterday being the one in the hotel CCTV video which showed two guests in an altercation with hotel personnel accompanied by some physical violence. The village chief, together…

The Storyteller

Cris Evert Lato-Ruffolo 06/30/2018

BODJIE PASCUA FOR THOSE of us who grew up in the 80s to the 90s and watched Filipino television, the name “Kuya Bodjie” is equivalent to sitting down and opening our eyes and ears to the ultimate…

The price of a smile

Efren Cruz 06/27/2018

For this valedictory article, allow me to give you some last thoughts on personal finance, particularly on debt management. Time and again, people would come to us distraught, panicky and on the brink of giving up on…

THE DUMPIT MYSTERY

MAO BA? 06/27/2018

Some netizens expressed skepticism over the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) report that SPO1 Adonis Dumpit was a high-level drug pusher and protector. Dumpit was killed in a joint operation conducted by the National Bureau of Investigation…

Carrying the UP Sablay

Madrileña de la Cerna 06/23/2018

Two years ago, I wrote about the Sablay on UP’s Shoulder. Since it is graduation week of the University of the Philippines System, I am writing again about the Sablay to remind UP graduates of their mission.…

The fate of faith tourism

Jobers R. Bersales 06/20/2018

It appears that the much-awaited rolling out of faith-based tour packages by the Department of Tourism is on hold with the entry of the new Tourism Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat. In last week’s Tourism Innovation Forum hosted by…

The importance of fathering

Sofia Aliño Logarta 06/20/2018

An essay on Filipino fathers discusses the result of the absentee father. In earlier times sons often went along with their fathers as they worked. In a very natural, informal way they got the skills involved in…

‘GMRC’ in the time of Duterte

Rina Jimenez-David 06/19/2018

To Filipinos of a certain generation, the subject is better known as “GMRC,” for Good Manners and Right Conduct. I don’t know what happened in the decades since this was established as part of the public school…

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