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…

Philippine seaweeds safe, says industry leader

Victor Anthony V. Silva 09/07/2016

GROUPS making claims that the seaweeds from the Philippines spread diseases should make sure their reports are based on thorough study as these statements are hurting local farmers, an industry leader said. Maximo Richohermoso, chairman of the…

Community drive against illegal drugs

Editorial 09/02/2016

While the Duterte administration continues to draw flak from the United Nations and domestic critics over its bloody, all out war against illegal drugs and drug lords, it’s heartening to learn that there is the Church, the…

Some joke

Editorial 08/31/2016

To be exact, President Rodrigo Duterte didn’t say outright that the country was leaving the United Nations (UN) immediately or in the near future. He was said to have been ticked off by an American reporter who…

No opposition

Editorial 08/25/2016

The Duterte administration’s statement that the United Nations (UN) is unwelcome to monitor how it conducts its campaign against illegal drugs came days after Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma described as “ill-advised and half-baked” President Rodrigo Duterte’s name…

Blood cries out

Jason A. Baguia 08/05/2016

On the blacktop, the wife cradles her husband’s corpse. A suspected drug pusher, he was shot dead in a police operation. Photographs of the harrowed living embracing the unfeeling, bleeding dead have become familiar. The Philippine Daily…

DTI exec on West PH Sea ruling: Business will find a way

Victor Anthony V. Silva 07/14/2016

BOTH the government and private sector are not worried that the United Nations (UN) Arbitral Tribunal’s recent ruling on the West Philippine Sea may affect trade relations between the Philippines and China. DTI Cebu Provincial Director Maria…

Calming the waters

Jason A. Baguia 07/08/2016

If your family raised you the way mine did me, for sure you have childhood memories of visiting with them Cebu’s Taoist temple. You remember the mostly red pagoda rising amid the greenery on a hill in…

Restoring public faith and trust

Editorial 07/06/2016

There were several talking points raised by President Rodrigo Duterte’s 15-minute speech, and we can only hope that the rest of his speeches are as short as the first one he gave as the country’s Chief Executive.…

UN event spotlights 17 goals to end poverty, save planet

04/23/2016

United Nations — A 17-year-old Honduran-American activist called for a youth movement to eradicate poverty and preserve the planet. The president of the tiny Pacific island nation said urgent funds are needed to develop his country and…

UN begins major evacuation in Syria

04/22/2016

Zabadani – The UN began evacuating hundreds of people from besieged Syrian towns in a rare sign of humanitarian progress, as the US Air Force for the first time deployed a B-52 bomber against the Islamic State…

UN plans food airdrop in Syria

01/23/2016

UNITED NATIONS — As images and reports of starvation in besieged Syrian communities drew an international outcry and two rare aid convoys this month, an urgent question arose: Why not drop food and other needed supplies by…

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