Pope Francis to resume window addresses to faithful

05/27/2020

Pope Francis on Sunday will address the faithful once more from his window overlooking Saint Peter’s Square, the Vatican said Tuesday, as the city state eased its coronavirus lockdown further. The Argentine pontiff has recited the traditional Angelus…

The Chinese Connection

Malou Guanzon Apalisok 02/23/2020

Chinese tradition holds that 8 is a lucky number so many Cebuano Chinese who had important milestones in the first quarter of this year chose February 20, 2020 to celebrate.    Among them was His Excellency Ambassador…

Palafox

Malou Guanzon Apalisok 12/15/2019

Mention Felino “Jun” Palafox and Cebu Archbishop Jose S. Palma will probably drop everything, except of course when he’s celebrating Holy Mass and administering sacraments, to hear updates about the construction of the Divine Mercy icon in…

Tug of war in the co-op movement?

Malou Guanzon Apalisok 11/24/2019

The end of 2019 feels like it’s flying by, what with so many milestones and events that my friends in the co-operative movement hardly have time chewing over major developments while thinking of the next exciting conference.…

Reshaping PH agriculture through farm tourism

Malou Guanzon Apalisok 11/10/2019

At the recent 6th Philippine Farm Tourism Conference held at the Marco Polo Plaza in Cebu City I was pleasantly surprised to hear that big landlords from different places across the country had joined small farm holders,…

Senate hearing drives Senator Gordon to tears

Malou Guanzon Apalisok 10/13/2019

The top post in the Philippine National Police has become a hot seat for beleaguered PNP Chief Oscar Albayalde that he has decided to vacate it on October 29 or 9 days ahead of his birthday when…

Ninja cops hound Albayalde

Malou Guanzon Apalisok 10/06/2019

The Senate Blue Ribbon committee hearings on the loopholes of the Good Conduct Time Allowance GCTA law has taken an odd turn after Senator Richard Gordon, chairman of the committee invited former Criminal Investigation and Detection Group…

‘Why Not Clark?’

Malou Guanzon Apalisok 09/29/2019

“Innovation” according to Jeff Bezos, founder and CEO of Amazon, can be described in the context of the California Gold Rush where one might think the challenge is done once the last gold nugget is uncovered.  …

Uncanny

Malou Guanzon Apalisok 09/22/2019

It is uncanny that each time the country remembers the declaration of Martial Law and the conjugal dictatorship of Ferdinand and Imelda Marcos 47 years ago, some purely coincidental events happen which tend to recall the excesses…

Bilibid Mafia

Malou Guanzon Apalisok 09/08/2019

The Senate probe on the botched implementation and interpretation of RA 10592 otherwise known as the Good Conduct Time Allowance is supposed to review the law that reduces the prison sentences of persons deprived of liberty PDL…

A barefaced lie

Malou Guanzon Apalisok 09/01/2019

  “It is not a secret if it is known by three people,” is an Irish proverb that warns of the dangers of sharing secret stories but it also applies to the way top officials of the…

Vigilance and social media thwarted the early release of Antonio Sanchez

Malou Guanzon Apalisok 08/25/2019

When newspaper reporters received a disturbing information on the evening of August 20, 2019 that convicted rapist and murderer Antonio Sanchez will soon step out of the New Bilibid Prisons a free man, they immediately checked the…

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