CDIG-7 crackdown on illegal gambling, for real?

Malou Guanzon Apalisok 08/11/2019

Thinking that President Rodrigo Roa Duterte’s order to shut down all PCSO gaming operations was meant to sweep off all forms of legal and illegal gambling throughout the country, a priest told mass goers in his homily…

A classic Battle in Manila

Malou Guanzon Apalisok 07/21/2019

The truism“everybody loves a winner”comes to mind in the intense media attention accorded to the very popular Manila City Mayor Francisco Domagoso better known as Isko Moreno.   After trouncing former Manila City Mayor Alfredo Lim and…

Economic boom in Northern Mindanao 

Malou Guanzon Apalisok 07/14/2019

  ILIGAN CITY – This highly urbanized city in Northern Mindanao is living up to its name as a first class city with its wide roads and a busy commercial district that hosts dozens of restaurants, a…

Kapa’s political muscle

Malou Guanzon Apalisok 07/07/2019

  With 5 million members and financial muscle estimated at P50 billion, it is no surprise that controversial Kapa Community International Ministry founder Pastor Joel Apolinario is being talked about in the league of influential religious leaders…

The Ponzi scheme mania

Malou Guanzon Apalisok 06/30/2019

In a previous column, I wrote about the biggest investment scams in the country based on a 2015 compilation made by ANC News Channel. I am trying to update the list because of recent developments that show…

The cheat list and the all-time admonition

Malou Guanzon Apalisok 06/23/2019

  “Greed has always been one of man’s failings. The hope of greater gain has lured many a man to throw caution, and his common sense, to the wind. This human foible, known to many, has been…

From ‘window-watching’ in Samar to Bangkok, Thailand

Cris Evert Lato-Ruffolo 12/16/2018

BANGKOK— The Miss Universe bug bit Matthew Dotingco when he was seven years old. He watched it by the window of a neighbor’s living room withstanding the humid 8 a.m. weather in Barangay 1, Taft in Eastern…

Window dressing for Asean is over

Nestor Ramirez 04/18/2017

Less than two weeks after the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) meetings here in Cebu, streets dwellers who were hauled by government men to keep them away from the eyes of foreign delegates are back on…

Learnings from a village co-op

12/04/2014

Lost through the din of the fiesta-like atmosphere of the recently concluded 12th National Cooperative Summit held last October 16 – 18 in Waterfront Lahug, Cebu City was the announcement of Cooperative Development Authority OIC Chairman of…

‘We Are The World,’ Yolanda version

Malou Guanzon Apalisok 11/17/2013

Window We Are The World,” the 1985 charity anthem written by the late Michael Jackson for famine-ravaged Africa 28 years ago is enjoying a revival of sorts, thanks to creative netizens who updated the music video. Overlaid…

Anderson Cooper and a call for mercy flights

Malou Guanzon Apalisok 11/13/2013

Window I don’t know where to begin,” a survivor told CNN star journalist Anderson Cooper when he landed in Tacloban City five days after supertyphoon Yolanda (international name, Haiyan) slammed into eastern and central Visayas leaving towns…

Waiting for Yolanda

Malou Guanzon Apalisok 11/10/2013

Window I woke up early Saturday morning listening to the international cable news channel CNN for updates about the movement and the swath of destruction left by Super Typhoon Yolanda. The international name given by the World…

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