Libre: Back to my blog
FOR the past five years, I have been writing a blog called “Blotree.” At first, it was meant for brethren in the little music ministry I founded, TawagAwit. Each Monday, I release an inspired writing of what I read or experienced the past week. It is amazing that, whatever topic I write about,...
Libre: Pig pen is open
VICE President Jejomar Binay to groups: Don’t muddle deals.
Though he was addressing members of homeowners associations, he has the same message to potential candidates in his senatorial slate.
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Group receives medicines from vice president.
Binay’s handlers must...
Libre: Jessica’s time
FILIPINOS have left their imprint on one of the most popular TV shows in the world, American Idol. We had serious contenders there like Jasmine Trias and Thia Megia, plus one funny bone whose name I have forgotten. We even had last year a group called Guaps that had Cebuana Monique de los Santos...
Libre: Erap’s move
JOSEPH ESTRADA moves to Manila home.
Would it be that difficult to choose between crime-buster Alfredo Lim and ex-convict Erap?
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Movie, television board to probe Tulfo brothers' program.
These brothers eat trouble for breakfast.
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Ban on plastic...
Libre: Virtual world
THE accused was unapologetic for the 77 deaths he caused by bombing and mass killing on July 22 in Norway; he even blamed an
Libre: Tormentors
NEW law gives motorists two more months to comply with helmet regulation.
Those who don’t comply are hardheaded, though that won’t guarantee their survival in times of accident.
Libre: Cancerous matter
WHAT little respect left we have for most of our public officials has further eroded with the so-called Big Four (retired military general Jovito Palparan, former Palawan governor Joel Reyes and his brother Coron Mayor Mario Reyes, and Dinagat Island Rep. Ruben Ecleo Jr.) failing to surrender to...
Libre: She-lebration
GIRL St. Theresa’s College agree to let cases go.
About face in Facebook case
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We’ll just train teachers anew on manual count: Comelec.
As always, we can’t count on Comelec.
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‘Ciudad’ firm to move trees, not cut them.
Environmentalists will...
Libre: Northland
FOR three days this week, I was out in Northland, New Zealand, in the company of my wife, Debbie, touring our guest, Helen Dy. Last year, Helen had a whistle stop in Auckland and had a glimpse of the city in one day. She came back to see more, and so out of Auckland we went.
Libre: Crop failure
CITY starts uprooting lampposts.
A case of crop failure.
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“Bogus” group got P7-million pork?
The people behind it should be lined-up for the slaughterhouse.
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Cordova fishers seek church’s help in stopping reclamation project.
Project...
Libre: Let’s make money
WHILE the rest of the world are trying to entice China to do business in their countries, if not seek a free trade agreement to take advantage of the growing appetite of Chinese consumers, the Philippines is engaged in a conflict as Chinese surveillance ships prevented Philippine authorities...
Libre: New warden
P100 sways fisherman to tie whale shark.
As a punishment, tie the fisherman to the shark. ***
School’s power over students not confined to campus.
Good manners and right conduct can’t be confined in the school’s four walls. ***
Governor...
Libre: CS&N and Joe Mari
ON March 24, 2012, I thought I was attending a senior citizens’ convention when the legendary group Crosby Still & Nash kicked off its 2012 world tour in Trust Stadium, Henderson, Auckland. Of course, who would care to see CS&N but folks who thought of “Woodstock” as a major social...
Libre: Sin taxes
REP. Tomas Osmeña targets Ciudad, DENR over cut trees.
He wants some officials axed from their job.
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Cebu City Council picks Augustu Pe new majority floor leader.
Mayor Michael Rama’s allies are swept under the carpet.
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Bfar, Cenro seize sacks of...
Libre: John Carter, THG
WITH a staggering cost of $250 million, Disney’s John Carter was trashed by critics even before it was played on screen. The negative reviews were based on the promotional trailer and photos of the actors who played key roles, especially Taylor Kitsch (John Carter); Lynn Collins (Princess Dejah...
Libre: Lean on Him
BILLBOARD inside shopping center catches fire, causing panic among shoppers.
It wanted to catch attention, not fire.
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Courtesy call by new fire marshal catches Lapu-Lapu City mayor by surprise. No warm reception for the fire marshal.
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Adults in...
Libre: Wonder cities
CEBU to vie for top spot in 7 Wonders Cities of the World.
I wonder if Cebu can compete with other top cities, I wonder.
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Magic black candles?
Or should that be rephrased as, black magic candles?
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Governor sues environmental lawyer on “false”...
Libre: Osmeña politics
WHAT spell has the Osmeñas placed upon the people of Cebu that make them win handily each and every local election?
This could be an interesting subject of a research paper for students in political science. Or maybe, opponents of the Osmeñas should contract a think tank to uncover the...
Libre: Fist power
FORMER slash-and-burn farmer leads campaign to save forests.
He had long burned the bridges of his past.
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International lender says water district has not applied for a $400-M loan.
Nor will it open the faucet of its financial resources to the water firm.
...Libre: Dignity of teaching
WHEN I read about the signing into law on Feb. 2012 of Republic Act (RA) 10157 that provides for a free and universal pre-school education in the country, I could just imagine the big smile of Dr. Lourdes Suico, my senior kindergarten teacher of what was known then as the Cebu Normal Laboratory...
Libre: Single parents
WHALES sharks' food scarce.
If these creatures aren’t protected, they themselves will become scarce.
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Being gay “not a crime”: Supreme Court.
In a conservative society, gays suffer a life sentence of discrimination.
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Mines and Geosciences Bureau:...
Libre: Still hopeful
IF I were in Cebu today, I would have been busy in Yukbo: Ang Konsiyerto, the Edsa People Power Revolution commemorative concert that had a run from 1986 until 2005. The activity had two objectives – to remind the citizenry of the heroism of the Filipino people in ousting a dictator and to...
Libre: Lung, lung way
CITY Treasurer’s Office says only 66 out of 244 real estate firms paid dues.
That announcement soils the reputation of these real estate companies.
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Farmer climbs post, lands in police cell.
Lesson: Don’t monkey around or you’ll end up in jail.
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Libre: Lin, Greece, Whitney
I WAS tempted to write about the biggest thing to happen not just to the New York Knicks but also to the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a whole, when Harvard graduate and underdog Jeremy Lin created basketball history by scoring more points in his first five NBA starts than any player...
Libre: Shallow solution
VILLAGE chief charged over garbage.
It is too late for him to clean up his act.
