Cebu Opinion
Mercado: Mortality as sterilizer
“THE vice-presidency is as useful as a cow’s fifth teat,” Harry Truman snorted when friends pressed him to seek the post.
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Malilong: Comelec should not arbitrate morality
BACK in my younger days, we had a club called Maspo. It is an acronym but I will refrain from spelling out what it stands for because this is not a “For Adults Only” publication.
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Lim: Anonymous
“YOU know, you really look like Melanie Lim,” someone gently tells me at the gym. It was the last thing I expected to hear.
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Tabada: When words eat us up
IN THE age of borderless connections, we celebrate disconnecting.
Around Christmas, the New Oxford American Dictionary announces its Word of the Year (WOTY).
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Roperos: Fragmented family
THE launching the other day of mayoralty bet Georgia Osmena’s “GO Cebu” political support group may convey an unlikely message of a fragmented Osmeña clan.
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Editorial: UP’s attempt to evict fire victims
CEBU City Administrator Francisco “Bimbo” Fernandez has been a community organizer for much of
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Nalzaro: Osmeña’s unexplained wealth
OPPOSITION leader Jonathan “Atan” Guardo hit the nail right on the head when he dared Mayor Tomas Osmeña to explain his wealth.
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Libre: Political pot boiling
THE surprise entry of Sen. Noynoy Aquino and former president Joseph Estrada into the presidential race has put next year’s elections in disarray.
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Barrita: ‘Unfriend’
CEBU Vice Gov. Greg Sanchez is leaving One Cebu party and has closed his doors to the possibility of reconciling with the Garcias led by Gov. Gwen Garcia.
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Carvajal: Convergent zone
ONE very hopeful sign for the Philippines today is that the presidential race is fast becoming to be a two-man or two-party duel. Sen.
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Wenceslao: Ali and Veronica, Manny and Krista
WHERE we live the only sound that breaks the rustic calm on ordinary days is the noise of tricycles and cars traversing the road.
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Editorial: Being a political butterfly
CHANGING political affiliations in the run up to the filing of the certificates of candidacy under
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Roperos: Campaign offensive
CAMPAIGN thrust and parry in Cebu City politics is starting to develop with Mayor Tomas Osmeña questioning his potential opponent in the south district, Atan Guardo, regarding the latter’s financia
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