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Seares: Criticisms on news report of OFWs vaccinated abroad but tested positive in Cebu. Did media get the story wrong?

“Why post a headline saying ‘OFW from UAE tested positive even if...vaccinated?’ The vaccine was never meant to prevent you from getting the virus; it prevents you from dying if you do get the virus. Why can’t the media get ...

From 5 days ago

Seares: Criticisms on news report of OFWs vaccinated abroad but tested positive in Cebu. Did media get the story wrong?

"Why post a headline saying 'OFW from UAE tested positive even if ... vaccinated?' The vaccine was never meant to prevent you from getting the virus; it prevents you from dying if you do get the virus. Why can't the ...

From 6 days ago

EXPLAINER: Versions clash on issues in police raid on USC retreat house. Charges, investigations will help sort out the story but key question may persist: Were the children exploited?

THE INCIDENT. Last Monday, February 15, police, accompanied by social welfare personnel, raided the Talamban, Cebu City campus of University of San Carlos and "rescued" 19 Lumad children from Davao del Norte from alleged kidnapping by a militant group and ...

From 10 days ago

Seares: Bato's broth and cooks. Rama says eagle hasn't landed yet and vaccine 'convenors' are sprinting, not just running. And the 'last man standing' is Leni.

Bato as the only cookA VIDEO clip circulating in the internet shows Senator Ronald dela Rosa at what appears to be a committee hearing where he fumbled over the saying "too many cooks spoil the broth." He must have feared ...

From 11 days ago

Seares: USC student paper editor flogs Cebu's daily media for 'slandering, maligning' school on 'bakwit' news story.

"Today, Cebu daily media chose to disappoint the Cebuano people with its faulty and malicious reportage of events and the context of Lumad evacuees taking sanctuary in our university. The widespread disinformation has aggravated plenty to viciously slander and malign ...

From 12 days ago

EXPLAINER: So how are things after that Rama, Mabatid bombshell? All's well, says Mike. Niña may be appeased by Barug on 'big mess' charge. VM to push P3.5B liquidation by mayor.

FOLLOWING Cebu City Vice Mayor Mike Rama's (1) challenge to Mayor Edgardo Labella that the mayor disclose the real state of his health, whether he could still effectively lead the city's response to the Covid-19 crisis, and (b) Councilor Prisca ...

From 18 days ago

Seares: Kons Mabatid won't name 'ungo' at City Hall, can't compare the terror to 'ungo sa Parian.' Would City Council colleagues press for specifics?

"WHY should I identify the person when most everyone at (Cebu) City Hall, especially my fellow councilors, already know?"That was Councilor Prisca Niña Mabatid's comment when I told her in a phone interview Tuesday, February 9, that the City Council ...

From 19 days ago

Seares: Politics aside, questions on (1) Cebu City mayor's health, impact on Covid and (2) 'big mess' at City Hall remain. VM Rama, Mabatid not minor critics.

SHOVE aside for now the issue of politicking. In a way, both Cebu City Mayor Edgardo Labella and Vice Mayor Michael Rama are politicking. They have been so engaged since they joined elective public service. For each policy or deed, ...

From 20 days ago

EXPLAINER: Guv Gwen's blast at Cebu City's Garganera highlights crossing lines of authority in Covid-19 campaign. 'We won't meddle in your affairs. Don't meddle in ours.'

THE SITUATION. Cebu Governor Gwen Garcia in a span of four days publicized two complaints involving the campaign against Covid-19:[1] Last January 29, the governor corrected Octa Research Group's assessment of the health crisis in Cebu, which tagged the island ...

From 25 days ago

EXPLAINER: Confusion from separate categories of Cebu province and 3 Metro cities caused flap over Covid cases. It would've helped if Cebu was classified as one island.

TURNAROUND BY OCTA. Thursday, January 28, the Octa Research Group sounded its "serious concern" over Cebu's Covid-19 cases. Two days later, in its Saturday, January 30, report, Octa said Cebu City "is showing an upward trend."Assistant Secretary Jonji Gonzales noted ...

From 26 days ago

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