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Pachico A. Seares

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Seares: You didn’t know Serging knew some card tricks

False comparisonWhat are 11,000 employees of ABS-CBN who’d be unemployed with the shutdown of the broadcast network compared to the rest of the millions of Filipinos (104.9 million, as of 2017)?That’s the argument that Sen. Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa and ...

From 2 days ago

Seares: ABS-CBN issue is not totally about free speech. Gag order makes it one.

SINCE the issue on the franchise of ABS-CBN began to smolder early this year, supporters of the bills extending its 25-year grant had barely touched the matter of free speech and free press.Then the Department of Justice, through Secretary Jose ...

From 2 days ago

Seares: Which law to use against ‘peddler’ of false news: Options still limited

THE case of an optometrist who posted last Feb. 13 on Facebook that a foreign national died from corona virus 2019 at a private hospital in Mandaue City raises the question of what charges to file against the eye doctor.Police ...

From 5 days ago

Seares: Wear, eat, love and get a room

CIRCULATED online during Valentine’s Day Friday were images of couples braving a long queue at a downtown hotel/motel. It wasn’t just the waiting that was daunting; it was the exposure at an open sidewalk, with amused onlookers watching them endure ...

From 5 days ago

Seares: Love like a seahorse

WHO’S at the door knocking at the city mayor’s office.“Knock, knock.”Mayor Edgar Labella: “Who’s there?”Voice: “Mike Rama...”Labella: “Mike Rama who?”Voice: “Mike Rama xxx (inaudible) Mayor.”Labella heard only “Mike Rama, Mayor.”He missed the word “for.”What Alcover can doFormer Cebu City councilor ...

From 9 days ago

Seares: Capitol ban on fake news is limited, possibly flawed. But it’s for a crisis.

“Prohibited Acts. The following acts shall be unlawful and violators shall be held criminally liable, to wit: ... 3. Spreading of false news and information in relation to 2019-nCoV-ARD in social media.” —From the Cebu Provincial Board ordinanceTHE ordinance the ...

From 9 days ago

Seares: Partly sunny, partly cloudy

AFTER one session of the City Council, two councilors go into a bar, have a few drinks, then quarrel over who has more charisma, Mayor Ed Labella or Vice Mayor Mike Rama.They can’t agree and move on to the day’s ...

From 12 days ago

Seares: When an oath before God matters to a politician, people take notice

“As a senator-juror, I swore an oath before God to exercise impartial justice. I am profoundly religious. My faith is at the heart of who I am. I take an oath before God as enormously consequential...“Were I to ignore the ...

From 13 days ago

Seares: Rumor-mongering law can’t be used against fake news. The law is dead.

ONE Jewel Louie Aviso posted on Facebook Tuesday, Feb. 4, that patients infected with coronavirus were confined at the Talisay City, Cebu District Hospital, several died and he was warning people not to go to the hospital.None of it was ...

From 16 days ago

Seares: Labella can’t fire MCWD board? Tomas lawsuit raises the issue

AN interesting, if not intriguing, question brought to the surface by criminal and administrative charges former Cebu City mayor Tomas Osmeña filed Monday (Feb. 3) against Mayor Edgardo Labella and LWUA Chief Jeci Lapus is this: Who has the power ...

From 17 days ago

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