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Publio J. Briones III

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Briones: ‘Epidemic’ update

GO ahead. Gloat.I know it’s downright morbid, but I’m pretty sure some critics of the Duterte administration are doing just that after learning that the 2019 novel coronavirus acute respiratory disease (2019-nCoV-ARD) has claimed its first victim in the country.The ...

From 58 days ago

Briones: Who’s anti-Chinese?

I don’t think I’m being less of a patriot by calling out some sectors that are using this opportunity to fan anti-Chinese sentiments.Given that this 2019 novel coronavirus originated from the Chinese city of Wuhan in Hubei Province doesn’t make ...

From 60 days ago

Briones: No panicking, please

AS of Sunday, Jan. 26, 2020, the viral pneumonia outbreak in mainland China had killed 56 persons and sickened more than 2,000 others.Twelve countries also reported 38 confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV).Thailand topped the list with eight cases, ...

From 65 days ago

Briones: Still, success

ABOUT two million people showed up along the Sinulog grand parade route to watch 31 contingents inch their way to the Cebu City Sports Center to perform in front of paying spectators on Sunday, Jan. 19, 2020.The number is quite ...

From 72 days ago

Briones: Sinulog 2020

IS it me or are there fewer foreigners on the streets partaking in Sinulog activities?Don’t get me wrong. They are around, but their presence is not as ubiquitous unlike in the past when you could find them at every corner.The ...

From 74 days ago

Briones: All for show

TWO steps forward. One step backward.To Cebuanos, the combination is familiar. It’s the customary stepping of the Sinulog dance ritual in honor of the image of the Sto. Nino.Some politicians have adopted the “concept” as part of their policy-making.If you ...

From 77 days ago

Briones: Cebuano, please

FINALLY. I thought I was the only one who noticed.It might have started out as a joke. I don’t know. I hope so, anyway. But some employees of fastfood chains here in Cebu have been using some other language other ...

From 79 days ago

Briones: Just saying

I WENT to the Carbon Public Market Wednesday morning, Jan. 8, 2020, to buy fresh spices that have become ruinously expensive in grocery stores.I walked. It’s roughly a kilometer away from where I now live in Barangay Sambag 1, so ...

From 84 days ago

Briones: Talisay City’s ‘drug-free’ jail

I don’t mean to be a cynic but having worked in the media for the last two decades does that to you.So forgive me if my eyebrows have found refuge in the ceiling when I learned that the Inter-Agency Committee ...

From 102 days ago

Briones: Pride and prejudice

MEDELINA Yamazaki, the Negros Occidental native who publicly berated and assaulted a promodiser in one of the malls in Cebu City last Dec. 7, 2019, was released on bail after spending six days in detention at the Mabolo Police Station.I ...

From 109 days ago

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