Deeply entrenched in Philippine political life are political dynasties. Each province, each city, each municipality has a family that dominates the political setting or two sets of opposing families...
You know you’re getting old, my favorite law professor Teddy Almase once told me, when you start missing some steps that you used to make even with your eyes closed around the house. It starts with...
Motorcycle driver Roberto Estandarte’s life ended at 45 during his argument with the driver of a four-wheeled vehicle in Barangay Subangdaku, Mandaue City. Their altercation on Monday night, Aug. 8,...
The Amihan National Federation of Peasant Women and rice watch group Bantay Bigas have urged President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to revoke the permit for the commercial propagation of Golden Rice. The...
A friend and former co-worker at the now defunct Cebu Archdiocesan Social Action Center (Casac) shared with me Jose Maria Sison’s “Comment On The SONA of Marcos Jr.” At first I thought of not...
Cebu City has spent more than its income in the past two years, a news headline says. Reports have it that in the past two years, 2020 and 2021, the City spent more than P10 billion, way below its...
It’s upsetting to learn that there have been six City Traffic Management System (CTMS) personnel in Lapu-Lapu City who tested positive for using illegal drugs. The CTMS personnel were among the 50...
This should be an awkward month for Ferdinand Marcos Jr. On Aug. 21, 1983, former senator Benigno “Ninoy” Aquino Jr. was shot while being escorted by military men down to the tarmac of the airport...
What if Cebu converted its flash floods into reusable resources to develop communities?The flooding that submerged communities in four Metro Cebu cities was blamed by the authorities on flood control...