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Letter to the Editor: Cloth of pride

/ from 3 days ago

FOOLISH. Basic. Unnecessary. I admit, these words came through my mind after hearing the word “watawat” as a topic in our Araling Panlipunan class. I don’t see the point why this should be discussed. It seemed disconnected to our usual topics like Economics, Contemporary Issues, Inflation, Civic Engagement and Fiscal ...

Ravanera: Where have all the forest gone?

Orlan Ravanera / from 3 days ago

A VERY popular folk song in the 60’s sang by Peter, Paul and Mary titled, “Where have all the flowers gone?” and the song goes, “young girls have picked them everyone.” Then the song continues, “When will we ever learn?”In the same breath do we ask now, where have all ...

Abellanosa: Who to vote for?

Rhoderick Abellanosa / from 3 days ago

THE heat of the election fever is increasing, and this will be the situation up until election day. This is the perfect time of the year for politicians to put their best smile and wave their hands more frequently. This is also the best time for politicians to make promises ...

Sunio: Love, politics, journalism, work and love again

Riz P. Sunio / from 4 days ago

IT HAS been a year since I started writing for SunStar Cagayan de Oro’s column section. I do not have an inkling how far Touché has gone or whether it has left a mark — if not an impact — to some people’s lives.Nonetheless, to celebrate the month of love ...

Palasan: Living heroes (Part 2)

Tibs Palasan / from 4 days ago

DEAD heroes are treated with pomp. It is not so with living heroes.In a room of fifty five overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Shierameh Hepega, a registered nurse, had to survive the ordeal of a hellish refuge. There, she discovered, that many OFWs have been in that ...

Aguilar: On Canoy and Darimbang

Churchill Aguilar / from 4 days ago

TWO nights ago, I was invited to the birthday celebration of former city councilor Candy Darimbang at a restaurant in Limketkai Center. I don’t usually attend social parties with politicians but this one was an exception because Candy’s daughter is a close friend and a former student.Anyway, I was ushered ...

Letter to the Editor: On gender and sexuality

/ from 4 days ago

MAYA Angelou once said, “Prejudice is a burden that confuses the past, threatens the future and renders the present inaccessible.”Why does a person's gender determine their power over others? Why cannot a woman become President without question?For over a century, people have been fighting for equality and yet here we ...

Ravanera: Nothing has been done

Orlan Ravanera / from 4 days ago

LET US go back to an ancient worldview when the earth was seen as a mother, a fertile giver of life. Nature – the forest, soil, and sea – was endowed with diversity, and mortals were subordinate to it. The speech in 1848 attributed to Chief Seatlle of the Susquamish ...

Luczon: Disinformation kills

Nef Luczon / from 4 days ago

BY NOW, we should have been aware that parallel to the advancement of communication technology, and the continuing dominance of the internet through social media, is the downside of dealing with disinformation or “fake news” everyday.We supposed to know already what are the stories told based on facts, from those ...

Alamon: Don't look away

Arnold P. Alamon / from 6 days ago

DON'T look away now. NDF consultant Randy Malayao was sleeping at 2:30 in the morning inside a bus at a nondescript stop somewhere in Northern Luzon when an assailant boarded the Victory Liner bus and then pumped two bullets into his head killing him instantly. The carrier that he rode ...

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