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BBM, Sara seek Gwen’s support
FORMER senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. and Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio openly courted Cebu Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia during the Governor’s Night of the League of Municipalities of the Philippines (LMP) held at the Social Hall of the Cebu Provincial Capitol Friday, November 26, 2021. Marcos jokingly said in his speech that he was there, […]
Health professionals weigh in on what it will take to end lockdowns
MOTORISTS and pedestrians get checked at a border going into Metro Manila in this March 29, 2021 file photo, when rigorous mobility restrictions were in effect. — PHILIPPINE STAR/ MICHAEL VARCAS By Alyssa Nicole O. Tan THE PHILIPPINES should ensure risk mitigation, adhere strictly to health protocols, improve air quality, and enhance contact tracing to successfully […]
Salah scores another wonder goal as Man United slumps in EPL
THERE seemed to be no route to goal for Mohamed Salah when he received the ball at a standing start just inside the area with three opponents around him. The Liverpool forward is in the form of his life, though, and after a series of feints, deft touches and shoulder drops, Salah somehow created enough […]
Tabada: Passage
The first time I stood outside the Lepanto chapel dedicated to the Birhen sa Sto. Rosario, the farming community of this upland barangay in Alegria, on the southwestern portion of Cebu, was preparing for fiesta. In the 1980s, I worked with communities to pilot a community wall news. It was my first job after college. […]
Four names surface in lawyer’s ambush
THE real estate agent who was with Cebuano lawyer Rex Fernandez at the time of his ambush has been taken off the suspect list, but in her place, are four officials of a condominium development who are now considered “persons of interest” by police. Lt. Col. Wilbert Parilla, Cebu City Police Office (CCPO) deputy city […]
Malilong: A police garrison, then an internment camp
As with the South Road Properties, credit for the establishment of the Cebu City Sports Center (CCSC) belongs to former Cebu City mayor Tomas Osmeña. He fought for it along with Councilor Joy Young. I should know because I had a bit role with the opposite side in that fight. First District Rep. Eduardo Gullas […]
Wenceslao: With Noynoy’s death
I REMEMBER the first time Benigno Simeon Aquino III, or simply Noynoy to many, visited Cebu during the campaign period of the 2010 presidential elections. I was doing my editing work in the SunStar Cebu newsroom when my good friend and colleague Januar Yap told me he had gone to the forum at the Sacred […]
Editorial: Again, science
The memorandum signed by Executive Secrtetary Salvador Medialdea on June 5, 2021, extending the diversion of Cebu-bound international flights to the capital’s airport sends a message of firmness on the part of the National Government’s decision to stick to the protocol already laid out by the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) for the Management of Emerging […]
Quijano: I don’t want to hear about those damn shoulders Bron
Now that the season has ended unceremoniously for the Los Angeles Lakers it’s time to hand in the autopsy report. We can posit many theories about where the blame lies but of course, in the brilliant clarity of hindsight everything now seems quite obvious. But I’ve been banging these drums a long time ago when […]
Wenceslao: Duterte magic or bitter pill?
The coming elections have brought about renewed attacks, especially in social media, of liberal democracy represented by 1Sambayan leaders, against rightist forces led by the the Duterte-Marcos alliance. This shows that the next presidential elections would be a rematch of the forces that were ranged against each other in 2016. The 1Sambayan has started planning […]
Editorial: Knock down the house
When then Presidential candidate Rodrigo Duterte blurted out his usual bravado on the West Philippine Sea (WPS) issue in a live debate in 2016, everyone it seemed fell into the joke—that should push come to shove, he’d lunge headlong on jetski and pierce the Chinese butt at the disputed islands. We took the joke or […]
Batuhan: Time for Peace
“A time to be born, a time to die A time to plant, a time to reap A time to kill, a time to heal A time to laugh, a time to weep A time of love, a time of hate A time of war, a time of peace A time you may embrace, a […]
Editorial: Uncut little lizards
Summer is that time of year when, to quote a poem by the Cebuano poet Rene Estela Amper, the village hatchet Tasyo would “split the skin of our young lizards to make us a man many years ago.” The cutting is especially performed during this time when the little boys are not in school, and […]
Man, 34, arrested for vandalizing newly painted wall
A 34-YEAR-OLD man from Barangay Basak, Lapu-Lapu City faced the ire of Mayor Junard “Ahong” Chan after he was found to have vandalized a wall in Barangay Ibo that had just been painted in preparation for the city’s 500th anniversary celebration of the Battle of Mactan. Niño Limpangog Maco, who is currently detained at Lapu-Lapu […]
Quijano: Can the gamebred fighter fight better against Usman?
TODAY at UFC 262 in Jacksonville, Florida, Kamaru Usman and Jorge Masvidal will figure in a rematch for the former’s UFC welterweight title. The first time they met, Usman won via unanimous decision, but of course we know that Masvidal took the fight on short notice (six days) and struggled to make the weight, not […]
Art imitates life: Dito at Doon (here and there)
At a time when movements are limited, opportunities to meet up with friends are like chances of rain in the desert. Even the mere interaction with parents and other family members is sparse. Do relationships survive despite the grueling pandemic? “Dito at Doon” is a film that showcases love, relationships and life during the community […]
Editorial: Maundy Thursday 2020
MEMORY should serve us well. By the time the enhanced community quarantine was declared in Cebu—cities and municipalities—in March of 2020, Cebu only had nine “presumptive positive” cases, the samples had to be taken from the Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center (VSMMC) to the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine (RITM), then the only Department of […]
New roads and high hopes
‘Build, Build, Build’ marches forward despite the pandemic By Adrian Paul B. Conoza, Special Features Writer AMID THE coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic that disrupted economic activity and even halted road constructions temporarily, new roads were completed last year and more are set to be open as the current administration’s Build, Build, Build (BBB) program […]
Editorial: Missed opportunities
It’s beginning to look as if the Duterte administration is mired in a “damned if you do, damned if you don’t” situation in its war against the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic. Granted, it has fallen flat on its face on several occasions since the health crisis started more than a year ago, but it […]