VETERAN legislators will run for senator under the Nationalist People’s Coalition (NPC) next year, according to the Senate president. NPC members and former Senators Loren Regina B. Legarda, Francis Joseph G. Escudero and Joseph Victor G. Ejercito would likely run for the post, Senate President and party Chairman Vicente C. Sotto III told reporters at […]
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Harry Potter, Friends may fall victim to Hungary’s anti-LGBT law — broadcaster
BUDAPEST — The largest broadcasters in Hungary criticized a new law banning the “display and promotion of homosexuality” among under-18s as a threat to freedom of expression, and one said it could impact showings of some Harry Potter films and classic TV shows. Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s nationalist government pushed the law through parliament on […]
Analysts cite weak opposition coalition after turndowns
By Kyle Aristophere T. Atienza, Reporter A NEWLY formed opposition coalition that fielded its 2022 presidential and vice presidential bets at the weekend may not be strong enough to defeat administration candidates especially after some of its nominees declined to become part of the group, political analysts said. “It only confirms what we have known […]
Opposition coalition names nominees for president, VP
https://www.facebook.com/1SAMBAYANOfficial/ Opposition coalition 1Sambayan announced on Saturday its list of nominees for the two highest positions in the country, more than two months since the alliance of conservative, moderate, and progressive parties and individuals was launched. Vice President Maria Leonor G. Robredo, former senator Antonio F. Trillanes IV and human rights lawyer Jose Manuel I. […]
Lawyers urge IATF: Adopt Cebu’s arrival protocol
LAWYERS from the Integrated Bar of the Philippines Cebu Chapter (IBP-Cebu) and two more senators have expressed support for Cebu’s international arrival protocols and called on the national government to adopt these. At the Capitol, the Cebu Provincial Board is scheduled to hold a special session on Friday, June 11, to uphold and fortify Provincial […]
Quijano; A tale of two LA Teams (Part 2)
What a difference a week can make. Last week, the Los Angeles Clippers were teetering on the edge of disaster, down 0-2 after losing all their home games against the Dallas Mavericks. Their cross-town rivals the defending champions, the Lakers were 1-1 against the Phoenix Suns and looked poised to run over the Suns with […]
Central Global Bhd Signs MoU for JV to Build RM250M Kwasa Damansara Sewage Treatment Plant
KUALA LUMPUR, Jun 9, 2021 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Main Market-listed Central Global Berhad’s (“CGB) construction arm, Proventus Bina Sdn Bhd (“PBSB”), has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (“MoU”) to explore a proposed joint venture (“JV”) with Multi Scopes Sdn Bhd (“MSSB”) for a sewage treatment plant in Selangor. CGB executive chairman Dato’ […]
Left unchecked China would bring more conflict to the South and East China Seas
SYDNEY, Jun 9, 2021 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Carl Thayer, Emeritus Professor at The University of New South Wales, Canberra, spoke to NW Ali last week about maintaining national sovereignty during the increasingly contentious disputes in the South China Sea. – NW Ali : How can the South China Sea Disputes be settled? […]
Limpag: Azkals statesmen
He’s like a taller and faster version of Phil Younghusband, that was how one writer who travelled with the Philippine national team to Myanmar for the 2012 AFC Challenge Cup qualifiers described Angel Guirado. That was in March 2011 and the Azkals was riding a wave of popularity, thanks to Hanoi 2010 and the win […]
Wenceslao: Make mine Leni, but…
WITH my slow and hopefully sure, recovery from my recent health scare, I am now looking forward to next year’s elections. One of the important questions regarding the political exercise has already been answered by the government’s vaccination effort. Some sectors have actually been preparing for the postponement of the elections or for an online […]
Congressman urges Meralco to extend ‘no disconnection’ period
A CONGRESSMAN has urged Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) to extend the period within which it does not charge fees and disconnect past due accounts by six more months amid a coronavirus pandemic. “The six-month extension of the no disconnection period would be enough time for electricity consumers to be in a better position to pay […]
Wenceslao: The best vaccine
The tendency of some Filipinos to choose the vaccine they want the government to inoculate them reminds me of my own attitude during raffles. When the party host begins announcing the winners of the minor prizes, I always wish that my number won’t be called because it forfeits my chance of winning the major prize. […]
Tabada: ‘Hapit-hapit’
I was introduced to sex by way of Disney movies. In the late 1970s, when there was a new Disney animated film at the Mever theater, Papang treated my sister and me to a Saturday trip in his 1964 blue Volks Beetle to Colon. We parked at a gasoline station that reeked of piss and […]
Marc Pingris announces retirement from PBA
The “Pinoy Sakuragi,” Marc Pingris announced his retirement from basketball on Tuesday night, ending a colorful 16-year career that saw him help the Purefoods franchise complete a historic “grandslam” during the 2014 PBA season. The 39-year old forward announced his decision to walk away from basketball on his social media pages. “16 years na din […]
Carvajal: Fatally flawed
My support of Sen. Manny Pacquiao’s candidacy is more of a protest to traditional politicians than an expression of trust in his capability to solve this country’s perennial social problems. I do hope he still surprises us with a game-changing performance even as I know the likelihood of that happening in the fatally flawed structure […]
Bzzzzz: Cebu City might no longer buy its own, if national government would supply all vaccines… Sanggunian to meet ERC chief, Veco separately on power rates issue.
It could save a lot of money CEBU City Vice Mayor Michael Rama, head of Vaccine Convenors and City Council presiding officer, was to deliver a privileged speech during the Sanggunian regular session Wednesday, May 19, to tell the councilors the “good news,” namely: the City Government may not have to buy anti-Covid vaccines of […]
Limpag: Greening Cebu
BACK in 1996, as a freshman newly arrived from Mindanao, me and a few friends found our way at the Cebu Business Park (CBP) with a football. A cousin of a friend lived near the place and since she had a ball, she suggested that we try kicking around at one of the many green […]
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 […]
Duterte to send warships if China drills for oil
By Kyle Aristophere T. Atienza and Vann Marlo M. Villegas, Reporters PHILIPPINE President R. Rodrigo Duterte on Monday said he would only deploy warships to the South China Sea if Beijing starts drilling for oil and taking other key resources. “I’m not so much interested now in fishing,” he said in a televised speech on […]
Bzzzzz: VM Rama told Torni Frank he’d run as Labella’s running mate in 2022. Which might change Mike’s plan, repeatedly announced, not to run for same post.
No, no to same post, then yes? CEBU City Vice Mayor Mike Rama had repeatedly been saying in City Council sessions, which he regularly presides, he would not run for vice mayor in the 2022 election. Last January 12, Bzzzzz reported: Mike “might run for congressman or for mayor again… At least twice before, he […]